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Administrative County of London-Year 1897 (365 days).
Death rates1 per 100,000 living from all causes and from several causes in each sanitary area.
Sanitary area.
Rheumatic
fever.
Cancer.
Tabes
mesenterica.
Tubercular
meningitis.
Phthisis.
Other
tubercular
diseases.
Respiratory
diseases.
Other
causes.
All
causes.
Paddington
4
94
14
19
115
12
240
947
1,445
Kensington
6
101
10
22
148
27
263
993
1,570
Hammersmith
12
82
25
29
137
25
295
1,059
1.664
Fulham
15
76
22
24
154
11
309
1,088
1,699
Chelsea
10
90
7
27
176
20
314
1,128
1,772
St. George, Hanover-square
5
97
10
21
118
14
213
847
1,325
Westminster
4
94
25
25
273
19
324
1,169
1,933
St. James
-
84
13
40
226
22
292
1,055
1,732
Marylebone
9
118
15
26
175
21
332
1,125
1,821
Hampstead
4
97
8
28
76
10
175
785
1,183
Pancras
14
72
18
27
202
25
339
1,172
1,869
Islington
8
94
26
24
145
19
282
983
1,581
Stoke Newington
15
88
6
23
117
12
193
976
1,430
Hackney
10
81
21
24
143
20
270
1,086
1,655
St. Giles
11
82
26
21
307
18
304
1,076
1,845
St. Martin-in-the-Fields
-
102
-
8
260
8
244
1,007
1,629
Strand
17
76
13
34
323
30
361
1,265
2,119
Holborn
16
89
10
26
272
33
515
1,354
2,315
Clerkenwell
5
53
23
35
233
30
429
1,400
2,208
St. Luke
5
99
19
46
310
29
555
1,488
2,551
London, City of
3
119
3
40
185
23
364
1,384
2,121
Shoreditch
15
70
29
30
206
21
400
1,382
2,153
Bethnal-green
6
66
42
31
200
15
445
1,334
2,139
Whitechapel
6
73
29
40
255
15
460
1,168
2,046
St. George-in-the-East
4
56
46
27
278
35
566
1,615
2.627
Limehouse
9
82
26
26
253
27
436
1,643
2,502
Mile-end Old-town
5
68
21
29
139
24
308
1,275
1,869
Poplar
6
80
38
27
192
20
351
1,269
1,983
St. Saviour, Southwark
16
100
52
60
325
24
450
1,429
2,456
St. George, Sonthwark
7
68
41
31
291
18
517
1,403
2,376
Newington
7
86
31
36
222
26
370
1,342
2,120
St. Olave
17
157
9
26
270
35
418
1,263
2,195
Bermondsey
9
77
37
35
204
20
425
1,393
2,200
Rotherhithe
12
66
12
25
162
27
376
1,215
1,895
Lambeth.
14
86
15
30
165
18
283
1,146
1,757
Battersea
11
62
16
27
150
24
242
1,092
1,624
Wandsworth
8
83
12
22
113
12
190
899
1,339
Camberwell
7
87
17
23
150
18
303
1,056
1,661
Greenwich
10
87
26
16
146
17
253
1,156
1,711
Lewisham
6
93
16
18
97
14
161
860
1,265
Woolwich
5
75
29
17
193
22
285
1,156
1,782
Lee
5
92
23
23
112
18
163
887
1,323
Plumstead
2
56
21
15
161
16
197
901
1,369
London
9
84
21
26
172
20
309
1,130
1,771
Principal Zymotic Diseases.
The number of deaths in the Administrative County of London from the principal zymotic
diseases, viz., smallpox, measles, scarlet fever, diphtheria, whooping cough, typhus, enteric and illdefined
fevers and diarrhoea during 1897 was 11,486, giving an annual death rate of 2.56 per 1,000
living. The death rates since 1890 have been as follows-
Death rate from
Year. principal zymotic diseases.
1891 2.271
1892 2.801
1893 3041
1894 2.651
1895 2.621
1896 3.111
1897 2.561
It will be seen from the following table that London in the period 1887.96 had a lower death
rate from the principal zymotic diseases than any of the undermentioned towns except Birmingham,
Leeds, Bristol, Nottingham, Bradford and Hull, and in 1897 a lower death rate than any except
Bristol and Bradford.
1 See footnote (1), page 7.