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London County Council 1900

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

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constitution of the populations, obtaining in each of the sanitary districts of London for the year 1900
(52 weeks) and the period 1890-9,

Table: Crude and corrected death rates1 per1,000pertons living in sanitary districts of London.

Crude and corrected death rates1 per1,000pertons living in sanitary districts of London.

Sanitary area.Standard death rate.Factor for correction for age and sex distribution.Crude death rate, 1890-9.Corrected death rate, 1890-9.Comparative mortality figure, 1890-9. (London 1,000.)Crude death rate, 1900.Corrected death rate, 1900.Comparative mortality figure, 1900. (London 1,000.)
England and Wales19.15-------
London17.961.0662619.4220.71,00018.6219.81,000
Battersea17.801.0758417.719.091817.819.1965
Bermondsey18.101.0580122.623.91,15523.625.01,263
Bethnal-green18.391.0413322.923.81,15021.822.71,146
Camberwell18.101.0580118.019.091817.018.0909
Chelsea17.951.0668519.520.81,00518.519.7995
Clerkenwell17.281.1082222.925.41,22722.024.41,232
Fulham18.271.0481719.019.996117.718.6939
Greenwich18.631.0279119.019.594218.118.6939
Hackney18.301.04645———16.717.5884
Hammersmith18.051.0609418.419.594217.118.1914
Hampstead16.631.1515312.214.067611.413.1662
Holborn17.621.0868325.527.71,33825.727.91,409
Islington17.901.0698318.019.393217.118.3924
Kensington17.381.1018417.018.790315.817.4879
Lambeth18.241.0498919.120.197118.219.1965
Lee17.671.0837614.615.876313.414.5732
Lewisham17.921.0686413.814.771013.614.5732
Limehouse17.591.0886925.527.81,34326.428.71,449
London, City of16.651.1501522.225.51,23221.624.81,253
Mile-end Old-town18.581.0306821.322.01,06320.621.21,071
Newington18.321.0453122.823.81,15022.423.41,182
Paddington17.721.0807016.617.986516.317.6889
Plumstead19.091.0031415.515.574916.016.1813
Poplar18.491.0356921.722.51,08722.623.41,182
Rotherhithe18.491.0356921.121.91,05822.923.71,197
St. George, Hanover-square17.341.1043815.016.680214.516.0808
St. George-in-the-East18.431.0390727.828.91,39624.425.41,283
St. George, Southwark17.351.1037525.628.31,36727.330.11,520
St. Giles17.271.1088622.324.71,19319.221.31,076
St. James17.161.1159718.320.498615.817.6889
St. Luke17.721.0807027.830.01,44928.630.91,561
St. Martin-in-the-Fields15.741.2166519.423.61,14017.721.51,086
St. Marylebone17.821.0746420.722.21,07219.721.21,071
St. Olave18.421.0396324.625.61,23721.622.51,136
St. Pancras17.891.0704320.321.71,04819.721.11,066
St. Saviour18.291.0470225.426.61,28525.626.81,354
Shoreditch18.451.0379423.224.11,16422.022.81,152
Stoke Newington17.851.07283———13.214.2717
Strand16.241.1791925.430.01,44922.426.41,333
Wandsworth17.931.0680414.615.675414.215.2768
Westminster16.941.1304621.724.51,18420.423.11,167
Whitechapel17.741.0794822.924.71,19320.221.81,101
Woolwich16.991.1271319.922.41,08222.124.91,258

Table: The death rates of Stoke Newington and Hackney cannot be given for the period 1890-9, as during some portion of this period Stoke Newington was combined with Hackney; the death rates of the combined area for this period, however, are shown in the following table—

The death rates of Stoke Newington and Hackney cannot be given for the period 1890-9, as during some portion of this period Stoke Newington was combined with Hackney; the death rates of the combined area for this period, however, are shown in the following table—

Sanitary area.Standard death rate.Factor for correction for age and sex distribution.Crude death rate, 1890-9.Corrected death rate, 1890-9.Comparative mortality figure, 1890-9. [London 1,000.]
Hackney (combined with Stoke Newington)18.231.0504717.017.9865

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It will be seen (comparing the corrected death rates) that all the eastern and central districts
had in the year 1900 death rate3 above the average of London. The district of St. Luke had the
highest death rate (30.9). and the district of Hampstead the lowest (13.1).
1 All death rates in this report relating to London sanitary districts are fully corrected for institutions (see footnote (1), page 5.)
2 See footnote (1), page 5.