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London County Council 1904

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

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Phthisis.

Table: The death-rates from this disease in successive periods per 1000 living have been as follows :—

The death-rates from this disease in successive periods per 1000 living have been as follows :—

1851-602.861901l.66
1861-702.8419021.601
1871-802.5119031.551
1881-902.0919041.621
1891-19001.84

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The following table shows the crude phthisis death-rate corrected for differences in the age and
sex constitution of the various sanitary districts. The factors for correction, also shown in the table,
have been calculated by applying the population at each age and for each sex of each of the London
sanitary districts to the death-rates at each age and for each sex obtaining for London in the five years
1897-1901 —

Table: Crude and corrected Phthisis death-rates per1.000persons living, in the County of London and the severalsanitary districts.

Crude and corrected Phthisis death-rates per1.000persons living, in the County of London and the severalsanitary districts.

Sanitary area.Standard death rate.Factor for correction for age and sex distri-tribution.Crude death-rate.Corrected death-rate.Comparative mortality figure. (London 1,000.)
1901-3.1904.1901-3.1904.1901-3.1904.
London1.741 .ooooo1.6011.6211.601.621,0001,000
Paddington1.800.966591.071.201.031.16644716
Kensington1.780.974191.301.441.271.40794864
Hammersmith1.740.996001.441.381.431.37894846
Fulham1.691.027861.381.431.421.47887907
Chelsea1.830.950181.571.821.491.739311,068
Westminster, City of1.950.892051.791.521.601.361,000840
St. Marylebone1.850.938361.881.681.761.581,100975
Hampstead1.750.988620.830.830.820.82512506
St. Pancras1.800.965511.861.881.801.821,1251,123
Islington1.750.991451.471.551.461.54912951
Stoke Newington1.770.979141.281.721.251.687811,037
Hackney1.681.029691.411.391.451.43906883
Holborn1.970.878942.992.862.632.511,6441,549
Finsbury1.721.010502.252.392.272.421,4191,494
City of London1.890.919461.861.581.711.451,069895
Shoreditch1.661.042062.122.182.212.271,3811,401
Bethnal Green1.591.089842.082.162.272.351,4191,451
Stepney1.651.052812.032.122.142.231,3371,377
Poplar1.661.047721.741.741.821.821,1371,123
Southwark1.740.998292.512.362.512.361,5691,457
Bermondsey1.651.050261.802.121.892.231,1811,377
Lambeth1.750.992581.581.451.571.44981889
Battersea1.691.024831.351.421.381.46862901
Wandsworth1.721.010501.001.121.011.13631698
Camberwell1.681.035221.401.371.451.42906877
Deptford1.691.029691.221.421.261.46787901
Greenwich1.671.041431.161.331.211.39756858
Lewisham1.691.025430.600.900.620.92387568
Woolwich1.701.018811.571.671.601.701,0001,049

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The following table shows the number of deaths from phthisis at several age periods in each of
the sanitary areas. 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
footnoted), page 7).

Table: Phthisis(366days).

Phthisis(366days).

Age-period.0-5-10-15-20-25-35-45-55-65-75-85 and upwardsAll ages.
Paddington33292138324217ll1179
Kensington142619135155542214—1251
Hammersmith62491537452912—1—160
Fulham75—1225486531195. ——217
Chelsea7111113030341123—131
Westminster, City of21151655716331164—265
St. Marylebone832141340594422731216

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1 See footnote (1) page 7.