Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, London, Borough of]
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Sub.Districts. | Number. | Per 1000 Population. | Per cent. of Total Deaths. |
---|---|---|---|
West | 123 | 1.99 | 11.2 |
South | 102 | 1.82 | 10.1 |
East | 122 | 2.04 | 11.2 |
North | 114 | 1.91 | 12.3 |
St. Pancras | 461 | 1.94 | 11 2 |
London | 9990 | 2.18 | 13.4 |
COMPARATIVE MORTALITY.
Throwing the Birth and Death.Rates of the Sub.Districts in the foregoing tables into one table we obtain this result:β
Sub.Districts. | Birth Rate. | Total Death Rate from all causes. | Death Rates from | Death Rates per 1000 Births. | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Phthisis. | Bronchitis, Pneumonia, Pleurisy. | Notifiable Infectious Diseases. | Principal Zymotic Diseases. | Under 1 year. | Under 5 years. | |||
W est | 26.9 | 17.8 | 2.09 | 3.06 | 0.47 | 1.99 | 157.6 | 237.1 |
South | 21.7 | 18.1 | 2.16 | 3.38 | 0.34 | 1.82 | 167.5 | 257.5 |
East | 29.3 | 18.3 | 1.74 | 3 43 | 0.64 | 2.04 | 146.5 | 215.2 |
North | 26.8 | 15.5 | 1.44 | 2.42 | 0.34 | 1.91 | 139.1 | 213.7 |
St. Pancras | 25.8 | 17.4 | 1.86 | 3.07 | 0.45 | 1.94 | 151.6 | 228.8 |
ANNUAL BIRTH.RATES AND DEATH.RATES DURING 1904.*
Localities. | Annual rates per 1000 living. | Infant mortality:β Annual Death.Rate of Infants under one year per 1000 Births. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Births. | Deaths from all causes. | Deaths from seven chief epidemic diseases. | ||
England and Wales | 27.9 | 16.2 | 1.94 | 146 |
Rural England and Wales | 26.8 | 15.3 | 1.28 | 125 |
76 great towns | 29.1 | 17.2 | 2.49 | 160 |
142 smaller towns | 27.5 | 15.6 | 2.02 | 154 |
* These rates are subject to revision.