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London County Council 1909

[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: Deaths1 at each interval of age (under one year) from All Causes in sanitary areas in 1909.

Deaths1 at each interval of age (under one year) from All Causes in sanitary areas in 1909.

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.
Paddington751661110839242311191321177227311
Kensington801618121263236342717151330181318379
Hammersmith582219141133332212525232316201317361
Fulham921923141485445272929271930231322466
Chelsea3539956188891010551236150
Westminster,Gity of572012109917271522161951212104258
St. Marylebone6513119983222101511121112111411259
Hampstead'272574110376293445599
St. Pancras1422023141995850473027173132273319570
Islington1565226352698364445846553455454048841
Stoke Newington153712681283124449384
Hackney1433024322297556513428212922202427616
Holborn243713561211429212115100
Finsbury571516121004233311620182123221228366
London, Gity of13———1333__1—1—13126
Shoreditch921124231504639333928273322313628512
Bethnal Green932014161436450383631252928322731534
Stepney1993944373191231038773625961596661571,130
Poplar1222535212037453553535293537383838670
Southwark1314527322356163614641353045373819711
Bermondsey893025211654535433839253833323644573
Lambeth1663438272659467695638415440303838830
Battersea952419171555148283128311422182428478
Wandsworth1353927242255943573025283134252420601
Camberwell1294339242358856403234272735302855687
Deptford66221391103923181424181511181318321
Greenwich521210983331617211211141311137251
Lewisham72181320123262215141661074127262
Woolwich551661087331514109121212111312240
London2,5356125404714,1581,3461,06091276467662462566161162662312,686

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With a view to the consideration of the effect of social condition, as indicated by the extent
of " overcrowding," 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 overcrowding2—1909.

Infantile mortality and overcrowding2—1909.

Age period.Proportion of overcrowding in groups of sanitary districts.
I. Under 7.5 per cent.II. 7.5 to 12.0 per cent.III. 12. to 20.1 per cent.IV. 20. to 27. per cent.V. Over 27.5 pe cent.p
Under 1 week19.221.821.823.922.0
1-2 weeks4.95.55.75.34.2
2-3 „3.75.04.74.54.9
3-4 „3.93.94.23.74.4
Under 1 month31.736.236.437.435.5
1.2 months8.612.610.910.413.7
2-3609.38.79.711.2
3-46.47.37.98.59.4
4-54.06.57.16.38.2
5-63.35.96.45.37.0
6-73.65.35.94.86.4
7-83.85.35.44.97.2
8-93.8516.76.06.6
9-10 „3.04.65.85.17.5
10-11 „4.04.55.76.36.8
11-12 „3.05.75.93.67.1
0-3 months46.358.156.057.560.4
3-6 „13.719.721.420.124.6
6-9 „11.215.718.015.720.2
9-12 „10.014.817.415.021.4
0-12 months812108 31128108 3126 6

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1 Eefer to footnote (1), page 22.
' 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.