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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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1899]
| Metropolitan Areas in the order of their Corrected Death rates. | Standard Death-rates. | Factor for Correction for Sex and age Distribution. | Crude or Recorded Death-rates. 1899. | Corrected Death-rates. 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 |
| London | 17.97 | 1.0656 | 19.78 | 21.08 | 1,150 |
| Hampstead | 16.63 | 1.15153 | 11.6 | 13.3 | 725 |
| Stoke Newington | 17.85 | 1.07283 | 12.7 | 13.6 | 742 |
| Plumstead | 19.09 | 1.03458 | 14.3 | 14.8 | 807 |
| St. George, Hanover Sq. | 17.34 | 1.10438 | 14.2 | 15.7 | 856 |
| Wandsworth | 17.93 | 1.06804 | 15.3 | 16.3 | 889 |
| Lee | 17.67 | 1.08376 | 15.1 | 16.4 | 894 |
| Lewisham | 17.92 | 1.06864 | 16.3 | 17.4 | 949 |
| Paddington | 17.72 | 1.08070 | 16.1 | 17.4 | 949 |
| Hackney | 18.30 | 1.04645 | 16.9 | 17.7 | 965 |
| Battersea | 17.80 | 1.07584 | 16.7 | 18.0 | 982 |
| Camberwell | 18.10 | 1.05801 | 17.4 | 18.4 | 1,000 |
| St. Martin-in-the-Fields | 15.74 | 1.21665 | 15.6 | 19.0 | 10,36 |
| Greenwich | 18.63 | 1.02791 | 18.8 | 19.3 | 1,053 |
| Kensington | 17.38 | 1.10184 | 17.7 | 19.5 | 1,063 |
| St. James, Westminster | 17.16 | 1.11597 | 17.9 | 20.0 | 1,091 |
| Marylebone | 17.82 | 1.07464 | 18.6 | 20.0 | 1,091 |
| Fulham | 18.27 | 1.04817 | 19.2 | 20.1 | 1,096 |
| Lambeth | 18.24 | 1.04989 | 19.2 | 20.1 | 1,096 |
| Hammersmith | 18.05 | 1.06094 | 19.0 | 20.2 | 1,102 |
| Chelsea | 17.95 | 1.06685 | 19.6 | 20.9 | 1,140 |
| St. Fancras | 17.89 | 1.07043 | 20 ..3 | 21.7 | 1,183 |
| Rotherhithe | 18.49 | 1.03569 | 21.1 | 21.8 | 1,189 |
| Mile End Old Town | 18.58 | 1.03068 | 21.3 | 21.9 | 1,194 |
| St. Giles | 17.27 | 1.10886 | 19.9 | 22.1 | 1,205 |
| Whitechapel | 17.74 | 1.07948 | 21.1 | 22.8 | 1,244 |
| Poplar | 18.49 | 1.03569 | 22.1 | 22.9 | 1,249 |
| Bethnal Green | 18.39 | 1.04133 | 22.8 | 23.7 | 1,293 |
| Woolwich | 16.99 | 1.12713 | 21.2 | 23.9 | 1,303 |
| City of London | 16.65 | 1.15015 | 21.5 | 24.7 | 1,347 |
| Shoreditch | 18.45 | 1.03794 | 23.8 | 24.7 | 1,347 |
| Clerkenwell | 17.28 | 1.10822 | 22.6 | 25.0 | 1,363 |
| Newington | 18.32 | 1.04531 | 24.0 | 25.1 | 1,369 |
| Westminster | 16.94 | 1.13046 | 22.3 | 25.2 | 1,374 |
| Bermondsey | 18.10 | 1.05801 | 24.1 | 25.5 | 1,391 |
| St. Olave, Southwark | 18.42 | 1.03963 | 24.9 | 25.9 | 1,418 |
| St. Saviour, Southwark | 18.29 | 1.04702 | 25.1 | 26.3 | 1,434 |
| Strand | 16.24 | 1.17919 | 22.7 | 26.8 | 1,462 |
| Holborn | 17.62 | 1.08683 | 24.9 | 26.9 | 1,467 |
| Limehouse | 17.59 | 1.08869 | 25.6 | 27.9 | 1,522 |
| St. George-in-the-East | 18.43 | 1.03907 | 27.1 | 28.1 | 1,533 |
| St. George, Southwark | 17.35 | 1.10375 | 27.7 | 30.6 | 1,669 |
| St. Luke | 17.72 | 1.08070 | 28.4 | 30.7 | 1,675 |
* Vide Notes to preceding Table.