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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 death-rates of this disease per 1,000 living in the registration County of London in successive periods have been as follows— Phthisis.

The death-rates of this disease per 1,000 living in the registration County of London in successive periods have been as follows— Phthisis.

1851-602.8618931.91
1861-702.8418941.74
1871-802.5118951.83
1881-902.0918961.73
18912.0218971.77
18921.8918981.771

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The Registrar-General, in the annual summaries relating to London and other large towns,
since the year 1893, has distributed the deaths from phthisis, occurring in public institutions
belonging to London, to the sanitary districts to which they belong, and it is therefore possible to
compare the phthisis death-rates of the various sanitary districts.

Table: The death-rates2 in the several groups of districts since 1893 have been as follows—

The death-rates2 in the several groups of districts since 1893 have been as follows—

1894.1895.1896.1897.1898.
Central group2.582.652.532.692.66
East „2.002.051.892.032.06
South „1.541.701.601.621.66
North „1.601.631.581.55l.54
West „1.551.551.541.531.52

Table: The following table shows the number of deaths and the death-rate per 1,000 living in 1898 in the several sanitary districts of London—

The following table shows the number of deaths and the death-rate per 1,000 living in 1898 in the several sanitary districts of London—

Sanitary district.Deaths, 1898.Death rate per 1,000 living.Sanitary district.Deaths, 1898.Death rate per 1,000 living.
Paddington1751.38Bethnal-green2792.17
Kensington2171.26Whitechapel2092.60
Hammersmith1591.48St. George-in-the-East1302.70
Fulham1841.47Limehouse1402.39
Chelsea1681.74Mile-end Old-town1641.46
St. George, Hanover-sq.1051.31Poplar3111.83
Westminster1382.63St. Saviour, Southwark753.06
St. James421.90St. George, Southwark1923.18
Marylebone2511.79Newington2982.43
Hampstead580.74St. Olave252.22
Pancras4821.99Bermondsey1842.15
Islington5011.46Rotherhithe741.82
Stoke Newington361.04Lambeth5061.67
Hackney3041.39Battersea2571.50
St. Giles1253.34Wandsworth2291.13
St. Martin-in-the-Fields221.78Camberwell3981.53
Strand773.32Greenwich2721.51
Holborn953.17Lewisham940.85
Clerkenwell1552.35Woolwich862.08
St. Luke1082.64Lee461.16
London, City of541.86Plumstead921.48
Shoreditch2452.02London7,7621.722

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It will be seen from the table that the death-rate from phthisis varied from 0.74 (Hampstead)
to 3.34 (St. Giles), i.e., the death-rate of St. Giles was more than 4½ times that of Hampstead.
In the distribution of phthisis mortality in London during the year, as a whole, the central
group of districts had the highest death-rate, and the western group the lowest. During each of
the four quarters of the year the central group of districts had the highest death-rate. The
northern group of districts had the lowest death-rate during the first, second, and third quarters of
the year, and the western group during the fourth quarter.
Cancer.
The deaths from cancer in the registration County of London in 1898 numbered 4,084,1 the
corrected annual average for the Preceding ten vears being 3,541.

Table: The death-rates of this disease per 1,000 living in successive periods have been as follows—

The death-rates of this disease per 1,000 living in successive periods have been as follows—

1851-60.421893.80
1861-70.481894.79
1871-80.551895.83
1881-90.681896.86
1891.781897.88
1892.751898.911

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1 See footnote (2), page 3.
2 See footnots (1), page 3.