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London County Council 1895

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

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Table: The infant mortality in 1895 and in the period 1885-94 in the several London sanitary districts was as follows—

The infant mortality in 1895 and in the period 1885-94 in the several London sanitary districts was as follows—

Sanitary district.Deaths under 1 year of age 1895.Deaths under one year of age per 1,000 births.
1885-94.1895.
Paddington488143164
Kensington623162172
Hammersmith483159166
Fulham735164187
Chelsea460155168
St. George, Hanover-square203138138
Westminster238164185
St. James78162144
Marylebone607141138
Hampstead196114135
Pancras1,239157174
Islington1,411148143
Stoke Newington94137116
Hackney949154
St. Giles179151160
St. Martin-in-the-Fields50193265
Strand107200175
Holborn174204212
Clerkenwell399169192
St. Luke351147184
London, City of87155157
Shoreditch864170199
Bethnal-green772159162
Whitechapel490165157
St. George-in-the-East386192196
Limehouse411187202
Mile-end Old-town694149165
Poplar1,113152183
St. Saviour, Southwark170178205
St. George, Southwark434185198
Newington852165203
St. Olave88173206
Bermondsey520155162
Rotherhithe193157148
Lambeth1,421144152
Battersea930155177
Wandsworth623129132
Camberwell1,235149164
Greenwich823147150
Lewisham348136138
Woolwich204146153
Lee1161115140
Plumstead249133
London22,087153165*

Table: Deaths from several classes of disease. 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 1895—

Deaths from several classes of disease. 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 1895—

Corrected annual average 1885-94.1895.
Zymotic diseases14,353.114,865
Parasitic ”96.161
Dietetic ”491.8544
Constitutional diseases16,971.416,679
Developmental ”5,469.85,579
Nervous ”9,715.68,636
Diseases of organs of special sense141.4168
Circulatory diseases6,949.06,905
Respiratory ”19,272.418,482
Diseases of the Digestive system4,801.85,099
” ” Lymphatic ”113.9108
” ” Urinary ”2,247.22,230
” ” Generative ”533.4500
” ” Locomotive ”364.4253
” ” Integumentary system297.6303
Violence (accident)2,723.72,850
Violence (other than accident)502.7557
Other causes3,155.13,118
All causes88,200.486,937

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* See footnote (2), page 10.