Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the vital statistics and sanitary work for the year 1909
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TABLE 10. Mortality Rates. * Borough, Metropolis and Districts circumjacent to the Borough.
District. | Period. | All Causes | Smallpox. | Measles | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping Cough. | Enteric Fever | Diarrhceal Dis. | Phthisis. | Other Tub. Dis. | Cancer. | Infantile Mortality† |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Paddington | 1909 | 12.87 | ... | 0.24 | 0.09 | 0.07 | 0.24 | 0.03 | 0.24 | 1.03 | 100 | ||
1904-08 | |||||||||||||
1909 | 13.99 | 0.00 | 0.48 | 0.08 | 0.13 | 0.26 | 0.03 | 0.33 | 1.31 | 0.44 | 1.06 | ||
1904-08 | |||||||||||||
Kensington | 1909 | 13.28 | ... | 0.32 | 0.05 | 0.10 | 0.22 | 0.04 | 0.27 | 0.96 | 0.37 | 113 | |
1904-08 | |||||||||||||
Westminster | 1909 | 13.09 | 0.01 | 0.15 | 0.11 | 0.11 | 0.04 | 0.10 | 1.34 | 0.31 | 1.13 | 95 | |
1904-08 | ... | ||||||||||||
Marylebone | 1909 | 14.56 | ... | 0.26 | 0.06 | 0.07 | 0.01 | 0.23 | 1.35 | 0.16 | 1.23 | 99 | |
1904-08 | |||||||||||||
Hampstead | 1909 | 8.90 | ... | 0.15 | 0.04 | 0.05 | 0.19 | 0.05 | 0.04 | 0.61 | 0.23 | 0.90 | 75 |
1904-08 | 0.17 | ||||||||||||
Willesden | 1909 | 10.40 | ... | 0.26 | 0.10 | 0.06 | 0.03 | 0.33 | 0.40 | 0.74 | 96 | ||
1904-08 |
* Compiled in part from figures published by the Registrai-General, and in part from figures supplied by the
Medical Officers of Health of the circumjacent Districts.
Rates per 1,000 persons, estimated population, except Infantile Mortality, per 1,000 births.
TABLE 11. Corrected Mortality Rates: All Causes.
District | Standard Rate. | Corrected Rate, 1909. | Excess ( + ) Defect (— ) | Mean Corrected Rate, 1904-08. | Increase ( + ) Decrease(—) | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Borough | 17.10 | 13.84 | —3.26 | + 0.08 | ||
Wards. | 16.43 | 13.62 | —2.81 | —1.48 | ||
Harrow Road | 19.02 | 11.89 | —7.13 | —0.44 | ||
Maida Vale | 16.62 | 14.72 | —1.90 | +0.31 | ||
18.96 | 11.97 | —6.99 | —0.38 | |||
Church | 17.03 | 18.49 | +1.46 | +0.57 | ||
Lancaster Gate, West | 15.01 | 10.49 | —4.52 | +0.79 | ||
14.76 | 9.67 | —5.09 | —0.13 | |||
16.18 | 13.21 | —4.97 | +0.54 | |||
London | 17.31 | 14.70 | —2.61 | —0.95 | ||
Paddington | 17.10 | 13.74 | —3.36 | —0.18 | ||
Kensington | 16.88 | 14.31 | —2.57 | —0.47 | ||
Westminster | 16.22 | 14.68 | —1-54 | —0.04 | ||
Marylebone | 17.08 | 15.51 | —1.57 | —0.59 | ||
16.13 | 10.04 | —6.09 | —0.89 | |||
16.98 | 11.15 | —5.83 | —0.70 |