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It will be seen from this table that the high mortality which obtains in Southwark in
comparison to that which obtains in Hampstead is not restricted to any particular age-period,
although, as the comparative mortality figures show, the excess is greater at some ages than
others. The difference in the figures shown for the two districts at ages 0-5 is striking, and in
this connection it may be pointed out that the infant mortality (deaths under one year of age per
1,000 births) in Hampstead during the period 1897-1900 was 136 for males, while that of Southwark
was 203; the corresponding figures for females in the two districts were 104 and 170 respectively.
It will be seen that the comparative mortality figures for females aged 15-35 in Southwark
are particularly high—this is no doubt due in some measure to the large proportion of
female domestic servants employed in Hampstead at these ages. The fact that many of these
servants are drawn from areas outside London, to which many of them return when they become
the subjects of a chronic disease such as phthisis, probably leads to some under-statement of the
mortality among females in Hampstead at these ages, and the figures shown for males must be
regarded as more trustworthy for comparative purposes.
The following Table III. shows the expectation of life at certain ages in Hampstead and
Southwark, the figures for London are also shown; the latter, however, relate to the decennium
1891-1900, and are taken from the extended life table for London appended to the last annual
report.

The translation of the population and mortality figures into terms of "life expectation"
brings into striking prominence the disparity in the viability of the two populations compared.
The fact that the average unit of male population of Southwark has more than 14 years less