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London County Council 1911

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

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Annual Report of the London County Council, 1911.

Table: The following table shows the crude death-rates, and the death-rates corrected for differences in the age and sex constitution of the population (a) of the several sanitary districts (b) during the year 1911; the mean death-rates for the period 1906-10 are also shown for the purposes of comparison.

The following table shows the crude death-rates, and the death-rates corrected for differences in the age and sex constitution of the population (a) of the several sanitary districts (b) during the year 1911; the mean death-rates for the period 1906-10 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.Corrected comparative mortality figure (London, 1,000).
1906-10.1911.1906-10.1911.1906-10.• 1911.
England and Wales18.191.000014.7014.6014.7014.60940923
London17.311.051114.8815.0415.6415.811,0001,000
Paddington17.041.067713.3213.3514.2214.25909901
Kensington16.881.077813.8013.6814.8714.74951932
Hammersmith17.471.041414.5015.5715.1016.219651,025
Fulham17.391.046214.2614.3714.9215.03954951
Chelsea17.561.036115.8015.4516.3716.011,0471,013
Westminster, City of16.221.121712.9012.4514.4713.97925884
St. Marylebone17.081.065214.8215.0915.7916.071,0101,016
Hampstead16.131.12809.769.6411.0110.87704688
St. Pancras17.401.045615.76155116.4816.221,0541,026
Islington17.511.039114.7214.8715.3015.45978977
Stoke Newington17.431.043812.2413.0312.7813.60817860
Hackney17.461.042013.6814.3514.2514.95911946
Holborn16.901.076617.1615.6918.4716.891,1811,068
Finsbury17.571.035519.8619.7920.5720.491,3151,296
London, City of16.551.099315.5015.0917.0416.591,0901,049
Shored itch17.341.049318.9420.0719.8721.061,2701,232
Bethnal Green18.011.010217.4618.1517.6418.341,1281,160
Stepney17.411.045017.1817.3517.9518.131,1481,147
Poplar17.641.031417.1018.8717.6419.461,1281.231
Southwark17.411.045018.2818.3719.1019.201,2211,214
Bermondsey17.761.024418.7218.4219.1818.871,2261,194
Lambeth17.631.032014.9414.9115.4215.39986973
Battersea16.961.072813.7814.3014.7815.34945970
Wandsworth17.251.054711.7611.9712.4012.62793798
Camberwell17.541.037314.2814.2914.8114.82947937
Deptford17.311.051115.3215.6316.1016.431,0291,039
Greenwich17.821.021014.2014.7214.5015.03927951
Lewisham17.461.042011.2411.2911.7111.76749744
Woolwich17.021.069012.9612.8313.8513.72886868

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Death-rates
in London
boroughs.
It will be seen from the foregoing table (comparing the corrected death-rates) that in the quinquennium
1906-10, Finsbury (20.6) had the highest rate and Hampstead (11.0) the lowest; in the year
1911, Shoreditch (21.1) had the highest, and Hampstead (10.9) the lowest. The death-rates in each of
the four quarters of the year 1911, were as follows : first quarter, 17 2; second quarter, 13.2; third
quarter, 15.5 ; and fourth quarter, 14.3 per 1,000 persons living.
Infantile Mortality.
The deaths of children under one year of age in the Administrative County of London during
1911 (52 weeks) numbered 14,440, being in the proportion of 129 per 1,000 births.

Table: The proportion in successive periods has been as follows:—

The proportion in successive periods has been as follows:—

• Period.Deaths under one year of age per 1,000 births.Period.Deaths under one year of age per 1,000 births.
1841-1850157c1903130d
1851-1860155c1904145d
1861-1870162c1905130d
1871-1880158c1906131d
1881-18901521907116d
1891-1900159d1908113d
1901-1910126d1909108d
1910103d
1901148d1911129d
1902 _340d

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The accompanying diagram (D.) shows the infantile mortality in each year since 1857 in relation
to the mean infantile mortality of the period 1858-1911, and also the infantile mortality in each year
after exclusion of the deaths from premature birth, which cause of death would in all probability be
(a) See footnote (b), page 7. (b) All death-rates in this report relating to metropolitan boroughs are fully
corrected for institutions (see foot-note (c), page 2.) (c) The registration of births was not made compulsory
until the beginning of 1875; before that year many births were probably unregistered. (d) See footnotes (b)
and (c), page 2