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London County Council 1898

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

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Table: The following table shows the crude death rates and the death rates, corrected for differences in the age and sex constitution of the populations, obtaining in each of the sanitary districts of London for the year 1898 (52 weeks), and the period 1888-97— Crude and corrected death rates1 per 1,000 persons living in sanitary districts of London.

The following table shows the crude death rates and the death rates, corrected for differences in the age and sex constitution of the populations, obtaining in each of the sanitary districts of London for the year 1898 (52 weeks), and the period 1888-97— 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, 1888-97.Corrected death rate, 1888-97.Comparative mortality figure. 1888-97. (London 1,000.)Crude death rate, 1898.Corrected death rate, 1898.Comparative mortality figure, 1898, (London 1,000.)
England and Wales19.15-------
London17.961.0662619.3220.61,00018.219.41000
Battersea17.801.07584———16.918.2938
Bermondsey38.101.0580122.223.51,14120.721.91,129
Bethnal.green18.391.0413322.823.71,15022.323.21,196
Camber well18101.0580118.119.192716.417.4897
Chelsea17.951.0668519.520.81,01018.219.41,000
Clerkenwell17.281.1082222.925.41.23321.724.01,237
Fulham18.271.0481719120.097117.218.0928
Greenwich18.631.0279118.919.494218.519.0979
Hackney18.301.04645——_16.417.2887
Hammersmith18 051.0609418.419.594718.819.41,000
Hampstead16.631.1515312.214.068011.713.5696
Holborn17.621.0868325.227.41,33024.927.11.397
Islington17.901.0698317.718.991716.617.8918
Kensington17.381.1018416.818.589816.418.1933
Lambeth18.241.0498919.019.996617.918.8969
Lee17.671.0837614.515.776214.916.1830
Lewisham17.921.0686413.814.771414.815.8815
Limehouse17.591 .0886925.427.71,34523.825.91,335
City of London16.651.1501522.225.51,23819122.01,134
Mile.eud Old.town18.581.0306821.121.71,05419.920.51,057
Newington18.321.0453122.323.31,13120.521.41,103
Paddington17.721.0807016.417.785916.117.4897
Plumstead19.091 0031415. 615.675716.316.4846
Poplar18.491.0356921.222.01,06821.222.01,134
Rotherhithe18.491 .0356920.921.61,04819019.71,015
St. George, Hanover.square17.341.1043815.517.183013.214.6753
St. George.in.the.East18.4310390728.129.21,41724.825.81,330
St. George, Southwark17.351.1037525.127.71,34524.426.91,387
St. Giles17.271.1088622.424.81,20420.222.41,155
St. James17161.1159718.420.599318.620.81,072
St. Luke17.721.0807026.929.11,41325.727.81,433
St. Martin.in.the.Fields15.741.2166520.224.61,19415.518.9974
St. Marylebone17.821.0746420.622.11,07318.319.71,016
St. Olave18.421.0396324.525.51,23820.621.41,103
St. Pancras17.891.0704320.021.41,03919.220.61,062
St. Saviour18.291.0470225.326.51,28623.624.71,273
Shoreditch18.451.0379422.723.61,14622.323.11,191
Stoke Newington17.851.07283——— '13.714.7758
Strand16.241.1791925.129.61,43722.927.01,392
Wandsworth17.931.06804——_14.415.4794
Westminster16.941.1304621.524.31,18020.823.51,211
Whitechapel17.741.0794822.824.61,19420.221.81,124
Woolwich16.991.1271319.522.01,06820.423.01,186

Table: The death rates of Battersea, Wandsworth, Stoke Newington and Hackney, cannot be given for the period 1888.97, as during some portion of this period Battersea was combined with Wandsworth and Stoke Newington with Hackney; the death rates of the combined areas for this period, however, are shown in the following table—

The death rates of Battersea, Wandsworth, Stoke Newington and Hackney, cannot be given for the period 1888.97, as during some portion of this period Battersea was combined with Wandsworth and Stoke Newington with Hackney; 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 ape and sex distribution.Crude death rate, 1888.97.Corrected death rate, 1888.97.Comparative mortality figure, 1888.97, [London 1,000.)
Wandsworth (combined with Battersea)17.861.0722316.017.2835
Hackney (combined with Stoke Newington)18.231.0504716.817.6855

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It will be seen that all the eastern districts, and all the central districts with the exception of
St. Martin.in.the.Fields had in the year 1898 corrected death rates above the average of London.
The district of St. Luke, as in the preceding year, had the highest death rate (27*8), and the district
of Hampstead the lowest (l3.5).
1 All death rates in this report relating to London sanitary districts are fully corrected for institutions (see footnote
page 3.)
* See footnote ('), page 3.