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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 XIV.*
| District. | Standard Death-rate. | Factor for Correction for Sex and Age Distribution. | Crude or Recorded Death-rate. 1898. | Corrected Death-rate, 1898. | Comparative Mortality Figure, 1898. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England and Wales | 19.15 | 1. 0000 | 17.6 | 17.6 | 1000 |
| England and Wales, less the 33 Towns | 19.45 | 0.9845 | — | — | — |
| 33 Towns | 17.01 | 1.0813 | 19.0 | 20.5 | 1164 |
| London | 17.97 | 1 .0656 | 18.3 | 19.5 | 1108 |
| Hampstead | 16.63 | 1.15153 | 11.7 | 13.5 | 767 |
| St. George, Hanover Square | 17.34 | 1.10438 | 13.2 | 14.6 | 829 |
| Stoke Nowington | 17.85 | 1.07283 | 13.7 | 14.7 | 835 |
| Wandsworth | 17.93 | 1.06804 | 14.4 | 15.4 | 875 |
| Lee | 17.67 | 1 .08376 | 14.9 | 16.1 | 915 |
| Lewisham | 17.92 | 1.06864 | 15.3 | 16 .3 | 926 |
| Plumstead | 19.09 | 1.03458 | 16.3 | 16.9 | 960 |
| Haokney | 18.30 | 1.01645 | 16.4 | 17 .2 | 977 |
| Camberwell | 18.10 | 16.4 | 17.3 | 983 | |
| Paddington | 17.72 | 16.1 | 17.4 | 988 | |
| Islington | 17.90 | 16. 5 | 17.6 | ||
| F ulham | 18.27 | 1.04817 | 17.2 | 18.0 | 1022 |
| Kensington | 17.38 | 1.10164 | 16.4 | 18.1 | 1028 |
| Battersea | 17.80 | 1.07584 | 16.9 | 18.2 | 1034 |
| Lambeth | 18.24 | 1.04989 | 17.9 | 18.8 | 1068 |
| St. Martin-in-the-Fields | 15.74 | 1.21665 | 15.5 | 18.9 | 1073 |
| Greenwich | 18.63 | 1.02791 | 18.5 | 19.0 | 1079 |
| Hammersmith | 18.05 | 1.06094 | 18.3 | 19.4 | 1102 |
| Chelsea | 17.95 | 1.06685 | 18.2 | 19.4 | 1102 |
| Marylebone | 17.82 | 1.07464 | 18.3 | 19.7 | 1119 |
| Rotherhithe | 18.49 | 1.03569 | 19.0 | 19.7 | 1119 |
| St.. Pancras | 17.89 | 1.07043 | 19.2 | 20.5 | 1164 |
| Mile End Old Town | 18.58 | 1.03068 | 19 .9 | 20.5 | 1164 |
| St. James, Westminster | 17.16 | 1.11597 | 18.6 | 20.8 | 1181 |
| Newington | 18.32 | 1.04531 | 20.5 | 21.4 | 1216 |
| St. Olave, Southwark | 18.42 | 1.03963 | 20.6 | 21.4 | 1216 |
| Whitechapel | 17.74 | 1.07948 | 20.2 | 21.3 | 1238 |
| Bermondsey | 18.10 | 1.05801 | 20.7 | 21.9 | 1244 |
| City of London | 16.65 | 1.15015 | 19.1 | 22 .0 | 1250 |
| Poplar | 18.49 | 1.03569 | 21.2 | 22.0 | 1250 |
| St. Giles | 17.27 | 1.10886 | 20.2 | 22.4 | 1272 |
| Woolwich | 16.99 | 1.12713 | 20.4 | 23.0 | 1306 |
| Shoreditch | 18.45 | 1 .03794 | 22.3 | 23.1 | 1312 |
| Bethnal Green | 18.39 | 1.04133 | 22.3 | 23.2 | 1318 |
| Westminster | 16.94 | 1.13016 | 20.8 | 23.5 | 1335 |
| Clerkenwell | 17.28 | 1.10822 | 21.7 | 24.0 | 1363 |
| St. Saviour, Southwark | 18.29 | 1.04702 | 23.6 | 24.7 | 1403 |
| St. George in-the-East | 18.43 | 1.03907 | 24.8 | 25.8 | 1466 |
| Limehouse | 17.59 | 1.08869 | 23.8 | 25.9 | 1471 |
| St. George, Southwark | 17.35 | 1.10375 | 24.4 | 26.9 | 1528 |
| Strand | 16.24 | 1.17919 | 22.9 | 27.0 | 1534 |
| Holborn | 17.62 | 1.08683 | 24.9 | 27.0 | 1534 |
| St. Luke | 17.72 | 1.08070 | 25.7 | 27.8 | 1579 |
* Vide notes to Table XIII.