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London County Council 1898

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

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London mortality in the eight years 1891-8 compared with the decennium 1881-90.

The following table shows the number of deaths1 occurring at several age.periods in each of the sanitary districts of the administrative county, during the year 1898 (365 days). All causes.

Age.period.0-1-2-3-4-Under 5.5-10-15-20-25-35-45-55-65-75-85-All ages.
ParklincrtiOn48215364432676849223537112133210190243194522,045
Kensington6612317549281.04451223458138203279297322291812,820
Hammersmith5561757536318734920224099127157180203168341,972
Fulham7221667045281,03167392737114179190187148111242,154
Chelsea4111505528266704523233887146155215168151341,755
St. George, Hanover-170541991226416793483104110159134113331,066
square Westminster2018435142035421916216512214511511380291,090
St. James7619111107961092836446459328412
Marylebone53416667493885450253050145241303298302201712,570
Hampstead189492015122851558175880871051339432919
Pancras1,17135112481441,7711164874113274377491509460359734,665
Islington1,509518211123752,43611150791193004375015585904431075,731
Stoke Newington8929893138153783334484887459475
Hackney98727110177441,480103344979202251275356406291743,600
St. Giles145431514922613592468738998856112763
St. Martin - in - the -294211372114824342825262192
Fields727668
Strand86379631417451538604211539
Holborn17858261710289127121744758776684911747
Clerken well411138482516638311616338911613815011689101,442
St. Luke28394522311463257141853811021141017961,063
London, City of6118143410012891139526694985810557
Shoreditch84426710260291,30264363355136225233238218142272,709
Bethnal-green88530714066421,44071293850143209228242237177382,902
Whitechapel451162512017701341818299917316616.912582121,626
St. George-in-the-East4101204917126082516203675988889973791,198
Limehouse401155602719662301122237310812113811174151,388
Mile-end Old-town6672158545321,04452203158109158182195204149292,231
Poplar1,125337143102471,75491445864167264283361297185433,611
St. Saviour, South-1575029982531256113561635745236577
wark St. George, Southwark404153533819667321319259313116413911169111,474
Newington7242167955281,10261374559150184243236230145352,527
St. Olave471316628452321226321731153232
Bermondsey4861715846297905422364312512814616216390221,781
Rotherhithe221681914103322511211747657267594913778
Lambeth1,42836914494572,0921354088833214295175835974461025,433
Battersea85324910459511,31688395060175232243278230158322,901
Wandsworth7461907549351,09592355770158214244279310271832,908
Camberwell1,19034712469631,793106508187219309364420427344774,277
Greenwich99224912168301,46065354955194243297322322235633,340
Lewisham4601003524176362722262883109140184188145541,642
Woolwich217743324123602911162852655480746014843
Lee144311784204145151128465252598423593
Plumstead2939530278453311115226454669710285171,017
Loudon22,0966,7482,6681,5941,01334,1171,9628731,2361,698|4,6356,4947,5858,3148,1586,0421,45182,565

It will be seen from this table that, with the exception of males aged 55.65, the death rates in
the period 1891.8 are lower than the corresponding death rates in the decennium 1881.90.
' See footnote ('), page 3.

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 eight years 1891-98—

Age period.Mean death rate 1881-90.Mean death rate 1891-98.Differences per cent.Mean death rate 1881-90.Mean death rate 1891-98.Differences per cent.
0—73.0970.27— 3.963.2660.32— 4.6
5—5.935.04—15.05.825.20—10.7
10—2.92249—14.72.892.50—13.5
15—4.053.61—10.93.583.05—14.8
20—5.444.86—10.74.403.64—17.3
25—8.657.63—11.86.825.88—13.8
35—149614.39— 3.811.4210.87— 4.8
45—23.8723.43— 1.817.2316.86— 21
55—41.3341.64+ 0.830.7730.60— 0.6
65—77.9775.23— 3.563.2860.67— 41
75—155.93154 09— 1.2134.2813319— 0.8
85 and upwards297.63274.96— 7.6264.77258.89— 2.2
All apes.221020.83— 5.718.8317.74— 5.8