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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
Greenwich 1904
The annual report made to the Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich for the year 1904
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Recorded and Corrected Death Rates per 1,000 persons living in London and in the Metropolitan Boroughs, 1904, as estimated by the Registrar-General.
| Metropolitan Boroughs arranged in the Order of their CORRECTED Death Rates. | Standard Death Rate. | Factor for correction for Sex and Age Distribution.* | Recorded Death Rate for 1904. | Corrected Death Rate, 1904. | Comparative Mortality Figure, 1904. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England and Wales | 18.194 | 1.0000 | 16.23 | 16.23 | 1,000 |
| London | 17.81 | 1.0511 | 16.63 | 17.48 | 1,077 |
| Hampstead | 16.13 | 1.12???0 | 10.23 | 11.54 | 711 |
| Lewisham | 17.46 | 1.0420 | 12.01 | 12.51 | 771 |
| Stoke Newington | 17.43 | 1.0438 | 13.33 | 13.91 | 857 |
| Wandsworth | 17.25 | 1.0547 | 13.38 | 14.11 | 869 |
| Paddington | 17.04 | 1.0677 | 13.76 | 14.69 | 905 |
| City of Westminster | 16.22 | 1.1217 | 13.55 | 15.20 | 937 |
| Woolwich | 17.02 | 1.0690 | 14.32 | 15.31 | 943 |
| Kensington | 16.88 | 1.0778 | 14.31 | 15.42 | 950 |
| Camberwell | 17.54 | 1.0373 | 14.92 | 15.48 | 954 |
| Hackney | 17.46 | 1.0420 | 14.92 | 15.55 | 958 |
| Battersea | 16.96 | 1.0728 | 14.52 | 15.58 | 960 |
| Islington | 17.51 | 1.0391 | 15.42 | 16.02 | 987 |
| Falham | 17.39 | 1.0462 | 15.43 | 16.14 | 994 |
| Lambeth | 17.63 | 1.0320 | 15.78 | 16.28 | 1,003 |
| Hammersmith | 17.47 | 1.0414 | 15.71 | 16.36 | 1,008 |
| Deptford | 17.31 | 1.0511 | 16.10 | 16.92 | 1,043 |
| Chelsea | 17.56 | 1.0361 | 16.53 | 17.13 | 1,055 |
| St. Marylebone | 17.08 | 1.0652 | 16.23 | 17.29 | 1,065 |
| St. Pancras | 17.40 | 1.0456 | 17.43 | 18.22 | 1,123 |
| City of London | 16.55 | 1.0993 | 16.65 | 18.30 | 1,128 |
| Poplar | 17.64 | 1.0314 | 18.58 | 19.16 | 1,181 |
| Bethnal Green | 18.01 | 1.0102 | 19.25 | 19.45 | 1,198 |
| Holborn | 16.90 | 1.0766 | 18.49 | 19.91 | 1,227 |
| Stepney | 17.41 | 1.0450 | 19.40 | 20.27 | 1,249 |
| Bermondsey | 17.76 | 1.0244 | 20.01 | 20.50 | 1,263 |
| Southwark | 17.41 | 1.0450 | 20.10 | 21.00 | 1,294 |
| Shoreditch | 17.34 | 1.0493 | 20.37 | 21.37 | 1,317 |
| Finsbury | 17.57 | 1.0355 | 21.28 | 22.04 | 1,358 |
*In calculating the Factors for correcting the Death Rates of the several Boroughs, account has been taken of the Inmates of the
large Poor Law Institutions situated outside the Boroughs from which they receive paupers.