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London County Council 1899

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]

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Table: All causes less Phthisis—Death rates1 per1,000living,1899.

All causes less Phthisis—Death rates1 per1,000living,1899.

Proportion of total population living more than two in a room. (In tenements of less than five rooms.)All ages.0-5-10-12-20-25-35-45-55-65-75 and upwards.
Districts with under 10 per cent.14.0446.573.491.811.801.892.986.8113.3628.4953.75169.90
„ 10 to 15 „15.6153.413.752.012.082.313.848.0115.2831.7160.96164.80
„15 „ 20 „17.4559.394.102.221.932.533.979.3117.5336.2168.88188.75
„20 „ 25 „18.4963.563.952.262.123.004.399.2118.6038.3974.62191.16
„25 „ 30 „18.3463.094.261.862.042.604.4710.3319.7539.0274.19183.18
„ 30 „ 35 „21.5777.044.752.052.883.305.1411.6422.4843.4477.40190.84
„ over 35 „21.3573.624.222.322.492.565.7011.6422.8144.3093.96223.42

Table: All causes less Phthisis—Comparative death rates (death rates in least overcrowded group at each age periodtaken as100).

All causes less Phthisis—Comparative death rates (death rates in least overcrowded group at each age period

taken as100).

Proportion of total population living more than two in a room. (In tenements of less than five rooms.lAll ages0-5-10-15-20-25-35-45-55-65-75 and upwards.
Districts with under 10 per cent.100100100100100100100100100100100100
,, 10 to 15 „11111510711111612212911811411111397
„15 „ 20 „124128117123107134133137131127128111
„20 „ 25132136113125118159147135139135139113
„25 „ 30 „131135122103113138150152148137138108
„ 30 ,, 35 „154165136113160175172171168152144112
„ over 35 „152158121128138135191171171155175132

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Cancer.
The deaths2 from cancer in the Registration County of London in 1899 numbered 4,234,
the corrected annual average for the preceding ten years being 3,669.

Table: The death rates of this disease per 1,000 living in successive periods have been as follows—Cancer.

The death rates of this disease per 1,000 living in successive periods have been as follows—

Cancer.

1851-60.421894.79
1861-70.481895.83
1871-80.551896.86
1881-90.681897.88
1891.781898.91
1892.751899.932
1893.80

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The following table shows the number of deaths from cancer at several age-periods in each
of the sanitary districts of the administrative county. For the purposes of this table, deaths
occurring in public institutions belonging to London have been distributed to the sanitary areas
in which the deceased had previously resided (see footnote (1) page 3)—

Table: Cancer.

Cancer.

Sanitary district.0-5-10-15-20-25-35-45-55-65-75-85 & up.All ages.
Paddington--12-216313451194160
Kensington--122720294937213171
Hammersmith---1--82923278197
Fulham211--2111921168182
Chelsea1---1-142628169398
St. George, Hanover-square1----692022239191
Westminster-----321714111149
St. James-----1341042-24
Marylebone1---1614323642162150
Hampstead-----I511222011-70
Pancras1--1-825467051241227
Islington--1-2821669277192290
Stoke Newington----11181564137
Hackney1-31-722355645172189
St. Giles1-----212148239

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1 See f ootnote (1) page 3.
2 See footnote (2) page 3.
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