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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
Paddington 1897
Report on vital statistics and sanitary work for the year 1897
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tricts given in Table 12. The rates there given are
TABLE 12. Comparison of "Corrected" Death-rates, 1897.
| Standard Death.rate. | Sex-age Factor. | Rates for 1897. | Middle of 1897. | Infantile Mortality* per 1,000 births. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Record. | Corrected. | Population. | Acres per Person | ||||
| England and Wales | 1915 | 17.4 | 17.4 | 31055355 | 156 | ||
| London | 17.96 | 1.06626 | 17.7 | 18.87 | 4463169 | 0.015 | 158 |
| West— | |||||||
| Paddington | 17.72 | 1.08070 | 14.4 | 15.56 | 126,161 | 0.009 | 149 |
| Kensington | 17.38 | 1.10184 | 15.7 | 17.29 | 171,427 | 0.012 | 166 |
| Hammersmith. | 18.05 | 1.06094 | 16.7 | 17.71 | 105,959 | 0.021 | 171 |
| Fulham | 18.27 | 1.04817 | 17.0 | 17.81 | 120,040 | 0.014 | 162 |
| Chelsea | 17.95 | 1.06685 | 17.8 | 18.98 | 96,692 | 0.008 | 161 |
| St. George, Hanover Sq. | 17.34 | 1.10438 | 13.2 | 14.57 | 80,330 | 0.013 | 133 |
| North— Marylebone | 17.82 | 1.07464 | 18.3 | 19.66 | 140,808 | 0.010 | 136 |
| Hampstead | 16.63 | 1.15153 | 11.8 | 13.58 | 77,275 | 0.029 | 127 |
| St. Pancras | 17.89 | 1.07043 | 18.7 | 20.01 | 242,255 | 0.011 | 168 |
| Islington | 17.90 | 1.06983 | 15.8 | 16.90 | 341,134 | 0.009 | 136 |
| Hackney | 18.23 | 1.05047 | 16.5 | 17.33 | 216,698 | 0.018 | 147 |
| East— | |||||||
| Shoreditch | 18.45 | 1.03794 | 21.6 | 22.41 | 121,883 | 0.005 | 183 |
| Bethnal Green | 18.39 | 1.04133 | 21.4 | 22.28 | 129,098 | 0.005 | 171 |
| Whitechapel | 17.74 | 1.07948 | 20.4 | 22.02 | 79,724 | 0.004 | 148 |
| St. George in the East | 18.43 | 1.03907 | 26.4 | 27.43 | 47,917 | 0.005 | 197 |
| Mile End, Old Town | 18.58 | 1.03068 | 18.7 | 19.27 | 111,883 | 0.006 | 149 |
| Poplar | 18.49 | 1.03569 | 19.8 | 20.50 | 169,811 | 0.013 | 170 |
| South — | |||||||
| Newington | 18.32 | 1.04531 | 21 2 | 22.16 | 122,191 | 0.005 | 177 |
| Lambeth | 18.24 | 1.04989 | 17.5 | 18.37 | 300,048 | 0.013 | 151 |
| Battersea | 17.80 | 1.07584 | 16.2 | 17.42 | 168,877 | 0.012 | 162 |
| Wandsworth | 17.93 | 1.06804 | 13.4 | 14.31 | 195,612 | 0.047 | 135 |
| Camberwell | 18.10 | 1.05801 | 16.6 | 17.56 | 257,575 | 0.017 | 159 |
* From the Registrar-General's Annual Summary for 1897. The mortality
among infants obtained from the local register is somewhat less than that given
by the Registrar-General.