Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[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).
Age.period. | 0- | 1- | 2- | 3- | 4- | Under 5. | 5- | 10- | 15- | 20- | 25- | 35- | 45- | 55- | 65- | 75- | 85- | All ages. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ParklincrtiOn | 482 | 153 | 64 | 43 | 26 | 768 | 49 | 22 | 35 | 37 | 112 | 133 | 210 | 190 | 243 | 194 | 52 | 2,045 |
Kensington | 661 | 231 | 75 | 49 | 28 | 1.044 | 51 | 22 | 34 | 58 | 138 | 203 | 279 | 297 | 322 | 291 | 81 | 2,820 |
Hammersmith | 556 | 175 | 75 | 36 | 31 | 873 | 49 | 20 | 22 | 40 | 99 | 127 | 157 | 180 | 203 | 168 | 34 | 1,972 |
Fulham | 722 | 166 | 70 | 45 | 28 | 1,031 | 67 | 39 | 27 | 37 | 114 | 179 | 190 | 187 | 148 | 111 | 24 | 2,154 |
Chelsea | 411 | 150 | 55 | 28 | 26 | 670 | 45 | 23 | 23 | 38 | 87 | 146 | 155 | 215 | 168 | 151 | 34 | 1,755 |
St. George, Hanover- | 170 | 54 | 19 | 9 | 12 | 264 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 34 | 83 | 104 | 110 | 159 | 134 | 113 | 33 | 1,066 |
square Westminster | 201 | 84 | 35 | 14 | 20 | 354 | 21 | 9 | 16 | 21 | 65 | 122 | 145 | 115 | 113 | 80 | 29 | 1,090 |
St. James | 76 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 107 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 28 | 36 | 44 | 64 | 59 | 32 | 8 | 412 | |
Marylebone | 534 | 166 | 67 | 49 | 38 | 854 | 50 | 25 | 30 | 50 | 145 | 241 | 303 | 298 | 302 | 201 | 71 | 2,570 |
Hampstead | 189 | 49 | 20 | 15 | 12 | 285 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 58 | 80 | 87 | 105 | 133 | 94 | 32 | 919 |
Pancras | 1,171 | 351 | 124 | 81 | 44 | 1,771 | 116 | 48 | 74 | 113 | 274 | 377 | 491 | 509 | 460 | 359 | 73 | 4,665 |
Islington | 1,509 | 518 | 211 | 123 | 75 | 2,436 | 111 | 50 | 79 | 119 | 300 | 437 | 501 | 558 | 590 | 443 | 107 | 5,731 |
Stoke Newington | 89 | 29 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 138 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 33 | 34 | 48 | 48 | 87 | 45 | 9 | 475 |
Hackney | 987 | 271 | 101 | 77 | 44 | 1,480 | 103 | 34 | 49 | 79 | 202 | 251 | 275 | 356 | 406 | 291 | 74 | 3,600 |
St. Giles | 145 | 43 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 226 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 24 | 68 | 73 | 89 | 98 | 85 | 61 | 12 | 763 |
St. Martin - in - the - | 29 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 37 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 24 | 34 | 28 | 25 | 26 | 2 | 192 |
Fields | 72 | 76 | 68 | |||||||||||||||
Strand | 86 | 37 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 141 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 38 | 60 | 42 | 11 | 539 | |||
Holborn | 178 | 58 | 26 | 17 | 10 | 289 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 44 | 75 | 87 | 76 | 68 | 49 | 11 | 747 |
Clerken well | 411 | 138 | 48 | 25 | 16 | 638 | 31 | 16 | 16 | 33 | 89 | 116 | 138 | 150 | 116 | 89 | 10 | 1,442 |
St. Luke | 283 | 94 | 52 | 23 | 11 | 463 | 25 | 7 | 14 | 18 | 53 | 81 | 102 | 114 | 101 | 79 | 6 | 1,063 |
London, City of | 61 | 18 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 100 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 39 | 52 | 66 | 94 | 98 | 58 | 10 | 557 |
Shoreditch | 844 | 267 | 102 | 60 | 29 | 1,302 | 64 | 36 | 33 | 55 | 136 | 225 | 233 | 238 | 218 | 142 | 27 | 2,709 |
Bethnal-green | 885 | 307 | 140 | 66 | 42 | 1,440 | 71 | 29 | 38 | 50 | 143 | 209 | 228 | 242 | 237 | 177 | 38 | 2,902 |
Whitechapel | 451 | 162 | 51 | 20 | 17 | 701 | 34 | 18 | 18 | 29 | 99 | 173 | 166 | 16.9 | 125 | 82 | 12 | 1,626 |
St. George-in-the-East | 410 | 120 | 49 | 17 | 12 | 608 | 25 | 16 | 20 | 36 | 75 | 98 | 88 | 89 | 97 | 37 | 9 | 1,198 |
Limehouse | 401 | 155 | 60 | 27 | 19 | 662 | 30 | 11 | 22 | 23 | 73 | 108 | 121 | 138 | 111 | 74 | 15 | 1,388 |
Mile-end Old-town | 667 | 215 | 85 | 45 | 32 | 1,044 | 52 | 20 | 31 | 58 | 109 | 158 | 182 | 195 | 204 | 149 | 29 | 2,231 |
Poplar | 1,125 | 337 | 143 | 102 | 47 | 1,754 | 91 | 44 | 58 | 64 | 167 | 264 | 283 | 361 | 297 | 185 | 43 | 3,611 |
St. Saviour, South- | 157 | 50 | 29 | 9 | 8 | 253 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 35 | 61 | 63 | 57 | 45 | 23 | 6 | 577 |
wark St. George, Southwark | 404 | 153 | 53 | 38 | 19 | 667 | 32 | 13 | 19 | 25 | 93 | 131 | 164 | 139 | 111 | 69 | 11 | 1,474 |
Newington | 724 | 216 | 79 | 55 | 28 | 1,102 | 61 | 37 | 45 | 59 | 150 | 184 | 243 | 236 | 230 | 145 | 35 | 2,527 |
St. Olave | 47 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 84 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 26 | 32 | 17 | 31 | 15 | 3 | 232 |
Bermondsey | 486 | 171 | 58 | 46 | 29 | 790 | 54 | 22 | 36 | 43 | 125 | 128 | 146 | 162 | 163 | 90 | 22 | 1,781 |
Rotherhithe | 221 | 68 | 19 | 14 | 10 | 332 | 25 | 11 | 21 | 17 | 47 | 65 | 72 | 67 | 59 | 49 | 13 | 778 |
Lambeth | 1,428 | 369 | 144 | 94 | 57 | 2,092 | 135 | 40 | 88 | 83 | 321 | 429 | 517 | 583 | 597 | 446 | 102 | 5,433 |
Battersea | 853 | 249 | 104 | 59 | 51 | 1,316 | 88 | 39 | 50 | 60 | 175 | 232 | 243 | 278 | 230 | 158 | 32 | 2,901 |
Wandsworth | 746 | 190 | 75 | 49 | 35 | 1,095 | 92 | 35 | 57 | 70 | 158 | 214 | 244 | 279 | 310 | 271 | 83 | 2,908 |
Camberwell | 1,190 | 347 | 124 | 69 | 63 | 1,793 | 106 | 50 | 81 | 87 | 219 | 309 | 364 | 420 | 427 | 344 | 77 | 4,277 |
Greenwich | 992 | 249 | 121 | 68 | 30 | 1,460 | 65 | 35 | 49 | 55 | 194 | 243 | 297 | 322 | 322 | 235 | 63 | 3,340 |
Lewisham | 460 | 100 | 35 | 24 | 17 | 636 | 27 | 22 | 26 | 28 | 83 | 109 | 140 | 184 | 188 | 145 | 54 | 1,642 |
Woolwich | 217 | 74 | 33 | 24 | 12 | 360 | 29 | 11 | 16 | 28 | 52 | 65 | 54 | 80 | 74 | 60 | 14 | 843 |
Lee | 144 | 31 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 204 | 14 | 5 | 15 | 11 | 28 | 46 | 52 | 52 | 59 | 84 | 23 | 593 |
Plumstead | 293 | 95 | 30 | 27 | 8 | 453 | 31 | 11 | 15 | 22 | 64 | 54 | 66 | 97 | 102 | 85 | 17 | 1,017 |
Loudon | 22,096 | 6,7482,668 | 1,594 | 1,013 | 34,117 | 1,962 | 873 | 1,236 | 1,698|4,635 | 6,494 | 7,585 | 8,314 | 8,158 | 6,042 | 1,451 | 82,565 |
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— | 73.09 | 70.27 | — 3.9 | 63.26 | 60.32 | — 4.6 |
5— | 5.93 | 5.04 | —15.0 | 5.82 | 5.20 | —10.7 |
10— | 2.92 | 249 | —14.7 | 2.89 | 2.50 | —13.5 |
15— | 4.05 | 3.61 | —10.9 | 3.58 | 3.05 | —14.8 |
20— | 5.44 | 4.86 | —10.7 | 4.40 | 3.64 | —17.3 |
25— | 8.65 | 7.63 | —11.8 | 6.82 | 5.88 | —13.8 |
35— | 1496 | 14.39 | — 3.8 | 11.42 | 10.87 | — 4.8 |
45— | 23.87 | 23.43 | — 1.8 | 17.23 | 16.86 | — 21 |
55— | 41.33 | 41.64 | + 0.8 | 30.77 | 30.60 | — 0.6 |
65— | 77.97 | 75.23 | — 3.5 | 63.28 | 60.67 | — 41 |
75— | 155.93 | 154 09 | — 1.2 | 134.28 | 13319 | — 0.8 |
85 and upwards | 297.63 | 274.96 | — 7.6 | 264.77 | 258.89 | — 2.2 |
All apes. | 2210 | 20.83 | — 5.7 | 18.83 | 17.74 | — 5.8 |