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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 1899
Forty-fourth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Parish of St. Mary, Islington
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Table XIII.
| Towns, in the order of their Corrected Death-rates. | Standard Death-rate.* | Factor for Correction for Sex and Age Distribution.† | Recorded Death-rate, 1899. | Corrected Death-rate, 1899. ‡ | Comparative Mortality. Figure, 1899. § |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cols. | 1. | 2. | 3. | 4. | 5. |
| England and Wales | 19.15 | 1.0000 | 18.33 | 18.33 | 1,000 |
| England and Wales, less the 33 Towns | 19.45 | 0.9845 | 17.29 | 17.02 | 929 |
| 33 Towns | 17.71 | 1.0813 | 20.19 | 21.83 | 1,191 |
| Croydon | 11.37 | 1.0424 | 15.04 | 15.68 | 855 |
| Norwich | 19.99 | 0.9579 | 17.29 | 16.56 | 903 |
| Cardiff | 17.16 | 1.1159 | 15.42 | 17.21 | 93 |
| West Ham | 17.75 | 1.0788 | 16.71 | 18.03 | 984 |
| Derby | 17.36 | 1.1031 | 16.93 | 18.68 | 1,019 |
| Huddersfield | 16.47 | 1.1627 | 16.19 | 18.82 | 1,027 |
| Bristol | 18.45 | 1.0379 | 18.25 | 18.94 | 1,033 |
| Brighton | 18.94 | 1.0110 | 18.95 | 19.16 | 1,045 |
| Leicester | 17.64 | 1.0855 | 17.71 | 19.22 | 1,049 |
| Islington | 17.90 | 1.06983 | 18.0 | 19.3 | 1,053 |
| Swansea | 17.53 | 1.0924 | 18.15 | 19.83 | 1,082 |
| Portsmouth | 18.73 | 1.0224 | 19.70 | 20.14 | 1,099 |
| Gateshead | 17.83 | 1.0740 | 18.79 | 20.18 | 1,101 |
| Hull | 18.23 | 1.0504 | 19.30 | 20.27 | 1,106 |
| Halifax | 17.20 | 1.1133 | 18.25 | 20.32 | 1,109 |
| Birkenhead | 17.42 | 1.0993 | 19.16 | 21.06 | 1,149 |
| London | 17.97 | 1.0656 | 19.78 | 21.08 | 1,150 |
| Plymouth | 19.70 | 0.9720 | 21.72 | 21.11 | 1,152 |
| Bradford | 16.73 | 1.1446 | 18.44 | 21.11 | 1,152 |
| Leeds | 17.28 | 1.1082 | 19.14 | 21.21 | 1,157 |
| Blackburn | 17.05 | 1.1231 | 19.13 | 21.48 | 1,172 |
| Nottingham | 17.81 | 1.0752 | 19.99 | 21.49 | 1,172 |
| Newcastle | 17.58 | 1.0892 | 20.56 | 22.39 | 1,221 |
| Sunderland | 18.25 | 1.0493 | 21.48 | 22.54 | 1,230 |
| Bolton | 16.90 | 1.1331 | 19.89 | 22.54 | 1,230 |
| Burnley | 16.67 | 1.1487 | 19.63 | 22.55 | 1,230 |
| Wolverhampton | 18.30 | 1.0464 | 21.81 | 22.82 | 1,245 |
| Birmingham | 17.33 | 1.1050 | 20.84 | 23.03 | 1,256 |
| Oldham | 16.72 | 1.1453 | 20.47 | 23.44 | 1,279 |
| Sheffield | 17.22 | 1.1120 | 22.16 | 24.64 | 1,344 |
| Preston | 17.42 | 1.0993 | 22.84 | 25.11 | 1,370 |
| Salford | 17.03 | 1.1244 | 23.80 | 26.76 | 1,460 |
| Manchester | 16.90 | 1.1331 | 24.61 | 27.89 | 1,522 |
| Liverpool | 17.44 | 1.0980 | 26.38 | 28.97 | 1,580 |
* The Standard Eeath-rate signifies the rate at all ages calculated on the hypothesis that the rates
at each of twelve age-periods in each town were the same as in England and Wales during the ten years
1881-90, the rate at all ages in England and Wales during that period having been 19.15 per 1,000
† The Factor for Correction is obtained by dividing the Standard Death-rate in England and Wales by
the Standard Death-rate in each town, and is the figure by which the Recorded Death-rate should be
multiplied in order to correct for variations of sex ana age distribution.
‡ The Corrected Death-rate is the recorded Death-rate multiplied 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 1899, taken as 1,000.