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City of Westminster 1902
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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Table II.—
| District. | Standard Death-rate. | Factor for correction for age and sex Distribution. | Crude Death-rate, 1901. | Corrected Death-rate. 1901. | Comparative Mortality figure, 1901 (London, 1,000). |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18.19 | — | — | — | — | |
| London | 17.31 | 1.05107 | 17.1 | 18.0 | 1,000 |
| Westminster, City of | 15.46 | 1.17684 | 15.8 | 18.6 | 1,033 |
| Paddington | 17.10 | 1.06398 | 14.3 | 15.2 | 844 |
| Kensington | 17.05 | 1.06710 | 15.2 | 16.2 | 900 |
| Hammersmith | 17.47 | 1.04144 | 17.0 | 17.7 | 983 |
| full ham | 17.39 | 1.04623 | 15.8 | 16.5 | 917 |
| Chelsea | 18.76 | 0.96983 | 16.6 | 16.1 | 894 |
| St. Marylebone | 16.93 | 1.07466 | 16.6 | 17.8 | 989 |
| Hampstead | 16.19 | 1.12378 | 10.6 | 11.9 | 661 |
| St. Pancras | 17.27 | 1.05350. | 18.3 | 19.3 | 1,072 |
| Islington | 17.55 | 1.03670 | 16.0 | 16.6 | 922 |
| Stoke Newington | 17.42 | 1.04443 | 13.2 | 13.8 | 767 |
| Hackney | 17.56 | 1.03610 | 15.8 | 16.4 | 911 |
| Holborn | 16.11 | 1.12936 | 20.1 | 22.7 | 1,261 |
| Finsbury | 16.83 | 1.08105 | 21.4 | 23.1 | 1,283 |
| City of London | 14.92 | 1.21944 | 20.1 | 24.5 | 1,361 |
| Shoreditch | 17.83 | 1.02042 | 21.9 | 22.3 | 1.239 |
| Bethnal Green | 17.98 | 1.01190 | 20.3 | 20.5 | 1,139 |
| Stepney | 17.29 | 1.05228 | 20.9 | 22.0 | 1,222 |
| Poplar | 17.92 | 1.01529 | 20.0 | 20.3 | 1,128 |
| Southwark | 17.29 | 1.05228 | 21.5 | 22.6 | 1,256 |
| Bermondsey | 17.60 | 1.03375 | 20.9 | 21.6 | 1,200 |
| Lambeth | 17.63 | 1.03199 | 17.2 | 17.8 | 989 |
| Battersea | 16.94 | 1.07403 | 16.4 | 17.6 | 978 |
| Wandsworth | 17.44 | 1.04323 | 13.4 | 14.0 | 778 |
| Camberwell | 17.61 | 1.03316 | 16.5 | 17.0 | 944 |
| Deptford | 17.31 | 1.05107 | 16.5 | 17.3 | 961 |
| Greenwich | 17.84 | 1.01984 | 15.2 | 15.5 | 861 |
| Lewisham | 17.64 | 1.03141 | 13.0 | 13.4 | 741 |
| Woolwich | 17.00 | 1.07024 | 14.6 | 15.6 | 867 |
Mr. Murphy makes a note that Chelsea Las an abnormal age
constitution, on account of the inclusion of 2,214 inmates of St. George
Hanover Square Union Workhouse and Infirmary in its population.
When the figures are available these will be deducted, and should be
added to Westminster, which is thereby also affected, although to a much
less degree.
In 1891 the factors worked out for the constituent parts of the City
were