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London County Council 1905

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

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Deaths at each interval of age from all causes.

Sanitary area.0-1 Weeks.1-2 Weeks.2-3 Weeks.3-4 Weeks-.Total under 1 Month.1-2 Months.2-3 Months.3-4 Months.4-5 Months.5-6 Months.6-7 Months.7-8 Months.8-9 Months.9-10 Months.10-11 Months.11-12 Months.Total under 1 Year.
Paddington662017131164036262615322414262016391
Kensington842225211524738463024263621193227498
Hammersmith622020191215740282421142221222618414
Fulham1182623221898650504543334636394827692
Chelsea43101347023915913988965184
Westminster,City of662418231313133161111221614101321329
St. Marylebone76151081092637212817182119202715358
Hampstead3767454129997746718133
Pancras1543427322479690503864412337363827787
Islington185615436336124918865436248545552561,074
Stoke-Newington261085491769129556636133
Hackney14431242422310071474140543473474746823
Holborn2110513722111010136577125145
Finsbury721722131244142323224241933192118429
London, City of111113218235124142
Shoreditch653028141378663504142345237334136652
Bethnal Green1402524142037453504931353032353524651
Stepney22749524637418012711799979985929767801,514
Poplar1393628312348090625658524945413431832
Southwark1635227322748689806856403945605036923
Bermondsey963637201896346544934363535342729631
Lambeth184553532306118738181665951384453441014
Battersea1173029272036552393038434037252833633
Wandsworth1634944242808069525948444649343324818
Camberwell1713228412729853574767534438524440865
Deptford7534216136424530222129182121188411
Greenwich5618914972025251727182123131913318
Lewisham55311914119343927162115141916162338
Woolwich70241323130462332173017172017610365
London2,8868086675644,9251,7961,4111,2111,03398393285388084682170616,397

With a view to the consideration of the effect of social condition on the rates of infant mortality at different periods during the first year of life, the following table has been prepared, in which the rates of infant mortality obtaining for groups of districts arranged on the basis of the amount of overcrowding 1shown by the census of 1901 can be compared :—

Age-period.Proportion of overcrowding in groups of sanitary districts.
Under 7.5 per cent.7.5 to 12.5 per cent.12.5 to 20.0 per cent.20.0 to 27.5 per cent.Over 27.5 per cent.
Under 1 week21.223.123.023.622.6
1-2 weeks7.26.17.16.35.4
2-3 weeks5.54.66.53.95.6
3-4 weeks4.24.65.04.23.9
Under 1 month38.138.441.638.037.5
1-2 months11.414.513.813.117.0
2-38.810.111.612.912.7
3-47.89.010.49.211.1
4-56.87.68.38.29.9
5-06.98.06.78.68.7
6-75.37.68.16.08.6
7-85.26.87.35.08.3
8-96.07.16.56.28.7
9-104.86.56.67.08.2
10-113.67.16.27.27.3
11-123.05.76.34.77.1
0-3 months58.363.067.064.067.2
3-621.524.625.426.029.7
6-916.521.521.917.225.6
9-1211.419.319.118.922.6
0-12 months107.7128.4133.4126.1145.1

The term "over-crowding" is used to apply to that proportion of the population shewn by the census figures
of 1901 to be living more than two in a room in tenements of less than five rooms.