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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 1896
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Borough of ]
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TABLE 18. Comparison of "Corrected" Death-rates. 1896.
| Standard Death. rate. | sex-age Factor. | Rates for 1896. | Middle of 1896. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Record. | Corrected. | Population. | Acres per Person | |||
| England and Wales | 19.15 | - | 17.1 | 17.1 | - | - |
| London | 17.96 | 1.06626 | 18.2 | 19.40 | - | - |
| West— Paddington | 17.72 | 1.08070 | 15.3 | 16.53 | 124,838 | 0.010 |
| Kensington | 17.38 | 1.10184 | 16.8 | 18.51 | 170,660 | 0.012 |
| Hammersmith | 18.05 | l.06094 | 17.2 | 18.24 | 101,551 | 0.021 |
| Fulham | 18.27 | 1.04817 | 17.6 | 18.44 | 115,008 | 0.014 |
| Chelsea | 17.95 | 1.06685 | 18.8 | 20.05 | 96,657 | 0.008 |
| St. George, Hanover Square | 17.34 | 1.10438 | 13.6 | 15.01 | 80,041 | 0.013 |
| North— Marylebone | 17.82 | 1.07464 | 19.9 | 21.38 | 141,114 | 0.010 |
| Hampfc-tead | 16.63 | 1.15153 | 11.9 | 13.70 | 75,812 | 0.029 |
| St. Pancras | 17.89 | 1.07043 | 18.1 | 19.37 | 241,066 | 0.011 |
| Islington | 17.90 | 1.06983 | 17.1 | 18.29 | 337,639 | 0.009 |
| Hackney | 18.23 | 1.05047 | 15.7 | 16.49 | 213,774 | 0.018 |
| East— Shoreditch | 18.45 | 1.03794 | 21.4 | 22.21 | 122,265 | 0.005 |
| Bethnal Green | 18.39 | 1.04133 | 22.1 | 23.01 | 129,151 | 0.005 |
| Whitechapel | 17.74 | 1.07948 | 20.6 | 22.23 | 78,886 | 0.004 |
| St. George in the East | 18.43 | 1.03907 | 24.5 | 25.45 | 47,589 | 0.005 |
| Mile End, Old Town | 18.58 | 1.03068 | 19.9 | 20.61 | 111,226 | 0.006 |
| Poplar | 18.49 | 1.03569 | 20.6 | 21.83 | 169,379 | 0.013 |
| South — Newington | 18.32 | 1.04531 | 20.5 | 21.42 | 121,191 | 0.005 |
| Lambeth | 18.24 | 1.01989 | 16.9 | 17.74 | 296,036 | 0.013 |
| Battersea | 17.80 | 1.07584 | 17.7 | 19.04 | 165,864 | 0.013 |
| Wandsworth | 17.93 | 1.06804 | 14.3 | 15.27 | 188,908 | 0.049 |
| Camberwell | 18.10 | 1.05801 | 17.8 | 18.83 | 253,975 | 0.017 |
* The Death-rates have been taken from the Registrar General's
Annual Summary for 1896.