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London County Council 1901

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Table: Death.rates1 per 100,000 living, from all causes and from various causes in each of the Metropolitan Boroughs,1901 (365 days).

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Death.rates1 per 100,000 living, from all causes and from various causes in each of the Metropolitan Boroughs,1901 (365 days).

Metropolitan Boroughs.	Measles.	Rheumatic fever.	Cancer.	Tabes mesenterica.	Tubercular meningitis.	Phthisis.	Other tubercular diseases.	Pneumonia.	Other respiratory diseases.	All other causes.	All causes.
Paddington	5	6	103	12	23	110	16	97	177	885	1,434
Kensington	42	6	112	11	19	137	10	100	177	906	1,520
Hammersmith	38	12	84	16	27	140	16	101	194	1,085	1,713
Fulham	27	5	88	14	20	137	20	136	173	965	1,585
Chelsea	14	8	91	11	23	168	12	131	240	1,003	1,701
Westminster, City of	33	10	83	10	16	187	13	118	220	917	1,607
St. Marylebone	7	5	104	8	22	182	23	12U	217	974	1,662
Hampstead	1	4	96	13	24	94	13	66	84	686	1,081
St. Pannras	29	11	88	14	25	184	14	153	179	1,132	1,829
Islington	48	4	91	16	18	152	17	116	179	970	1,611
Stoke Newine'ton	18	12	92	12	29	134	14	82	158	758	1,309
...... . o Hackney	45	8	80	25	24	148	27	98	148	979	1,582
Holborn	37	3	100	15	25	277	12	157	279	1,094	1,999
Finsbury	49	4	78	18	30	223	22	185	281	1,233	2,123
London, City of	4	15	128	11	45	210	15	173	218	1,180	1,999
Shoreditch	63	9	81	32	36	215	30	180	291	1,263	2,200
Bethnal . green	68	12	86	17	28	216	21	183	254	1,146	2,031
Stepney	55	7	73	24	27	210	31	188	239	1,237	2,091
Poplar	52	7	73	28	25	180	19	142	258	1,224	2,008
Son th wark	79	11	86	24	24	248	28	199	245	1,196	2,140
Bermondsey Lambeth	60 40	8 11	67 99	27 21	3122	176166	33 21	237 139	226 193	1,208 1,013	2,073 1,725
Battersea	78	8	81	15	20	147	26	145	178	945	1,643
Wandsworth	28	10	89	15	20	115	16	95	112	851	1,351
Camberwell	58	8	97	18	18	146	18	109	178	1,003	1,653
Deptford Greenwich	46	8	81	17	25	119	19	111	189	1,032	1,647
Deptford Greenwich	57	6	70	19	21	116	22	103	135	976	1,525
Lewisham	25	9	95	13	12	90	14	76	110	866	1,310
Woolwich	19	7	71	14	14	175	21	84	129	932	1,466
London	43	8	88	18	23	165	20	133	193	1,026	1,717

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Principal Epidemic Diseases.
The number of deaths in the administrative county of London from the principal epidemic
diseases, viz., smallpox, measles, scarlet fever, diphtheria, typhus, enteric and ill.defined fevers
and diarrhoea, during 1901 (52 weeks) was 10,107, giving an annual death rate of 2.22 per
1.000 livinc.

Table: The death rates in each year since 1890 have been as follows—

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The death rates in each year since 1890 have been as follows—

Year.	Death rate from principal epidemic diseases.
1891	2.271
1892	2.801
1893	3.041
1894	2.651
1895	2.621
1896	3.111
1897	2.581
1898	2.801
1899	2.491
1900	2.231
1901	2.221
The death rates in each year since 1890 have been as follows—
Year.	Death rate from principal epidemic diseases.
1891	2.271
1892	2.801
1893	3.041
1894	2.651
1895	2.621
1896	3.111
1897	2.581
1898	2.801
1899	2.491
1900	2.231
1901	2.221

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It will be seen from the following table that London, in the period 1891.1900 had a
lower death rate from these diseases than any of the undermentioned towns, except Leeds, Bristol,
Nottingham, Bradford and Newcastle, and 'in 1901 a lower death rate than any, except Bristol
and Bradford.

Table: Principal epidemic diseases—Death rates per 1,000 living.

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Principal epidemic diseases—Death rates per 1,000 living.

Towns.	1891.1900.	1901.	Towns.	1891.1900.	1901.
London	2. 712	2.252	Nottingham	2.56	2.86
Manchester	3.38	3.43	Bradford	2.22	1.86
Liverpool	3.32	3.66	Hull	3.02	3.24
Birmingham	2.89	3.16	Salford	4.30	4.28
Leeds	2.71	3.14	West Ham	3.31	4.11
Sheffield	3.33	4.10	Leicester	3.20	2.58
Bristol	1.96	1.67	Newcastle	2 32	2150
Principal epidemic diseases—Death rates per 1,000 living.
Towns.	1891.1900.	1901.	Towns.	1891.1900.	1901.
London	2. 712	2.252	Nottingham	2.56	2.86
Manchester	3.38	3.43	Bradford	2.22	1.86
Liverpool	3.32	3.66	Hull	3.02	3.24
Birmingham	2.89	3.16	Salford	4.30	4.28
Leeds	2.71	3.14	West Ham	3.31	4.11
Sheffield	3.33	4.10	Leicester	3.20	2.58
Bristol	1.96	1.67	Newcastle	2 32	2150

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1 See footnote (1), page 9. 1 See footnote (2), page 9.

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Table: Death.rates1 per 100,000 living, from all causes and from various causes in each of the Metropolitan Boroughs,1901 (365 days).

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Table: The death rates in each year since 1890 have been as follows—

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Table: Principal epidemic diseases—Death rates per 1,000 living.

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