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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 1898
Forty-third annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Parish of St. Mary, Islington
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Table XIII.
| Towns, in tho order of their Corrected Death-rates. | Standard Death-rate.* | Factor for Correotlou for Sex and Age Distribution t | Crude or Recorded Death-rate. 1898. | Corrected Death-rate, 1898. | Cotnparat ive Mortality Figure, 1898. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cols. | 1. | 2. | 3. | 4. | 5. |
| England and Wales | 1915 | 1.0000 | 17.6 | 17.6 | 1000 |
| England and Wales, less 1 the 33 Towns | 19.45 | 0.9845 | 16 .8 | 16.5 | 940 |
| 33 Towns * | 17.71 | 1.0813 | 19.0 | 20.5 | 1164 |
| Croydon | 18.37 | 1.0424 | 13.9 | 14-.5 | 824 |
| Cardiff ., | 17.16 | 1.1159 | 11.8 | 16.5 | 937 |
| West Ham | 17.75 | 1.0788 | 15.4 | 16.6 | 943 |
| Portsmouth | 18 .73 | 1.0224 | 16.3 | 16.7 | 949 |
| Brighton | 18.94 | 1.0110 | 16.9 | 17.1 | 971 |
| Islington | 17.90 | 1.06983 | 16.5 | 17.6 | 1000 |
| Bristol | 18.33 | 1.0379 | 17.2 | 17.3 | 1015 |
| Norwich | 19.99 | 0.9579 | 19.0 | 18.2 | 1034 |
| Leicester | 17.64 | 1.0855 | 16.9 | 18.4 | 1040 |
| liuddersfield | 16.17 | 1.1627 | 15.9 | 18.5 | 1051 |
| Derby | 17.36 | 1.1031 | 16.8 | 18.5 | 1051 |
| Burnley | 16.67 | 1.1487 | 16.3 | 18.7 | 1062 |
| Plymouth | 19.70 | 0.9720 | 19.5 | 18.9 | 1074 |
| Nottingham | 17.81 | 1.0752 | 17.7 | 19.0 | 1080 |
| Birkenhead | 17.42 | 1.0993 | 17.4 | 19.1 | 1085 |
| Hull | 18.23 | 1.0504 | 18.4 | 19.3 | 1096 |
| London | 17.97 | 1.0656 | 18.3 | 19.5 | 1108 |
| Halifax | 17.20 | 1.1133 | 17.9 | 19.9 | 1131 |
| Bradford | 16.73 | 1.1446 | 17.6 | 20.1 | 1142 |
| Oldham | 16.72 | 1.14053 | 17.6 | 20.2 | 1150 |
| Swansea | 17.53 | 1.0924 | 18.6 | 20.3 | 1153 |
| Blackburn | 17.05 | 1.1231 | 18.4 | 20.7 | 1176 |
| Preston | 17.42 | 1.0993 | 19.3 | 21.2 | 1204 |
| Leeds | 17.28 | 1.1082 | 19.2 | 21.3 | 1210 |
| Bolton | 16.90 | 1.1331 | 19.4 | 22.0 | 1250 |
| Birmingham | 17.33 | 1.1050 | 20.0 | 22.1 | 1256 |
| Gateshead | 17.83 | 1.0740 | 20.6 | 22.1 | 1.256 |
| Wolverhampton | 18.30 | 1.0464 | 21.3 | 22.3 | 1267 |
| Sheffield | 17.22 | 1.1120 | 20.2 | 22.5 | 1278 |
| Newcastle | 17.58 | 1. 0892 | 21.4 | 23.3 | 1324 |
| Sunderland | 18.25 | 1.0493 | 22.6 | 23.7 | 1347 |
| Manchester | 16.90 | 1.1331 | 21.9 | 24.8 | 1409 |
| Salford | 17.03 | 1.1244 | 22.7 | 25.5 | 1449 |
| Liverpool | 17.44 | 1.0980 | 24.0 | 26.3 | 1494 |
* The Standard Death-rate signifies the death-rate at all ages calculated on the
hypothesis that the rates at each of the twelve age-periods in each town were the same as
in England and Wales during the ten years 1881-90, the Death-rate at all ages in England
and W ales during that period having been 1915 per 1,000.
t The Factor for Correction is the figure by which the Recorded Death-rate should bo
multiplied in order to correct for variations of sex and age distribution.
‡ The Corrected Death-rate is the Crude or Recorded Death-rate after Correction has
been made for variations of age and sex distribution and may be obtained by multiplying
the latter by the Factor for Correction.
§ The Comparative Mortality Figure represents the Corrected Death-rate in each
town compared with the Recorded Death-rate at all ages in England and Wales in 1898,
taken as 1,000.