London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
City of London 1856
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London, City of ]
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| Deaths per 1,000 Living at each Period. | All Ages. | 0 to 5 | 5, to 10 | 10 to 15 | 15 to 25 | 25 to 35 | 35 to 45 | 45 to 55 | 55 to 65 | 65 to 75 | 75 to 85 | 85 to 95 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males. | East London Union | 1856 | 27.0 | 94.7 | 12.7 | 2.8 | 4.7 | 11.3 | 14.4 | 35.8 | 39.9 | 115.9 | 200.0 | 727.2 |
| 1857 | 27.6 | 99.6 | 8.6 | 4.6 | 3.8 | 9.2 | 20.1 | 26.4 | 58.4 | 120.4 | 227.3 | 181.8 | ||
| West London Union | 1856 | 28.3 | 112.0 | 10.3 | 2.4 | 7.1 | 14.6 | 20.3 | 27.3 | 53.2 | 88.6 | 108.1 | ||
| 1857 | 26.9 | 99.0 | 10.3 | 3.2 | 4.3 | 15.0 | 17.9 | 25.9 | 57.0 | 105.2 | 166.7 | 111.1 | ||
| City of London Union | 1856 | 19.2 | 69.0 | 8.2 | 2.7 | 4.2 | 6.7 | 15.5 | 21.7 | 49.8 | 87.6 | 190.1 | 200.0 | |
| 1857 | 19.3 | 69.4 | 7.3 | 4.7 | 3.8 | 7.8 | 17.5 | 21.3 | 45.2 | 66.1 | 239.4 | 266.7 | ||
| Entire City | 1856 | 24.0 | 88.8 | 10.4 | 2.6 | 5.0 | 10.2 | 16.3 | 27.8 | 47.4 | 96.7 | 133.8 | 214.3 | |
| 1857 | 23.8 | 87.9 | 8.5 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 10.0 | 18.4 | 24.1 | 52.5 | 93.1 | 160 0 | 200.0 | ||
| England. 1845-54 | 23.6 | 73 6 | 9.2 | 5.2 | 8.3 | 10.2 | 13.1 | 18.9 | 32.3 | 67.6 | 149.9 | 327.8 | ||
| France, 1840-49 | 23 8 | 84.5 | 10.5 | 5.4 | 10.3 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 14.8 | 29.2 | 60.7 | 161.7 | 320.3 | ||
| Females. | East London Union | 1856 | 23.7 | 83.9 | 8.9 | 2.5 | 6.0 | 8.3 | 15.7 | 14.6 | 50.0 | 54.1 | 206.2 | 400.0 |
| 1857 | 24.3 | 94.4 | 7.1 | 2.5 | 7.1 | 6.8 | 12.3 | 16.6 | 38.7 | 80.5 | 185.5 | 371.4 | ||
| West London Union | 1856 | 26.9 | 96.4 | 13.3 | 3.2 | 4.5 | 10.7 | 18.1 | 20.3 | 51.1 | 91.0 | 205.6 | 461.5 | |
| 1857 | 25.3 | 97.8 | 8.6 | 4.0 | 5.5 | 7.3 | 16.1 | 23.9 | 63.6 | 78.0 | 120.5 | 77.0 | ||
| City of London Union | 1856 | 16.2 | 54.4 | 6.0 | 3.5 | 4.2 | 6.2 | 9.0 | 16.7 | 30.3 | 68.5 | 146.4 | 393.9 | |
| 1857 | 16.6 | 65.2 | 7.3 | 1.3 | 3.4 | 4.7 | 8.7 | 12.3 | 35.0 | 57.2 | 209.2 | 272.7 | ||
| Entire City | 1856 | 21.1 | 74.9 | 8.7 | 3.1 | 4.8 | 7.8 | 13.3 | 16.8 | 41.6 | 69.2 | 181.1 | 407.4 | |
| 1857 | 21.1 | 83.6 | 7.5 | 2.3 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 11.6 | 16.3 | 42.4 | 70.2 | 179.4 | 307.4 | ||
| England, 1845-54 | 22.1 | 63.4 | 8.9 | 5.5 | 8.6 | 10.8 | 12.9 | 16.2 | 28.6 | 61.0 | 136.5 | 280.8 | ||
| France, 1840—49 | 23 .2 | 75.4 | 11.0 | 6.4 | 8.4 | 9.7 | 11.0 | 14.9 | 27.3 | 63.5 | 144.8 | 271.9 | ||
Note.—The Table may be read thus:—Of 1,000 Males living in the East London Union in 1856, 27.0 died. Of 1,000 Males at from
0 to 5 Years of Age, 94.7 died ; and so on.