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London County Council 1900

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

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Table: The death-rates in each sanitary district of London in the period 1890-99 and in the year 1900 (52 weeks) are shown in the following table—

The death-rates in each sanitary district of London in the period 1890-99 and in the year 1900 (52 weeks) are shown in the following table—

Sanitary district.Deaths in 1900.Death-rate per 1,000 living.Sanitary district.Deaths in 1900.Death-rate per 1,000 living.
1890-9.1900.1890-9.1900.
Paddington50.39.39Whitechapel31.72.40
Kensington98.47.57St. George - in - the -Bast201.10.41
Hammersmith90.55.81
Fulham81.72.61Limehouse831.081.43
Chelsea33.54.35Mile-end Old-town60.72.54
St. George, Hanover-square6.32.08Poplar78.79.46
St. Saviour, South-wark10.96.43
Westminster20.55.38
St. James6.49.28St. George, South-wark36.96.59
Marylebone49.57.37
Hampstead21.27.26Newington70.76.58
Pancras126.56.54St. Olave5.70.47
Islington161.59.48Bermondsey42.83.51
Stoke Newington2.49.06Rotherhithe40.681.04
Hackney33.15Lambeth69.55.23
St. Giles11.61.31Battersea78.69.46
St. Martin - in - the -Fields....40...Wandsworth82.41.36
Camberwell40.57.16
Strand5.69.24Greenwich58.60.32
Holborn21.88.70Lewisham22.26.17
Clerken well39.93.61Woolwich29.73.70
St. Luke301.08.79Lee5.27.11
London, City of4.27.15Plumstead47.54.70
Shoreditch76.91.64London1,930.621.431
Bethnal-green63.93.49

Table: The following table shows the number of deaths1 from measles at several age periods in each of the sanitary districts of the administrative county. For the purposes of this table deaths occurring in public institutions belonging to London have been distributed to the sanitary areas in which the deceased had previously resided—

The following table shows the number of deaths1 from measles at several age periods in each of the sanitary districts of the administrative county. For the purposes of this table deaths occurring in public institutions belonging to London have been distributed to the sanitary areas in which the deceased had previously resided—

Age period.0—1 —2—3—4—under 55—10—15 and wards.All ages.
Paddington12177524331148
Kensington26421097944——98
Hammersmith223813143903—194
Fulham124113567741—82
Chelsea710115—33———33
St. George. Hanover-square141——6———6
Westminster211311181—120
St. James1211—51——6
Marylebone72510—24431—48
Hampstead73532202——22
Pancras2350261251167—1124
Islington4263251191509—3162
Stoke Newington21———3———3
Hackney131533—34———34
St. Giles3422—11———11
St. Martin-in-the-Fields——————————
Strand—3—1—41——5
Holborn754—2183——21
Clerkenwell1016323345——39
St. Luke612731291——30
London, City of—2———22——4
Shoreditch13441142743——77
Bethnal-green11341161633——66
Whitechapel121631—32———32
St. George-in-the-East7111—120———20
Limehouse26361073822——84
Mile-end Old-town1426853563——59
Poplar142220117742—177
St. Saviour, South wark233191——10
St. George, South wark614722314——35
Newington12331325655——70
St. Olave15———6———6
Bermondsey52263844———44
Rotherhithe812883392——41
Lambeth23211293682——70
Battersea1931976723—378
Wandsworth18331584783—182
Camberwell5167633731—41
Greenwich1426793591——60
Lewisham781—3192—122
Woolwich911521282——30
Lee1131—6———6
Plumstead1119662443——47
London4418083101751031.837934131,947

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In this table where — is inserted, no deaths occurred. 1 See footnote (*), page 5.