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London County Council 1896

[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, 1886.95.Corrected death rate, 1886.96.Comparative mortality figure, 1886.95. (London 1,000.)Crude death rate, 1896.Corrected death rate, 1896.Comparative mortality figure, 1896. (London 1,000.)
Lee17.671.08376---13.414.5751
Lewisham17.921.0686414.415.473313.614.5751
Limehouse17.591.0886925.728.01,33322.924.91,290
City of London16.651.1501522.425.81,22919.622.51,166
Mile.end Old.town18.581.0306821.422.11,05219.920.51,062
Newington18.321.0453122.523.51,11920.521.41,109
Paddington17.721.0807016.718.085715.316.5855
Plumstead19.091.00314———15.415.4798
Poplar18.491.0356921.222.01,04820.621.31,104
Rotherhithe18.491.0356921.522.31,06220.321.01,088
St. George, Hanover.square17.341.1043816.418.186213.615.0777
St. George.in.the.East18.431.0390728.829.91,42424.525.51,821
St. George, Southwark17.351.1037525.828.51,35724.026.51,373
St. Giles17.271.1088623.626.21,21819.021.11,093
St. James17.161.1159718.821.01,00017.019.0984
St. Luke17.721.0807027.129.31,39525.127.11,404
St. Martin.in.the.Fields15.741.2166521.025.51,21416.219.71,021
St. Marylebone17.821.0746420.922.51,07119.921.41,109
St. Olave18.421.0396324.425.41,21022.022.91,187
St. Pancras17.891 0704320.421.81,03818.119.41,005
St. Saviour18.291.0470225.626.81,27622.823.91,238
Shoreditch18.451.0379423.124.01,14321.422.21,150
Stoke Newington17.851.07283———12.713.6705
Strand16.241.1791925.43001,42922.726.81,389
Wandsworth17.931.06804———14.315.3793
Westminster16.941.1304622.024.91,18618.020.31,052
Whitechapel17.741.0794823.124.91,18620.622.21,150
Woolwich16.991.1271320.423.01,09520.523.11,197

Table: The death rates of Battersea, Wandsworth, Hammersmith. Fulham, Stoke Newington, Hackney, Lee, and Plumstead cannot be given for the period 1886.95, 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 1886.95, 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, 1886.95.Corrected death rate, 1886.95.Comparative mortality figure, 1886.95. [London 1,000.]
Wandsworth (combined with Battersea)17.861.0722316.417.6838
Fulham (combined with Hammersmith)18.151.0551019.220.3967
Hackney (combined with Stoke Newington)18.231.0504717.218.1862
Plumstead ("combined with Lee")18.511.0345815.115.6743

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All the Eastern and the Central districts had, therefore, in the year 1896, corrected death rates
above the average of London; St. Luke had the highest death rate in London (27.1), and Stoke
Newington the lowest (13.6).

Table: London mortality in the six years 1891.6 compared with the decennium 1881.90. The following table shows the mean death rates obtaining in London at the several age periods, and for each sex in the decennium 1881.90, and the six years 1891.96—

London mortality in the six years 1891.6 compared with the decennium 1881.90. The following table shows the mean death rates obtaining in London at the several age periods, and for each sex in the decennium 1881.90, and the six years 1891.96—

Age period.Males.Females.
Mean death rate 1881.90.Mean death rate 1891-96.Differences per cent.Mean death rate 1881.80.Mean death rate 1891.96.Difference per cent.
0—73.0971.31— 2.463.2661.39— 3.0
5—5.935.30—10.65.825.50— 5.5
10—2.922.58—11.62.892.60—10.0
15—4.053.73— 7.93.583.17—11.5
20—5.444.92— 9.64.403.81—13.4
25—8.657.81— 9.76.826.08—10.9
35—14.9614.56— 2.711.4211.11— 2.7
45—23.8723.75— 0.517.2317.09— 0.8
55—41.3341.93+ 1.530.7731.40+ 2.0
65—77.9777.73— 0.363.2862.89— 0.6
75—155.93154.67— 0.8134.28135.09+ 0.6
85 and upwards297.63279.18— 6.2264.77259.04— 2.2
All acres.22.1021.18— 4.218.8318.16— 3.6

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