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London County Council 1896

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

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Table: The infant mortality in 1896 and in the period 1886-95 in the several London sanitary districts was as follows—

The infant mortality in 1896 and in the period 1886-95 in the several London sanitary districts was as follows—

Sanitary district.Deaths under 1 year of age, 1896.Deaths under one year of age per 1,000 births.
1886-95.1896.
Paddington479144156
Kensington661163178
Hammersmith537160179
Fulham710167175
Chelsea446155168
St. George, Hanover-square209139149
Westminster208167170
St. James74162149
Marylebone624140141
Hampstead180117123
Pancras1,182159168
Islington1,489147150
Stoke Newington106138126
Hackney937146
St. Giles156152147
St. Martin-in-the-Fields35199164
Strand110202193
Holborn171205194
Clerkenwell408173184
St. Luke303150154
London, City of75153137
Shoreditch791174180
Bethnal-green826161170
Whitechapel456164141
St. George-in-the-East323193154
Limehouse360189176
Mile-end Old-town677151157
Poplar1,057155176
St. Saviour, Southwark168183213
St. George, Southwark401188181
Newington788170184
St. Olave64175153
Bermondsey513158160
Rotherhithe214159159
Lambeth1,303145136
Battersea948158177
Wandsworth723130150
Camberwell1,193151156
Greenwich897148157
Lewisham336136131
Woolwich221154172
Lee121117141
Plumstead260133
London21,7401551601

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The western group of districts had the highest infant mortality (169), the northern the lowest
(150), the infant mortality of the central and eastern groups being nearly equal to that of the western
(168 and 167 respectively). Of the districts, St. Saviour, Southwark, had the highest infant mortality
(213), and Hampstead the lowest (123).
Deaths from several classes of disease.
The deaths from the several classes of disease registered in the registration county of Londor
(including the lunatic asylums and hospitals for infectious disease belonging to the county) are giver
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
1896—
1 See footnote (1), page 7.