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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
Stoke Newington 1899
Report of the Medical Officer of Health and Public Analyst for the year 1899
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TABLE A 5.
A comparison of the Health Records of the several Metropolitan Sanitary Areas, for the year 1899.
| Sanitary Area. | Crude or Recorded Death-rate. | Factor for correction for age and sex distribution. | Corrected Death-rate. | Rate of Infantile Mortality. | Infectious Sickness-rate from Notifiable Diseases. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| London | 19.3 | 1.06560 | 20.6 | 166 | 9.3 |
| Paddington | 16.1 | 1.08070 | 17.4 | 151 | 6.6 |
| Kensington | 17.7 | 1.10184 | 19.5 | 180 | 6.1 |
| Hammersmith | 19.0 | 1.06094 | 20.4 | 183 | 8.0 |
| Fulham | 19.2 | 1.04817 | 20.1 | 189 | 12.9 |
| Chelsea | 19.6 | 1.06685 | 20.9 | 164 | 7.1 |
| St. George, Hanover Square | 14.2 | 1.10438 | 15.7 | 129 | 5.1 |
| Westminster | 22.3 | 1.13046 | 25.2 | 207 | 7.7 |
| St. James, Westminster | 17.9 | 1.11597 | 19.9 | 142 | 6.5 |
| Marylebone | 18.6 | 1.07464 | 20.0 | 124 | 6.6 |
| Hampstead | 11.6 | 1.15153 | 13.3 | 129 | 6.3 |
| St. Paneras | 20.3 | 1.07048 | 22.8 | 178 | 8.2 |
| Islington | 18.1 | 1.09983 | 19.4 | 160 | 8.5 |
| Stoke Newington | 12.8 | 1.07283 | 13.7 | 103 | 7.6 |
| Hackney | 16.9 | 1.04645 | 17.7 | 153 | 10.3 |
| St. Giles | 19.9 | 1.10886 | 22.1 | 112 | 5.0 |
| St. Martins-in-the-Fields | 15.6 | 1.21665 | 19.0 | 203 | 5.4 |
| Strand | 22.7 | 1.17919 | 26.8 | 189 | 5.3 |
| Holborn | 24.9 | 1.03683 | 25.8 | 226 | 8.9 |
| Clerkenwell | 22.6 | 1.10822 | 25.0 | 193 | 10.5 |
| St. Luke | 28.4 | 1.08070 | 30.7 | 149 | 9.0 |
| City of London | 21.5 | 1.15015 | 24.7 | 144 | 8.6 |
| Shoreditch | 23.8 | 1.03794 | 24.7 | 204 | 9.3 |
| Bethnal Green | 22.8 | 1.04133 | 23.7 | 174 | 10.3 |
| Whitechapel | 21.1 | 1.07948 | 22.8 | 147 | 8.4 |
| St. George in the East | 27.1 | 1.03907 | 28.1 | 200 | 7.4 |
| Limehouse | 25.6 | 1.08869 | 27.9 | 216 | 8.9 |
| Mile End | 21.3 | 1.03068 | 21.9 | 158 | 8.5 |
| Poplar | 22.1 | 1.03569 | 22.9 | 176 | 8.1 |
| St. Saviour, Southwark | 25.1 | 1.04702 | 26.3 | 203 | 10.8 |
| St. George, Southwark | 27.7 | 1.10375 | 30.6 | 205 | 13.6 |
| Newington | 24.0 | 1.04531 | 25.2 | 191 | 12.5 |
| St. Olave, Southwark | 24.9 | 1.03963 | 25.9 | 147 | 10.0 |
| Bermondsey | 24.1 | 1.05801 | 25.5 | 187 | 13.4 |
| Rotherhithe | 21.1 | 1.03569 | 21.9 | 170 | 13.6 |
| Lambeth | 19.2 | 1.04989 | 20.1 | 158 | 9.9 |
| Battersea | 16.7 | 1.07584 | 18.0 | 162 | 9.8 |
| Wandsworth | 15.3 | 1.06804 | 16.3 | 153 | 9.1 |
| Camberwell | 17.4 | 1.05801 | 18.4 | 158 | 10.8 |
| Greenwich | 18.8 | 1.02791 | 19.3 | 167 | 12.9 |
| Lewisnam | 16.3 | 1.06864 | 16.3 | 143 | 13.4 |
| Woolwich | 21.2 | 1.12713 | 23.9 | 163 | 8.6 |
| Lee | 15.1 | 1.08376 | 16.4 | 141 | 9.5 |
| Plumstead | 14.3 | 1.03458 | 14.8 | 124 | 15.4 |