Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on vital statistics and sanitary work for the year 1898
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TABLE 14. Comparison of "Corrected" Death-rates, 1898.
| Standard Death-rate per 1,000. | Recorded Death, rate, 1898. | Corrected Rates. | Infantile Mortality per 1,000 births. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1898. | 1897. | 1896. | 1898. | 1897. | 1896. | |||
| England and Wales | 19.15 | 17.0 | 17.6 | 17.4 | 17.1 | 161 | 156 | 148 |
| London | 17.96 | 18.3 | 19.51 | 18.87 | 19.40 | 166 | 158 | 160 |
| West— | ||||||||
| Paddington | 17.72 | 16.1 | 17.39 | 15.56 | 16.63 | 161 | 149 | 156 |
| Kensington | 17.38 | 16.4 | 18.07 | 17.29 | 18.51 | 181 | 166 | 178 |
| Hammersmith | 18.05 | 18.3 | 19.41 | 17.71 | 18.24 | 183 | 171 | 179 |
| Fulhara | 18.-27 | 17.2 | 18.02 | 17.81 | 18.44 | 168 | 162 | 175 |
| Chelsea | 17.95 | 18.2 | 19.41 | 18.98 | 20.05 | 176 | 161 | 168 |
| St. George, Hanover Sq. | 17.34 | 13.2 | 14.57 | 14.57 | 15.01 | 120 | 133 | 149 |
| North— | ||||||||
| Marylebone | 17.82 | 18.3 | 19.66 | 19.66 | 21.38 | 132 | 136 | 141 |
| Hampstead | 16.63 | 11.7 | 13.47 | 13.58 | 13.70 | 125 | 127 | 123 |
| St. Pancras | 17.89 | 19.2 | 20.55 | 20.01 | 19.37 | 170 | 168 | 168 |
| Islington | 17.90 | 16.6 | 17.75 | 16.90 | 18.29 | 159 | 136 | 150 |
| Hackney | 18.23 | 16.4 | 17.22 | 17.33 | 16.49 | 152 | 147 | 146 |
| East— | ||||||||
| Shoreditch | 18.45 | 22.3 | 23.14 | 22.41 | 22.21 | 196 | 183 | 180 |
| Bethnal Green | 18.39 | 22.3 | 23.22 | 22.28 | 23.01 | 184 | 171 | 170 |
| Whitechapel | 17.74 | 20.2 | 21.80 | 22.02 | 22.23 | 144 | 148 | 141 |
| St. George in the East | 18.43 | 24.8 | 25.76 | 27.43 | 25.45 | 195 | 197 | 154 |
| Mile End, Old Town. | 18.58 | 19.9 | 20.51 | 19.27 | 20.61 | 155 | 149 | 157 |
| Poplar | 18.49 | 21.2 | 21.95 | 20.50 | 21.33 | 191 | 170 | 176 |
| South— | ||||||||
| Newington | 18.32 | 20.5 | 21.42 | 22.16 | 21.42 | 173 | 177 | 184 |
| Lambeth | 18.24 | 17.9 | 18.79 | 18.37 | 17.74 | 154 | 151 | 136 |
| Battersea | 17.80 | 16.9 | 18.18 | 17.42 | 19.04 | 166 | 162 | 177 |
| Wandsworth | 17.93 | 14.4 | 15.37 | 14.31 | 1527 | 144 | 135 | 150 |
| Camberwell | 18.10 | 16.4 | 17.35 | 17.56 | 18.83 | 160 | 159 | 156 |