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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
London County Council 1907
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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| Cause of Death. | Diminution in 1907. | Excess in 1907. |
|---|---|---|
| Tuberculous Phthisis Phthisis | 1,100 | — |
| Tuberculous Meningitis | 109 | — |
| Tuberculous Peritonitis Tabes Mesenterica | 319 | — |
| Other Tuberculous Diseases (including Scrofula) | 89 | — |
| Cancer | — | 306 |
| Premature Birth | 299 | — |
| Diseases of Nervous system Diseases of Circulatory system1 | 1,793 | — |
| Diseases of Respiratory system | 1,827 | — |
| Diseases of Digestive system | 1,190 | — |
| Diseases of Urinary system | — | 150 |
| Childbirth and Puerperal Septic Diseases | 64 | — |
| Accident | 598 | — |
| Homicide | 19 | — |
| Suicide | 9 | — |
| All other Cause3 | 994 | — |
| Net diminution | 10,896 | |
The following table shows the crude death-rates, and the death-rates corrected for differences
in the age and sex constitution of the population of the several sanitary districts during the year
1907 ; the mean death-rates for the period 1902-6 are also shown for the purposes of comparison.
| Area. • | Standard death-rate. | Factor for correction for age and sex distribution. | Crude death-rate per 1,000 persons living. | Corrected death-rate per 1,000 persons living. | Comparative mortality figure (London, 1,000). | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1902-6. | 1907. | 1902-6. | 1907. | 1902-6. | 1907. | |||
| 18.19 | 1.0000 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| London | 17.31 | 1.0511 | 15.7 | 14.6 | 16.5 | 15.3 | 1,000 | 1,000 |
| Paddington | 17.04 | 1.0677 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 14.4 | 14.4 | 873 | 941 |
| Kensington | 16.88 | 1.0778 | 14.3 | 13.7 | 15.4 | 14.8 | 933 | 967 |
| Hammersmith | 17.47 | 1.0414 | 15.0 | 14.3 | 15.6 | 14.9 | 945 | 974 |
| Fulham | 17.39 | 1.0462 | 15.0 | 13.2 | 15.7 | 13.8 | 952 | 902 |
| Chelsea | 17.56 | 1.0361 | 16.1 | 15.0 | 16.7 | 15.5 | 1,012 | 1,013 |
| Westminster, City of | 16.22 | 1.1217 | 13.9 | 13.0 | 15.6 | 14.6 | 945 | 954 |
| St. Marylebone | 17.08 | 1 0652 | 16.3 | 15.0 | 17.4 | 16.0 | 1,055 | 1,046 |
| Hampstead | 16.13 | 1.1280 | 9.9 | 9.0 | 11.2 | 10.2 | 679 | 667 |
| St. Pancras | 17.40 | 1.0456 | 16.8 | 15.0 | 17.6 | 15.7 | 1,067 | 1,026 |
| Islington | 17.51 | 1.0391 | 15.1 | 14.7 | 15.7 | 15.3 | 952 | 1,000 |
| Stoke Newington | 17.43 | 1.0438 | 12.7 | 11.5 | 13.3 | 12.0 | 806 | 784 |
| Hackney | 17.46 | 1.0420 | 14.2 | 13.6 | 14.8 | 14.2 | 897 | 928 |
| Holborn | 16.90 | 1.0766 | 18.8 | 17.4 | 20.2 | 18.7 | 1,224 | 1,222 |
| Finsbury | 17.57 | 10355 | 20.8 | 18.7 | 21.5 | 19.4 | 1,303 | 1,268 |
| City of London | 16.55 | 1.0993 | 17.3 | 16.8 | 19.0 | 18.5 | 1,152 | 1,209 |
| Shoreditch | 17.34 | 1.0493 | 20.0 | 20.5 | 21.0 | 21.5 | 1,273 | 1,405 |
| Bethnal-green | 18.01 | 1.0102 | 19.2 | 17.5 | 19.4 | 17.7 | 1,176 | 1,157 |
| Stepney | 17.41 | 1.0450 | 18.7 | 15.9 | 19.5 | 16.6 | 1,182 | 1,085 |
| Poplar | 17.64 | 1.0314 | 18.3 | 16.9 | 18.9 | 17.4 | 1,145 | 1,137 |
| Southwark | 17.41 | 1.0450 | 19.2 | 18.0 | 20.1 | 18.8 | 1,218 | 1,229 |
| Bermondsey | 17.76 | 1.0244 | 19.5 | 18.3 | 20.0 | 18.7 | 1,212 | 1,222 |
| Lambeth | 17.63 | 1.0320 | 15.7 | 14.6 | 16.2 | 15.1 | 982 | 987 |
| Battersea | 16.96 | 1.0728 | 14.3 | 13.3 | 15.3 | 14.3 | 927 | 935 |
| Wandsworth | 17.25 | 1.0547 | 12.9 | 12.3 | 13.6 | 13.0 | 824 | 850 |
| Camberwell | 17.54 | 1.0373 | 14.6 | 13.9 | 15.1 | 14.4 | 915 | 941 |
| Deptford | 17.31 | 1.0511 | 15.6 | 14.1 | 16.4 | 14.8 | 994 | 967 |
| Greenwich | 17.82 | 1.0210 | 14.0 | 12.7 | 14.3 | 13.0 | 867 | 850 |
| Lewisham | 17.46 | 1.0420 | 12.1 | 11.5 | 12.6 | 120 | 764 | 784 |
| Woolwich | 17.02 | 1.0690 | 13.8 | 12.5 | 14.8 | 13.4 | 897 | 876 |
It will be seen from the foregoing table (comparing the corrected death.rates) that in the quinquennium
1902.6, Finsbury (21.5) had the highest rate and Hampstead (11.2) the lowest; in the year
1907, Shoreditch (21.5) had the highest, the lowest again obtaining in Hampstead (10.2).
The following table shows the number of deaths3 (All Causes) occurring at the several age periods
in each of the sanitary areas of the Administrative County of London during the year 1907 (365 days) —
1 For purposes of comparison deaths from Infective Endocarditis are included under this heading.
2 All death-rates in this report relating to metropolitan sanitary areas are fully corrected for institutions—see
footnote (1), page 8.
3 See footnote (1), page 8,