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 St. Giles District]
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APPENDIX.
TABLE I.—
Death-rate in London, in groups of Districts, and in St. Giles. | Mean of Ten years 1847-1856. | Mean of Five years 1855-1859. | Mean of Five years 1860-64. | Death-rate of last Nine years, each corrected to 365¼ days. | ||||||||
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1857. | 1858. | 1859. | 1860. | 1861. | 1862. | 1863. | 1864. | 1865. | ||||
London | 25.02 | 23.08 | 24.05 | 22.41 | 23.90 | 22.69 | 22.49 | 23.18 | 23.56 | 24.47 | 26.53 | 24.62 |
West Districts.—(Kensington, Chelsea, St. George, Hanover-square, Westminster, St. Martin, St. James.) | 23.27 | 21.89 | 23.00 | 21.19 | 22.37 | 21.44 | 22.17 | 22.42 | 22.30 | 23.24 | 24.89 | 23.01 |
North Districts.—(Marylebone, Hampstead, Pancras, Islington, Hackney) | 22.67 | 22.08 | 22.93 | 21.50 | 22.88 | 21.67 | 21.17 | 22.33 | 22.00 | 23.77 | 25.37 | 24.54 |
Central Districts—(St. Giles, Strand, Holborn, Clerk-enwell, St. Luke, East London, West London, London City) | 25.10 | 24.10 | 25.99 | 23.77 | 24.46 | 24.14 | 23.34 | 25.03 | 25.83 | 26.51 | 29.26 | 26.97 |
East Districts.—(Shoreditch, Bethnal Green, White-chapel, St. George East, Stepney, Poplar) | 26.43 | 24.63 | 25.92 | 24.63 | 25.78 | 23.95 | 24.08 | 24.02 | 25.98 | 26.48 | 29.03 | 26.44 |
South Districts.—St. Saviour, St. Olave, Bermondsey, St. George South wark, Newington, Lambeth, Wandsworth, Camberwell, Rotherhithe, Greenwich, Lewis-ham.) | 26-81 | 22-90 | 23-26 | 21-49 | 23-96 | 22-60 | 2214 | 22-79 | 22-68 | 2333 | 25.36 | 23.23 |
St. Giles.—Registered mortality | 26.89 | 25.49 | 27.09 | 26.60 | 24.84 | 24.82 | 24.97 | 25.81 | 27.49 | 27.34 | 29.84 | 29-45 |
Corrected for Hospitals | - | 26.61 | 28.44 | 28.20 | 25.91 | 26.13 | 26.33 | 27.12 | 28.99 | 28.64 | 31.10 | 29.66 |