Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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Annual Report of the London County Council, 1912.
of living through each period, per 100,000 born in the year 1912. For the purpose of comparison, the
corresponding figures for the preceding seven years are shown.
Age-period.
X
Number living at the beginning of each of five periods in the first year of life.
l
*
1912
1911.
1910.
1909.
1908.
1907.
1906.
1905.
0—1 month 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000
1—3 months 96,615 96,384 96,523 96,458 96,422 96,122 96,292 96,112
3—6 „ 94,925 94,074 94,609 94,409 94,179 93,851 93,826 93,587
6—9 „ 93,338 91,418 92,761 92,416 91,977 91,760 91,095 91,068
9—12 „ 92,108 89,246 91,214 90,826 90,279 90,080 88,926 89,000
0-1 year 90,918 87,249 89,779 89,286 88,718 88,500 86,993 87,163
Age-period
x
Probability of living through each of five periods in the first year of life.
P
x
1912,
1911.
1910.
1909.
1908.
1907.
1906.
1905.
0—1 month .96615 .96384 .96523 .96458 .96422 .96122 .96292 .96112
1—3 months .98251 .97603 .98017 .97876 .97674 .97637 .97439 .97373
3—6 „ .98328 .97177 .98047 .97889 .97662 .97772 .97089 .97308
6—9 „ .98682 .97624 .98332 .98280 .98154 .98169 .97619 .97729
9—12 „ .98708 .97762 .98427 .98304 .98271 .98246 .97826 .97936
0—1 year .90918 .87249 .89779 .89286 .88718 .88500 .86993 .87163
Deaths of
infants in
London
boroughs.
The following table shows the age-distribution of the deaths under one year of age in the several sanitary districts of London:—
Metropolitan borough. | Under 1 Week. | 1-2 Weeks. | 2-3 Weeks. | 3-4 Weeks. | Total under 1 Month. | 0-3 Months. | 3-6 Months. | 6-9 Months. | 9-12 Months. | Total under 1 Year |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Paddington | 69 | 18 | 19 | 7 | 113 | 168 | 50 | 39 | 38 | 295 |
Kensington | 91 | 21 | 20 | 5 | 137 | 193 | 43 | 41 | 28 | 305 |
Hammersmith | 69 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 107 | 153 | 49 | 37 | 22 | 261 |
Fulham | 92 | 18 | 21 | 6 | 137 | 225 | 77 | 44 | 49 | 395 |
Chelsea | 18 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 32 | 55 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 85 |
Westminster, City of | 53 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 78 | 112 | 34 | 29 | 20 | 195 |
St. Marylebone | 58 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 82 | 110 | 42 | 28 | 29 | 209 |
Hampstead | 25 | 4 | 2 | — | 31 | 49 | 11 | 8 | 711 | 79 |
St. Pancras | 133 | 25 | 28 | 17 | 203 | 282 | 64 | 49 | 77 | 472 |
Islington | 190 | 41 | 25 | 24 | 280 | 413 | 121 | 81 | 95 | 710 |
Stoke Newington | 20 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 39 | 50 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 73 |
Hackney | 95 | 38 | 16 | 20 | 169 | 267 | 73 | 49 | 37 | 426 |
Holborn | 13 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 28 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 70 |
Finsbury | 42 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 70 | 133 | 53 | 39 | 65 | 290 |
London, City of | 3 | — | — | — | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
Shoreditch | 86 | 22 | 21 | 10 | 139 | 231 | 78 | 77 | 65 | 451 |
Bethnal Green | 73 | 21 | 19 | 15 | 128 | 203 | 70 | 48 | 54 | 375 |
Stepney | 203 | 36 | 37 | 33 | 309 | 482 | 192 | 146 | 126 | 946 |
Poplar | 116 | 29 | 17 | 21 | 183 | 296 | 103 | 70 | 74 | 543 |
Southwark | 104 | 32 | 20 | 27 | 183 | 272 | 114 | 97 | 104 | 587 |
Bermondsey | 92 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 129 | 216 | 88 | 68 | 61 | 433 |
Lambeth | 135 | 43 | 33 | 33 | 244 | 350 | 96 | 1 91 | 61 | 598 |
Battersea | 78 | 23 | 22 | 19 | 142 | 205 | 62 | 42 | 44 | 353 |
Wandsworth | 148 | 29 | 28 | 26 | 231 | 337 | 79 | 50 | 50 | 516 |
Camberwell | 108 | 37 | 22 | 18 | 185 | 274 | 109 | 83 | 85 | 551 |
Deptford | 63 | 18 | 13 | 12 | 106 | 141 | 35 | 45 | 37 | 258 |
Greenwich | 58 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 90 | 124 | 23 | 27 | 26 | 200 |
Lewisham | 57 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 100 | 138 | 41 | 28 | 26 | 233 |
Woolwich | 61 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 90 | 128 | 21 | 31 | 21 | 201 |