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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
Corrected for age and sex distribution the death-rate in 1905 was
1172, compared with 13.60 in 1904, 12.87 in 1903, and 14.00 in 1902.
In the several Metropolitan Boroughs the rates during the year
were as follows, beginning with the lowest:—
1. Hampstead 9.3
2. Wandsworth 11.61
3. Lewisham 11.7
4. Woolwich 12.8
5. Stoke Newington 12.9
6. Paddington 13.3
7. Greenwich 13.4
8. Westminster 13.5
9. Camberwell 13.7
10. Hammersmith 13.9
11. Kensington 14.0
12. Hackney 14.0
13. Deptford 14.3
14. Battersea 14.5
15. Islington 14.5
16. Chelsea 14.8
17. Lambeth 14.9
18. Fulham 15.1
19. St. Marylebone 15.5
20. St. Pancras I5.8
21. City of London 17.4
22. Holborn 17.5
23. Poplar 17.6
24. Stepney 17.7
25. Southwark 18.5
26. Bethnal Green 18.6
27. Bermondsey 18.7
28. Finsbury 19.0
29. Shoreditch 19.7
In the separate sub-districts of the Borough the death-rate was
highest in Wandsworth—13.00 per 1,000, and lowest in Streatham—
10.06. In 1904 the sub-districts occupied the same positions, but in
1905 Wandsworth was lower by 1.79 per 1,000, and Streatham by
.60 per 1,000.
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