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London County Council 1900

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

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43
Phthisis (365 days).
Sanitary district.
0-
5-
10-
15-
20-
25-
35-
45-
55-
65-
75-
85
&
up.
ges.
Paddington
4
1
1
8
14
25
34
40
16
6
1
_
150
Kensington
4
3
2
10
13
41
65
41
18
6
3
-
206
Hammersmith
5
2
6
9
17
36
52
34
14
8
2
1
186
Fulham
7
3
5
15
21
48
48
33
22
3
4
-
209
Chelsea
2

4
7
11
28
52
43
16
4
-
-
167
St. George, Hanover-square
1


3
7
23
34
19
16
2
1
-
106
Westminster
3


1
9
21
44
27
18
4
1
-
128
St. James



1
5
5
14
4
3
1
-
-
33
Marylebone
8
1
5
20
21
48
75
57
21
10
4
-
270
Hampstead
-
3
1
9
6
10
18
10
7
4
1
-
69
Pancras
10
5
1
22
39
105
119
102
44
17
5
-
469
Islington
12
5
6
30
41
135
130
124
58
14
1
-
556
Stoke Newington
-
1
-
1
5
6
8
10
2
2
1
-
36
Hackney
6
2
2
9
27
63
69
46
29
8
2
-
263
St. Giles
6
2
2
1
4
23
26
24
17
6
1

112
St. Martin-in-the-Fields
-
-
-
-
1
6
10
5
1
3
1
-
27
Strand
1
-

2
3
19
25
15
3
2
2
-
72
Holborn
5
1

2
5
17
30
19
6
-
-
-
85
Clerkenwell
5
1
3
6
13
35
48
35
18
4
-
-
168
St. Luke
3
1
1
3
10
30
46
29
7
2
-
-
132
London, City of
I
_
1
1
2
18
13
14
7
5
-
1
63
Shoreditch
9
5
3
14
21
53
50
52
17
3
1
-
228
Bethnal-green
7
4
1
14
24
64
68
54
29
13
1
1
280
Whitechapel
2
-
1
4
11
36
61
43
21
6
1
-
186
St. George-in-the-East
2
2
2
1
13
27
39
20
15
5
2
-
128
Limehouse
2
3
1
4
19
27
45
25
13
5
1
-
145
Mile-end Old-town
11
2
6
4
14
47
62
32
16
4
2
-
200
Poplar
2
2
8
16
16
58
87
68
33
18
-
-
308
St. Saviour, Southwark
1
1

2
2
14
23
16
9
5
1
-
74
St. George, Southwark
6

3
10
15
49
64
46
21
7
1
-
222
Newington
7
4
6
8
22
58
70
53
30
17
2
-
277
St. Olave
1
1

-
4
3
10
4
4
2
-
-
29
Bermondsey
5
-
5
8
13
30
46
43
13
3
1
-
167
Rotherhithe
-
1
2
3
3
9
17
8
3
1
-
-
47
Lambeth
30
2
7
24
39
100
141
97
56
19
2
1
518
Battersea
9
1
11
8
30
48
64
56
19
9
2
-
257
Wandsworth
7
4
2
21
33
43
57
44
31
7
4
-
253
Camberwell
12
6
3
22
25
77
106
63
35
19
1
-
369
Greenwich
3
5
3
19
26
68
69
46
25
8
1
-
273
Lewisham
5
1
4
4
15
27
36
23
10
2
-
-
127
Woolwich
1
3
1
2
9
24
29
18
13
1
1
-
102
Lee
1

-
5
4
11
6
6
2
1
1
-
37
Plumstead
2
1
4
6
14
24
21
9
8
8
. -
-
97
London
208
79
113
359
646
1639
2,131
1,557
766
274
55
4
7.831
Cancer.
The deaths from cancer in the Registration County of London in 1900 numbered 4,251,
the corrected annual average for the preceding ten years being 3,800.
The following table shows the number of deaths from cancer 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 (see footnote (1), page 5).
1 See footnote (1), page 2 See footnote (2), page 5.
The death-rates of this disease per 1,000 living in successive periods have been as
follows-—
Cancer.
1851-60
.42
1894
.79
1861-70
.48
1895
.83
1871-80
.55
1896
.86
1881-90
.68
1897
.88
1891
.78
1898
.92
1892
.75
1899
.95
1893
.80
1900
.952