London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
London County Council 1894
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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| Sanitary area. | Standard death rate. | Factor for correction for age and sex distribution. | Crude death rate, 1894. | Corrected death rate 1894. | Comparative mortality figure, 1894. [London 1,000.] | Crude death rate 1885-93. | Corrected death rate 1885-93. | Comparative mortality figure. 1885-93. [London 1,000.] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England and Wales | 19.15 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| London | 17.96 | 1.06626 | 174 | 186 | 1,000 | 20.1 | 21.4 | 1,000 |
| Battersea | 17.80 | 1.07584 | 16.0 | 17.2 | 925 | — | — | — |
| Bermondsey | 18.10 | 1.05801 | 20.7 | 21.9 | 1,177 | 22.6 | 23.9 | 1,117 |
| Bethnal-green | 18-39 | 1.04133 | 20.4 | 21.2 | 1,140 | 23.5 | 24.5 | 1,145 |
| Camberwell | 18.10 | 1.05801 | 16.3 | 17.2 | 925 | 18.7 | 19.8 | 925 |
| Chelsea | 17.95 | 1.06685 | 16.4 | 17.5 | 941 | 20.9 | 22.3 | 1,042 |
| Clerkenwell | 17.28 | 1.10822 | 19.1 | 21.2 | 1,140 | 23.5 | 26.0 | 1,215 |
| Fulham | 18.27 | 1.04817 | 17.1 | 17.9 | 962 | — | — | — |
| Greenwich | 18.63 | 1.02791 | 17.2 | 17.7 | 952 | 19.7 | 20.2 | 944 |
| Hackney | 18.30 | 1.04645 | 15.4 | 16.1 | 866 | — | — | — |
| Hammersmith | 18.05 | 1.06094 | 16.2 | 17.2 | 925 | — | — | — |
| Hampstead | 16.63 | 1.15153 | 10.6 | 12.2 | 656 | 12.5 | 14.4 | 673 |
| Holborn | 17.62 | 1.08683 | 20.4 | 22.2 | 1,194 | 25.7 | 27.9 | 1,304 |
| Islington | 17.90 | 1.06983 | 15.9 | 17.0 | 914 | 18.5 | 19.8 | 925 |
| Kensington | 17.38 | 1.10184 | 15.9 | 17.5 | 941 | 17.2 | 19.0 | 888 |
| Lambeth | 18.24 | 1.04989 | 17.2 | 18.1 | 973 | 19.9 | 20.9 | 977 |
| Lee | 17.67 | 1.08376 | 12.4 | 13.4 | 720 | — | — | — |
| Lewisham | 17.92 | 1.06864 | 13.6 | 14.5 | 780 | 14.5 | 15.5 | 724 |
| Limehouse | 17.59 | 1.08869 | 24.7 | 26.9 | 1,446 | 26.0 | 28.3 | 1,322 |
| City of London | 16.65 | 1.15015 | 19.5 | 22.4 | 1,204 | 22.3 | 26.2 | 1,224 |
| Mile-end Old-town | 18.58 | 1.03068 | 21.1 | 21.7 | 1,167 | 21.3 | 22.0 | 1,028 |
| Newington | 18.32 | 1.04531 | 20.0 | 20.9 | 1,124 | 22.5 | 23.5 | 1,098 |
| Paddington | 17.72 | 1.08070 | 15.1 | 16.3 | 876 | 16.9 | 18.3 | 855 |
| Plumstead | 19.09 | 1.00314 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 672 | — | — | — |
| Poplar | 18.49 | 1.03569 | 19.0 | 19.7 | 1,059 | 21.2 | 22.0 | 1,028 |
| Rotherhithe | 18.49 | 1.03569 | 19.0 | 19.7 | 1,059 | 21.9 | 22.7 | 1,061 |
| St. George, Hanover-square | 17.34 | 1.10438 | 14.5 | 16.0 | 860 | 17.0 | 18.8 | 879 |
| St. George-in-the-East | 18.43 | 1.03907 | 26.4 | 27.4 | 1,473 | 29.8 | 31.0 | 1,449 |
| St. George, Southwark | 17.35 | 1.10375 | 23.1 | 25.5 | 1,371 | 26.1 | 28.8 | 1,346 |
| St. Giles | 17.27 | 1.10886 | 19.9 | 22.1 | 1,188 | 24.4 | 27.1 | 1,266 |
| St. James | 17.16 | 1.11597 | 16.7 | 18.6 | 1,000 | 19.2 | 21.4 | 1,000 |
| St. Luke | 17.72 | 1.08070 | 23.5 | 25.4 | 1,366 | 27.2 | 29.4 | 1,374 |
| St. Martin-in-the-Fields | 15.74 | 1.21665 | 19.4 | 23.6 | 1,269 | 21.4 | 26.0 | 1,215 |
| St. Marylebone | 17.82 | 1.07464 | 19.3 | 20.7 | 1,113 | 21.2 | 22.8 | 1,065 |
| St. Olave | 18.42 | 1.03963 | 20.7 | 21.5 | 1,156 | 23.5 | 24.4 | 1,140 |
| St. Pancras | 17.89 | 1.07043 | 18.3 | 19.6 | 1,054 | 20.8 | 22.3 | 1,042 |
| St. Saviour | 18.29 | 1.04702 | 21.0 | 22.0 | 1,183 | 25.9 | 27.1 | 1,266 |
| Shoreditch | 18.45 | 1.03794 | 19.9 | 20.7 | 1,113 | 23.3 | 24.2 | 1,131 |
| Stoke Newington | 17.85 | 1.07283 | 9.8 | 10.5 | 565 | — | — | — |
| Strand | 16.24 | 1.17919 | 22.7 | 26.8 | 1,441 | 25.5 | 30.1 | 1,407 |
| Wandsworth | 17.93 | 1.06804 | 12.4 | 13.2 | 710 | — | — | — |
| Westminster | 16.94 | 1.13046 | 18.3 | 20.7 | 1,113 | 22.3 | 25.2 | 1,178 |
| Whitechapel | 17.74 | 1.07948 | 21.4 | 23.1 | 1,242 | 23.1 | 24.9 | 1,164 |
| Woolwich | 16.99 | 1.12713 | 17.8 | 20.1 | 1,081 | 20.7 | 23.3 | 1,089 |
The death rates of Battersea, Wandsworth, Hammersmith, Fulham, Stoke Newington, Hackney, Lee, and Plumstead cannot be given for the period 1885—93, as during some portion of this period Battersea was combined with Wandsworth, Hammersmith with Fulham, Stoke Newington with Hackney, and Lee with Plumstead; the death rates of the combined areas for this period, however, are shown in the following table—
| Sanitary area. | Standard death rate. | Factor for correction for age and sex distribution. | Crude death rate 1885-93. | Corrected death rate 1885-93. | Comparative mortality figure, 1885-93. [London 1,000.] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wandsworth (combined with Battersea) | 17.86 | 1.07223 | 16.7 | 17.9 | 836 |
| Fulham (combined with Hammersmith) | 18.-15 | 1.05510 | 19.3 | 20.4 | 953 |
| Hackney (combined with Stoke Newington) | 18.23 | 1.05047 | 17.4 | 18.3 | 855 |
| Plumstead (combined with Lee) | 18.51 | 1.03458 | 15.3 | 15.8 | 738 |
The "factors for correction " in the above tables are calculated upon the age and sex distribution
of the population enumerated in the district at the time when the last census was taken. This
* All death-rates in this report relating to London Sanitary Districts are fully corrected for institutions (see footnote (†), page 7).
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