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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
Islington 1897
Forty-second annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Parish of St. Mary, Islington
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Table XIV.*
| District. | Standard Death-rate. | Factor for Correction for Sex andAge Distribution. | Crude or Recorded Death.rate, 1897. | Corrected Death-rate, 1897. | Comparative Mortality Figure, 1897. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England and Wales | 19.15 | 1.0000 | 17.43 | 17.43 | 1000 |
| England and Wales, less tde 33 Towns | 19.45 | 0.9845 | 16.52 | 16.26 | 933 |
| 33 Towns | 17.71 | 1.0813 | 19.10 | 20.65 | 1185 |
| London | 17.97 | 1.0656 | 18.19 | 19.38 | 1112 |
| Hampstead | 16.63 | 1.15153 | 11.8 | 13.58 | 779 |
| Lewisham | 17.92 | 1.06864 | 12.8 | 13.68 | 785 |
| Plumstead | 19.09 | 1.03458 | 13.7 | 14.17 | 813 |
| Lea | 17.67 | 1.08376 | 13.2 | 14.30 | 820 |
| Wandswortd | 17.93 | 1.06804 | 13.4 | 14.31 | 821 |
| St. George, Hanover Square | 17.34 | 1.10438 | 13.2 | 14.57 | 836 |
| Stoke Newington | 17.85 | 1.07283 | 14.3 | 15.34 | 880 |
| Paddington | 17.72 | 1.08070 | 14.4 | 15.56 | 893 |
| Islington | 17.80 | 1.06983 | 15.8 | 16.90 | 970 |
| Hackney | 18.30 | 1.04645 | 16.5 | 17.26 | 990 |
| Kensington | 17.38 | 1.10184 | 15.7 | 17.30 | 993 |
| Battersea | 17.80 | 1.07584 | 16.2 | 17.43 | 1000 |
| Camberwell | 18.10 | 1.05801 | 16.6 | 17.56 | 1007 |
| Greenwich | 18.63 | 1.02791 | 17.2 | 17.68 | 1014 |
| Hammersmitd | 18.05 | 1.06094 | 16.7 | 17.71 | 1016 |
| Fulham | 18.27 | 1.04817 | 17.0 | 17.82 | 1022 |
| Lambetd | 18.24 | 1.04989 | 17.5 | 18.37 | 1054 |
| Chelsea | 17.95 | 1.06685 | 17.8 | 18.99 | 1090 |
| Mile End Old Town | 18.58 | 1.03068 | 18.7 | 19.27 | 1105 |
| St. James, Westminster | 17.16 | 1.11597 | 17.5 | 19.53 | 1120 |
| Rotherhithe | 18.49 | 1.03569 | 18.9 | 19.57 | 1123 |
| Marylebone | 17.82 | 1 07464 | 18.3 | 19.67 | 1128 |
| St. Martin-in-the-Fields | 15.74 | 1.21665 | 16.3 | 19.83 | 1137 |
| St. Pancras | 17.89 | 1.07043 | 18.7 | 20.01 | 1148 |
| Woolwich | 16.99 | 1.12713 | 17.8 | 20.06 | 1151 |
| St. Giles | 17.27 | 1.10886 | 18.4 | 20.40 | 1170 |
| Poplar | 18.49 | 1.03569 | 19.8 | 20.50 | 1176 |
| Westminster | 16.94 | 1.13046 | 19.0 | 21.47 | 1232 |
| Whitechapel | 17.74 | 1.07948 | 20.4 | 22.02 | 1263 |
| Newington | 18.32 | 1.04531 | 21.2 | 22.16 | 1271 |
| Bethnal Green | 18.39 | 1.04133 | 21.4 | 22.28 | 1278 |
| Shoreditch | 18.45 | 1.03794 | 21.6 | 22.42 | 1286 |
| St. Olave, Southwark | 18.42 | 1.03963 | 22.1 | 22.97 | 1318 |
| Bermondsey | 18.10 | 1.05801 | 22.1 | 23.38 | 1341 |
| Clerkenwell | 17.28 | 1.10822 | 22.1 | 24.49 | 1405 |
| City of London | 16.65 | 1.15015 | 21.3 | 24.50 | 1406 |
| Holborn | 17.62 | 1.03683 | 23.1 | 25.10 | 1440 |
| Strand | 16.24 | 1.17919 | 21.3 | 25.11 | 1441 |
| St. Saviour, Southwark | 18.29 | 1.04702 | 24.6 | 25.75 | 1477 |
| St. George, Southwark | 17.35 | 1.10375 | 23.7 | 26.16 | 1501 |
| Limehouse | 17.59 | 1.08869 | 25.1 | 27.32 | 1567 |
| St. George in-the-East | 18.43 | 1.03907 | 26.4 | 27.43 | 1574 |
| St. Luke | 17.72 | 1.08070 | 25.7 | 27.77 | 1593 |
٭ Vide notes to Table XIII.