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 | 59 | 0.95 | 6.1 |
South | 37 | 0.66 | 1.6 |
East | 71 | 1.19 | 7.4 |
North | 59 | 0.99 | 7.4 |
St. Pancras | 226 | 0.95 | 6.4 |
London | 6285 | 1.31 | 9.3 |
COMPARATIVE MORTALITY.
Throwing the Birth and Dcath-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 | |||
West | 22.4 | 15.6 | 1.52 | 3.18 | 0.30 | 0.95 | 124.6 | 178.0 |
South | 17.9 | 14.4 | 1.88 | 3.25 | 0.12 | 0.66 | 126.7 | 178.5 |
East | 24.7 | 16.0 | 1.57 | 3.28 | 0.51 | 1.19 | 98.9 | 165.2 |
North | 23.0 | 13.3 | 1.36 | 2.64 | 0.25 | 0.99 | 90.5 | 144.5 |
St. Pancras | 22.1 | 14.8 | 1.58 | 3.09 | 0.30 | 0.95 | 103.8 | 165.7 |
ANNUAL BIRTH-RATES AND DEATH-RATES DURING 1909.*
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 | 25.6 | 14.5 | 1.12 | 109 |
76 great towns | 25.7 | 15.6 | 1.42 | 118 |
142 smaller towns | 24.8 | 14.5 | 1.08 | 111 |
Rural England and Wales (i.e., less the 218 towns) | 25.7 | 13.7 | 0.80 | 98 |
* Tlese rates are subject to revision.