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London County Council 1894

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]

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Table: The infant mortality in London may be compared with that in other English towns having more than 200,000 inhabitants by reference to the following table—

The infant mortality in London may be compared with that in other English towns having more than 200,000 inhabitants by reference to the following table—

1884-93.1894.1884-93.1894.
London154143*West Ham155138
Manchester185160Bristol145150
Liverpool187179Bradford171145
Birmingham172163Nottingham170174
Leeds177155Hull165142
Sheffield176157Salford190174

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London had therefore in 1894 a lower rate than any of these towns except West Ham and Hull,
and in the preceding ten years a lower rate than any except Bristol. Bristol and Nottingham are the
only towns in this group which show a higher rate in 1894 than the average of the preceding ten years.

Table: The infant mortality m the several London districts in 1894 was as follows—

The infant mortality m the several London districts in 1894 was as follows—

Sanitary district.Deaths under one year of age.Deaths under one year of age per 1,000 birthsSanitary district.Deaths under one year of age.Deaths under one year of age per 1,000 births.
Paddington388137Bethnal-green699151
Kensington637173Wliitechapel491154
Hammersmith426147St. George-in-the-East347185
Fulham561149Limehouse331174
Chelsea354131Mile-end Old-town629156
St. George, Hanover-square172115Poplar887153
Westminster170138St. Saviour, Soutliwark112145
St. James67144St. George, Southwark385186
Marvlebone558130Newington664158
Hampstead167113St. Olave55128
Pancras1,012145Bermondsey451146
Islington1,232130Rotherhithe218161
Stoke Newington6586Lambeth1,225133
Hackney769127Battersea734146
St. Giles141132Wandsworth506114
St. Martin-in-the-Fields49210Camberwell1,096148
Strand98179Greenwich743138
Holborn150180Lee7594
Clerkenwell316145Lewisham325132
St. Luke232123Woolwich173136
London, City of84160Plumstead17994
Shoreditch694160London18,667143†

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Deaths from several classes of disease.

Table: The deaths from the several classes of disease registered in the registration county of London (including the lunatic asylums and hospitals for infectious disease belonging to the county) are given by the Registrar-General in the Annual Summary of Births, Deaths and Causes of Death, and the following table has been prepared from the figures contained in the summary relating to the year 1894—

The deaths from the several classes of disease registered in the registration county of London (including the lunatic asylums and hospitals for infectious disease belonging to the county) are given by the Registrar-General in the Annual Summary of Births, Deaths and Causes of Death, and the following table has been prepared from the figures contained in the summary relating to the year 1894—

1894.Corrected annual average 1884-93.
Zymotic diseases13,43514,561.9
Parasitic „59104.0
Dietetic „526470.1
Constitutional diseases15,47417,084.6
Developmental „5.1075,433.7
Nervous „8,1079,849.8
Diseases of organs of special sense162136.8
Circulatory diseases6,0416,875.9
Respiratory „14,64119,374.1
Diseases of the Digestive system4,4044,833.4
„ „ Lymphatic „119112.2
„ „ Urinary „2,0562,224.2
„ „ Generative „523530.9
„ „ Locomotive „310371.1
,, ,, Integumentary system263298.7
Violence (accident)2,6242,707.5
Violence (other than accident)523492.9
Other causes2,6653,237.2
All causes77,03988,699.0

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The deaths therefore in 1894 were below the average of the preceding ten years in each class of
disease, except the dietetic, diseases of organs of special sense, diseases of the lymphatic system, and
violence other than accident.
* See footnote (*), page 8. † See footnote (†), page 7.