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-Division. | Number. | Per 1000 Population. | Per cent. of Total Deaths. |
---|---|---|---|
West | 99 | 1.60 | 10.1 |
South | 92 | 1.64 | 10.2 |
East | 119 | 1.99 | 11.8 |
North | 84 | 1.41 | 9.7 |
St. Pancras | 394 | 1.66 | 10.5 |
London | 9047 | 1.91 | 12.7 |
COMPARATIVE MORTALITY.
Throwing the Birth and Death-Rates of the Sub-Districts in the foregoing tables into one table, we obtain this result:β
istricts. | 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. | |||
West | 23.3 | 15.8 | 1.60 | 2.94 | 0.22 | 1.60 | 131.2 | 211.0 |
South | 20.6 | 16.1 | 1.90 | 2.55 | 0.41 | 1.64 | 148.9 | 234.6 |
East | 27.4 | 16.9 | 1.84 | 3.17 | 0.58 | 1.99 | 129.8 | 195.8 |
North | 25.4 | 14.5 | 1.43 | 2.60 | 0.38 | 1.41 | 118.9 | 176.4 |
St. Pancras | 24.2 | 15.8 | 1.69 | 2.82 | 0.40 | 1.66 | 131.3 | 202.4 |
ANNUAL BIRTH-RATES AND DEATH RATES DURING 1906.
Cities. | 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 | 27.0 | 15.4 | 1.73 | 133 |
76 great towns | 27.9 | 15.9 | 2.24 | 145 |
142 smaller towns | 26.5 | 14.5 | 1.71 | 138 |
Rural England and Wales (i.e. less the 218 towns.) | 26.3 | 15.1 | 1.18 | 116 |
* These rates are subject to revision.