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London County Council 1895

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

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Table: For the purpose of a more precise statement, it is necessary to have regard to the age and sex distribution of the several populations, and to correct each crude death rate by the proper factor; the following table is thus obtained-Crude and corrected death rates1 per 1,000 persons living in sanitary districts of London.

For the purpose of a more precise statement, it is necessary to have regard to the age and sex distribution of the several populations, and to correct each crude death rate by the proper factor; the following table is thus obtained-

Crude and corrected death rates1 per 1,000 persons living in sanitary districts of London.

Sanitary area.Standard death rate.Factor for correction for age and sex distribution.Crude death rate 1885-94.Corrected death rate, 1885-94.Comparative mortality figure, 1885-94. [ London 1,000.]Crude death rate, 1895.Corrected death rate, 1895.Comparative mortality figure, 1895. [London 1,000.1
England and Wales19.15———————
London17.9610662619'82111,00019.5220.81,000
Battersea17.801.07584———17.719.0913
Bermondsey18.101.0580122.423.71,12322.023.31,120
Bethnal-green18.391.0413323.224.21,14721.522.41,077
Camberwell18.101.0580118.519.692918.519.6942
Chelsea17.951.0668520.622.01,04319.921.21,019
Clerkenwell17.281.1082223.025.51,20922.625.01,202
Fulham18.271.04817———19.920.91,005
Greenwich18.631.0279119.419.994319.019.5938
Hackney18.301.04645———17.818.6894
Hammersmith18.051.06094———17.618.7899
Hampstead16.631.1515312.414.367812.614.5697
Holborn17.621.0868325.327.51,30325.928.11,351
Islington17.901.0698318.319.692917.318.5889
Kensington17.381.1018417.018.788616.318.0865
Lambeth18.241.0498919.520.597219.120.1966
Lee17.671.08376———14.715.9765
Lewisham17.921.0686414.415.473014.315.3736
Limehouse17.591.0886925.828.11,33226.729.11,399
City of London16.651.1501522.626.01,23222.025.31,216
Mile-end Old-town18.581.0306821.221.91,03822.122.81,096
Newington18.321.0453122.223.21,10024.025.11,207
Paddington17.721.0807016.718.085317.118.5889
Plumstead19.091.00314———16.016.1774
Poplar18.491.0356921.021.71,02822.923.71,139
Rotherhithe18.491.0356921.622.41,06219.620.3976
St. George, Hanover-square17.341.1043816.618.386714.816.3784
St. George-in-the-East18.431.0390729.230.31,43628.229.31,409
St. George, Southwark17.351.1037525.728.41,34625.428.01,346
St. Giles17.271.1088623.926.51,25622.424.81,192
St. James17.161.1159718.921.11,00017.619.6942
St. Luke17.721.0807026.728.91,37029.531.91,534
St. Martin-in-the-Fields15.741.2166521.225.81,22318.422.41,077
St. Marylebone17.821.0746421.022.61,07120.221.71,043
St. Olave18.421.0396323.624.51,16126.527.61,327
St. Pancras17.891.0704320.521.91,03820.021.41,029
St. Saviour18.291.0470225.626.81,27026.527.71,332
Shoreditch18.451.0379422.923.81,12823.424.31,168
Stoke Newington17.851.07283———14.315.3736
Strand16.241.1791925-029.51,39823.727.91,342
Wandsworth17.931.06804———'15.116.1774
Westminster16.941.1304621.924.81,17521.324.11,159
Whitechapel17.741.0794822.824.61,16623.425.31,217
Woolwich16.991.1271320.523.11,09518.220.5986

Table: The death rates of Battersea, Wandsworth, Hammersmith, Fulham, Stoke Newington, Hackney, Lee, and Plumstead cannot be given for the period 1885-94, 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—

The death rates of Battersea, Wandsworth, Hammersmith, Fulham, Stoke Newington, Hackney, Lee, and Plumstead cannot be given for the period 1885-94, 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, 1885-94.Corrected death rate, 1885-94.Comparative mortality figure, 1885-94. [London 1,000.]
Wandsworth (combined with Battersea)17.861.0722316.517.7839
Fulham (combined with Hammersmith)18.151.0551019.220.3962
Hackney (combined with Stoke Newington)18.231.0504717.218.1858
Plumstead (combined with Lee)18.511.0345815.015.5735

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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 census of 1891 was taken. This
1 Including deaths of Londoners in the Metropolitan Workhouses, Hospitals, and Lunatic Asylum'*, situated outside Registration
London, but excluding deaths of persons not belonging to London occurring in the Highgate Smallpox Hospital, in the London Fever
Hospital, in the Middlesex County Lunatic Asylum at Wandsworth, and in the Metropolitan Asylums Board Hospitals within
Registration London.
2 These death rates are fully corrected for institutions, i.e., by the exclusions of deaths of persons not belonging to but occurring in
institutions situated within London, and by the inclusion of deaths of persons belonging to but occurring in institutions situated outside
3 All death rates in this report relating to London Sanitary Districts are fully corrected for institutions. (See footnote (2).)