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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
Battersea 1902
Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1903
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To allow for these differences in age and sex-distribution,
the Registrar-General calculates for each of the great towns a
"factor for correction," and a "corrected" death-rate is
obtained by multiplying the " recorded " death-rate by this
factor. The Medical Officer of Health for the County of
London has calculated a similar factor for each of the
Metropolitan Boroughs.
The following table gives the recorded and corrected death-rates in the Metropolitan Boroughs in 1903, the Boroughs being arranged in order of corrected death-rate.
| Borough. | Recorded Death-rate. | Corrected Death-Rate. |
|---|---|---|
| Hampstead | 9.9 | 11.1 |
| Lewisham | 11.1 | 11.4 |
| Wandsworth | 12.3 | 12.9 |
| Stoke Newington | 12.5 | 13.0 |
| Greenwich | 13.2 | 13.3 |
| Paddington | 13.2 | 14.0 |
| Camberwell | 13.6 | 14.0 |
| Woolwich | 13.4 | 14.3 |
| Hackney | 13.8 | 14.3 |
| Fulham | 13.8 | 14.4 |
| Hammersmith | 14.1 | 14.6 |
| Islington | 14.2 | 14.6 |
| Kensington | 13.8 | 14.7 |
| City of Westminster | 13.5 | 15.2 |
| Battersea | 14.2 | 15.2 |
| Deptford | 14.8 | 15.5 |
| Lambeth | 15.1 | 15.5 |
| Chelsea | 15.2 | 15.7 |
| City of London | 14.5 | 15.8 |
| St. Pancras | 16.1 | 16.8 |
| St. Marylebone | 16.3 | 17.5 |
| Bethnal Green | 18.1 | 18.3 |
| Stepney | 17.9 | 18.6 |
| Southwark | 18.0 | 18.7 |
| Poplar | 18.1 | 18.7 |
| Bermondsey | 18.3 | 18.9 |
| Shoreditch | 19.3 | 20.3 |
| Holborn | 18.5 | 20.5 |
| Finsbury | 20.2 | 21.0 |
| County of London | 15.1 | 15.8 |