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London County Council 1908

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

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For the purpose of enabling comparison to be made of the age-distribution of the deaths under
one year of age in the several sanitary areas of London, the following table has been prepared:—

Table: Deaths at each interval of age (under one year) from All Causes in sanitary areas in1908 (53weeks).

Deaths at each interval of age (under one year) from All Causes in sanitary areas in1908 (53weeks).

Sanitary area.Under 1 Week.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.
Paddington73172014124522920212618107181112348
Kensington83272091393837412126241622191926428
Hammersmith7724181413338383427242318918813383
Fulham1122228151776242412834302832192626545
Chelsea3594452161114121212712666166
Westminster,City of6615186105392615141420131714106293
St. Marylebone71111381033625121781011913167267
Hampstead235964391445251724197
St. Pancras1263332152066867574438232133252729638
Islington1865233393109783485548374346393949894
Stoke Newington21432301410875234657101
Hackney11045392421886604735263527423233 !25666
Holborn287834615121064125458118
Finsbury681521151193432353429212320221318400
London, City of3221811-213-11--18
Shoreditch74141761115761374234332827313217510
Bethnal Green1241427211865344453340342234243027572
Stepney19942545234716110110689727380646284811,320
Poplar1103023261896959484141543540413028675
Southwark1313141322359582555350464438384935820
Bermondsey1072321171686851605633342324312141610
Lambeth1524040342669058645358385346402835829
Battersea772830231585145343226232729202623494
Wandsworth1423631262359066563937373230334025720
Camberwell1583928242496947624545403731323152740
Deptford95243101324435282116222317141316381
Greenwich48161613934028232318191114131315310
Lewisham6813161511244241725279171181110315
Woolwich78131611118302314189122013141314298
London2,6456516314854,4121,5661,2111,03589880373867568463964365213,956

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

Table: Infantile mortality and overcrowding1—1908.

Infantile mortality and overcrowding1—1908.

Age-period.Proportion of overcrowding in groups of sanitary districts.
I. Under 7.5 per cent.II. 7.5 to 12.5 per cent.III. 12.5 to 20.0 per cent.IV. 20.0 to 27.5 per cent.V. Over 27.5 per cent.
Under 1 week19.921.322.122.421.9
1-2 weeks4.26.15.85.24.0
2-3 „4.55.24.65.95.6
3.4 „3.64.13.83.64.4
Under 1 month32.236.736.337.135.9
1-2 months11.212.312.713.514.4
2-3 „8.9.09.911.711.2
3-4 „5.98.58.28.410.5
4-5 „5.66.87.37.69.3
5-6 „4.86.46.76.38.2
6-7 „3.96.06.75.07.6
7-8 „4.35.74.94.97.2
8-9 „3.95.65.65.46.8
9-10 „3.84.85.65.06.6
10-11 „4.34.64.66.17.5
11-12 „3.45.25.65.06.7
0-3 months51.658.058.962.361.5
3-6 „16.321.722.222.328.0
6-9 „12.117.317.215.321.6
9-12 „11.514.615.816120.8
0-12 months91.5111.6114.1116.0131.9

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