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London County Council 1911

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Annual Report of the London County Council, 1911.
Cancer
death-rates
in London
boroughs,

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Metropolitan borough.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).
1906-10.1911.1906-10.1911.1906-10.1911.
Hampstead0.920.948161.021.000.970.95957908
St. Pandas0.920.952291.141.261.091.201,0751,147
Islington0.900.967041.101.011.060.981,045937
Stoke Newington0.980.893871.201.111.070.991,055946
Hackney0.880.993410.950.970.940.96927918
Holborn0.950.919241.081.100.991.01976966
Finsbury0.841.040710.920.930.960.97947927
London, City of1.060.823161.240.721.020.591,006564
Shoreditch0.791.105180.840.810.930.90917860
Bethnal Green0.781.120770.930.941.041.051,026904
Stepney0.741.179760.830.840.980.99966946
Poplar0.811.083270.860.920.931.00917956
Southwark0.821.063500.961.101.021.171,0061,119
Bermondsey0.811.084621.020.921.111.001,095956
Lambeth0.920.953331.131.121.081.071,0651,023
Battersea0.791.107980.960.971.061.071,0451,023
Wandsworth0.880.991160.961.020.951.129371,071
Camberwell0.871.004830.971.000.971.00957956
Deptford0.811.073960.921.110.991.199761,138
Greenwich0.871.010640.900.840.910.85897813
Lewisham0.920.953330.991.060.941.01927966
Woolwich0.781.119330.911.021.021.141,0061,090

It will be seen from the foregoing table (comparing the corrected death-rates) that in the quinquennium
1906-10 among the several sanitary districts, St. Marylebone (1.12) had the highest cancer
death-rate, and Greenwich (0.91) the lowest; in the year 1911 Fulham (1.26) had the highest, the lowest
obtaining in the Citv of London (0.59).

The following table shows the corrected death-rate from cancer in each of the sanitary districts of London, annually for the last eleven years:—

Metropolitan borough.Corrected Cancer death-rates.
1901.1902.1903.1904.1905.1906.1907.1908.1909.1910.1911. (a)
Paddington0.93| 0.861.020.990.941.011.121.170.961.051.05
Kensington0.960.770.930.880.840.871.050.931.060.870.98
Hammersmith0.820.830.840.981.001.171.120.980.921.051.00
Fulham1.010.880.951.021.071.091.210.891.081.131.26
Chelsea0.770.901.091.070.911.050.870.911.071.201.20
Westminster, City of0.760.980.940.930.970.920.901.101.1l1.031.18
St. Marylebone0.920.981.190.981.190.951.091.201.201.191.21
Hampstead0.911.071.230.970.701.100.811.000.960.980.95
St. Pancras0.840.991.040.940.971.050.901.241.051.201.20
Islington0.880.961.060.940.981.091.021.081041.100.98
Stoke Newington0.820.770.990.940.960.961.131.191.091.000.99
Hackney0.800.880.900.850.910.830.911.000.971.010.96
Holborn0.920.990.930.880.861.080.770.891.181.061.01
Finsbury0.810.840.960.870.740.920.960.981.040.880.97
London, City of1.051.260.811.101.101.030.991.021.061.020.59
Shoreditch0.901.150.940.860.980.811.050.890.940.940.90
Bethnal Green0.960.920.970.970.911.090.970.991.041.101.05
Stepney0.870.790.940.930.901.160.910.950.860.980.99
Poplar0.790.920.910.770.910.840.860.960.990.981.00
Southwark0.920.901.060.931.160.981.030.991.021.061.17
Bermondsey0.731.030.930.780.911.051.090.941.221.251.00
Lambeth0.950.970.991.011041.011.081.081.221.021.07
Battersea0.900.970.971.081.151.121.051.011.200.951.07
Wandsworth0.880.911.020.970.840.970.980.940.910.981.12
Camberwell0.980.960.880.900.891.030.921.011.010.911.00
Deptford0.881.041.001.031.001.080.780.951.021.101.19
Greenwich0.710.880.800.911.030.830.871.000.910.910.85
Lewisham0.910.940.830.820.880.920.940.930.960.961.01
Woolwich0.790.980.900.950.781.111.040.881.1l0.971.14
London0.880.930.970.940.951.010.981.011.041.031.05

Cancer
corrected
death.rates
1901.11.
(a) See footnote (b) page 11,