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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 1898
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stoke Newington, The Parish of St. Mary]
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TABLE A 5.
A comparison of the Health Records of the several Metropolitan Sanitary Areas, for the year 1898.
| Sanitary Area. | Crude or Recorded Death-rate. | Factor for correction for age and sex distribution. | Corrected Death-rate. | Kate of Infantile Mortality. | Infectious Sickness-rate from Notifiable Diseases. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| London | 18.3 | 1.0656 | 19.5 | 166 | 8.3 |
| Paddington | 16.1 | 1.08070 | 17.3 | 161 | 6.1 |
| Kensington | 16.4 | 110184 | 18.0 | 181 | 5.8 |
| Hammersmith | 18.3 | 1.06094 | 19.4 | 183 | 7.3 |
| Fulham | 17.2 | 1 .04817 | 18.0 | 168 | 11.9 |
| Chelsea | 18.2 | 1.06685 | 19.4 | 176 | 7.9 |
| St. George, Hanover Square | 13.2 | 1.10438 | 14.5 | 120 | 5.2 |
| Westminster | 20.8 | 1 13046 | 23.5 | 182 | 6.2 |
| St. James, Westminster | 18.6 | 1 11597 | 20.7 | 177 | 4.5 |
| Marylebone | 18.3 | 1.07464 | 19.6 | 132 | 6.0 |
| Hampatead | 11.7 | 1.15153 | 13.4 | 125 | 5.9 |
| St. Pancras | 19.2 | 1.07043 | 20.5 | 170 | 8.4 |
| Islington | 16.6 | 1.06983 | 17.7 | 159 | 7.0 |
| Stoke Newington | 13.6 | 1.07283 | 14.6 | 106 | 7.2 |
| Haekney | 16.4 | 104645 | 17.1 | 152 | 11.1 |
| St. Giles | 20.2 | 1.10886 | 22.3 | 137 | 5.3 |
| St. Martins.in.the.Fields | 15.5 | 1.21665 | 18.8 | 156 | 3.2 |
| Strand | 22.9 | 1.17919 | 27.0 | 171 | 4.9 |
| Holborn | 24.9 | 1.03683 | 25.8 | 221 | 9.9 |
| Clerkenwell | 21.7 | 1.10822 | 24.0 | 196 | 10.8 |
| St. Luke | 25.7 | 1.08070 | 27.7 | 150 | 11.3 |
| City of London | 19.1 | 1.15015 | 21.9 | 128 | 5.7 |
| Shoreditch | 22.3 | 1.03794 | 23.1 | 196 | 7.8 |
| Bethnal Green | 22.3 | 1 .04133 | 23.2 | 184 | 9.4 |
| Whitechapel | 20.2 | . 1.07948 | 21.8 | 144 | 7.9 |
| St. George in the East | 24.8 | 1.03907 | 25.7 | 195 | 8.1 |
| Limehouse | 23.8 | 1.08869 | 25.9 | 208 | 7.9 |
| Mile End | 19.3 | 103068 | 20.5 | 155 | 8.6 |
| Poplar | 21.2 | 1.03569 | 21.9 | 191 | 8.9 |
| St. Saviour, Southwark | 23.6 | 1 04702 | 24.7 | 211 | 9.9 |
| St. George, Southwark | 24.4 | 1.10375 | 26.9 | 188 | 11.2 |
| Newington | 20.5 | 1.04531 | 21 4 | 173 | 10.9 |
| St. Olave, Southwark | 20.6 | 1.03963 | 21.4 | 132 | 9.9 |
| Bermondsey | 20.7 | 105801 | 21.9 | 157 | 10.2 |
| Rotherhithe | 19.0 | 1.03569 | 19.6 | 1.69 | 7.4 |
| Lambeth | 17.9 | 1.04989 | 18.7 | 154 | 7.6 |
| Battersea | 16.9 | 1.07584 | 18.1 | 166 | 11.1 |
| Wandsworth | 14.4 | 1.06804 | 15.3 | 144 | 8.4 |
| Camberwell | 16.4 | 1.05801 | 17.3 | 160 | 7.8 |
| Greenwich | 18.5 | 1.02791 | 19.0 | 176 | 9.0 |
| Lewisnam | 15.3 | 1.06864 | 16.3 | 161 | 6.7 |
| Woolwich | 20.4 | 1.12713 | 22.9 | 173 | 9.2 |
| Lee | 14.9 | 1.08376 | 16.1 | 160 | 9.9 |
| Plumstead | 16.3 | 1.03458 | 16.8 | 155 | 9.9 |