Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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Metropolitan boroughs. | Standard death. rate. | Factor for correction for age and S»'X distribution. | Crude Death-rate. | Corrected Death-rate. | Comparative mortality figure (London 1,000). | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1901.2. | 1903. | 1901.2. | 1903. | 1901.2. | 1903. | ||||
London | 0.87 | 1.00000 | 0.90 | 0.93 | 0.90 | 0.96 | 1,000 | 1,000 | |
Paddington... | 0.98 | 0.89478 | 1.00 | 1.12 | 0.89 | 1.00 | 989 | 1,042 | |
Kensington... | 1.02 | 0.85622 | 1.00 | 1.07 | 0.86 | 0.92 | 956 | 958 | |
Hammersmith | 0.90 | 0.96811 | 0.85 | 0.86 | 0.82 | 0.83 | 911 | 865 | |
Fulham ... ... | 0.77 | 1.13828 | 0.82 | 0.80 | 0.93 | 0.91 | 1,033 | 948 | |
Chelsea | 1.03 | 0.84874 | 0.98 | 1.25 | 0.83 | 1.06 | 922 | 1,104 | |
Westminster, City of | 0.96 | 0.91348 | 0.95 | 1.03 | 0.87 | 0.94 | 967 | 979 | |
Marylebone... | 0.99 | 0.88571 | 1.07 | 1.34 | 0.95 | 1.19 | 1,056 | 1,240 | |
Hampstead | 0.92 | 0.94816 | 1.04 | 1.27 | 0.99 | 1.20 | 1,100 | 1,250 | |
St. Pancras... | 0.92 | 0.95229 | 0.96 | 1.07 | 0.91 | 1.02 | 1,011 | 1,062 | |
Islington | 0.90 | 0.96704 | 0.95 | 1.09 | 0.92 | 1.05 | 1,022 | 1,094 | |
Stoke Newington ... | 0.98 | 0.89387 | 0.88 | 1.09 | 0.79 | 0.97 | 878 | 1,010 | |
Hackney | 0.88 | 0.99341 | 0.84 | 0.89 | 0.83 | 0.88 | 922 | 917 | |
Holborn | 0.95 | 0.91924 | 1.04 | 1.00 | 0.96 | 0.92 | 1,067 | 958 | |
Finsbury | 0.84 | 1.04071 | 0.79 | 0.91 | 0.82 | 0.95 | 911 | 990 | |
London, City of | 1.06 | 0.82316 | 1.42 | 1.02 | 1.17 | 0.84 | 1,300 | 875 | |
Shoreditch ... | 0.79 | 1.10518 | 0.93 | 0.85 | 1.03 | 0.94 | 1,144 | 979 | |
Bethnal-green | 0.78 | 1.12077 | 0.84 | 0.86 | 0.94 | 0.96 | 1,044 | 1,000 | |
Stepney | 0.74 | 1.17976 | 0.70 | 0.78 | 0.83 | 0.92 | 922 | 958 | |
Poplar | 0.81 | 1.08327 | 0.79 | 0.83 | 0.86 | 0.90 | 956 | 937 | |
Southwark ... | 0.82 | 1.06350 | 0.85 | 0.98 | 0.90 | 1.04 | 1,000 | 1,083 | |
Bermondsey | 0.81 | 1.08462 | 0.81 | 0.86 | 0.88 | 0.93 | 978 | 969 | |
Lambeth | 0.92 | 0.95333 | 1.00 | 1.02 | 0.95 | 0.97 | 1,056 | 1,010 | |
Battcrsea ... | 0.79 | 1.10798 | 0.84 | 0.85 | 0.93 | 094 | 1,033 | 979 | |
Wandsworth | 0.88 | 0.99116 | 0.91 | 1.03 | 0.90 | 1.02 | 1,000 | 1,062 | |
Camberwell | 0.87 | 1.00483 | 0.96 | 0.86 | 0.96 | 0.86 | 1,067 | 896 | |
Deptford | 0.81 | 1.07396 | 0.89 | 0.92 | 0.96 | 0.99 | 1,067 | 1,031 | |
Greenwich ... | 0.88 | 0.99795 | 0.78 | 0.76 | 0.78 | 0.76 | 867 | 792 | |
Lewisham ... | 0.92 | 0.95333 | 0.97 | 0.87 | 0.92 | 0.83 | 1,022 | 865 | |
Woolwich ... | 0.78 | 1.11933 | 0.78 | 0.78 | 0.87 | 0.87 | 967 | 906 |
The following table shows the number of deaths from cancer at several age-periods in
each of the metropolitan boroughs included in the administrative county. For the purposes of
this table, deaths occurring in public institutions belonging to London have been distributed to
the areas in which the deceased had previously resided. (See footnote (1), page 7.)
Age period— | 0- | 5- | 10- | 15- | 20- | 25- | 35- | 45- | 55- | 65- | 75- | 85 & up. | All ages. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Paddington | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 3 | 8 | 35 | 55 | 39 | 16 | 4 | 164 | |
Kensington | 3 | 1 | . | 3 | 18 | 32 | 49 | 57 | 26 | 2 | 191 | ||
Hammersmith | . | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 29 | 27 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 100 | ||
Fulham | 1 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 21 | 28 | 36 | 11 | 2 | 118 | |||
Chelsea | 1 | 2 | . | 2 | 7 | 17 | 35 | 18 | 10 | 1 | 93 | ||
Westminster, City of | 1 | 4 | . | 7 | 21 | 43 | 48 | 39 | 19 | 2 | 184 | ||
St. Marylebone | 3 | 1 | . | 2 | 9 | 14 | 34 | 51 | 37 | 24 | 1 | 176 | |
Hampstead | . | . | . | 2 | 11 | 25 | 20 | 30 | 17 | 3 | 108 | ||
St. Pancras | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | . | 9 | 21 | 66 | 68 | 58 | 22 | 2 | 253 |
Islington | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 42 | 75 | 100 | 90 | 38 | 1 | 368 |
Stoke Newington | . | . | . | . | 1 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 17 | 14 | . | 57 | |
Hackney | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | . | 4 | 23 | 41 | 58 | 50 | 18 | 3 | 200 |
Holborn | 2 | — | . | . | . | 2 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 58 |
Finsbury | . | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 28 | 23 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 91 | ||
London, City of | . | 1 | 1 | . | — | — | 2 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 2 | I | 25 |
Shoreditch | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | 2 | 12 | 28 | 27 | 20 | 7 | . | 100 |
Bethnal.arreen | 1 | . | . | 1 | — | 3 | 14 | 24 | 33 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 112 |
Stepney | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | 10 | 42 | 67 | 46 | 44 | 20 | 1 | 237 |
Poplar | _ | _ | 1 | _ | 1 | 4 | 12 | 35 | 42 | 27 | 18 | 1 | 141 |
Southwark | 1 | . | . | . | — | 11 | 20 | 58 | 65 | 35 | 10 | 3 | 203 |
Bermondsey | — | . | . | . | 1 | 6 | 11 | 32 | 39 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 112 |
Lambeth | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 39 | 61 | 91 | 74 | 26 | 5 | 314 |
Battersea | 2 | — | . | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 43 | 34 | 31 | 15 | 3 | 148 |
Wandsworth | _ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 24 | 53 | . 81 | 56 | 29 | 4 | 258 |
Camberwell | — | _ | — | 1 | 1 | 8 | 21 | 44 | 70 | 51 | 28 | 4 | 228 |
Deptford | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | 11 | 29 | 29 | 20 | 11 | 1 | 103 |
Greenwich | . | 1 | — | 2 | . | 4 | 7 | 15 | 19 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 76 |
Lewisham | 1 | — | . | 2 | 1 | . | 11 | 18 | 33 | 35 | 16 | 1 | 118 |
Woolwich | _ | _ | 1 | _ | 1 | 2 | 10 | 19 | 28 | 23 | 10 | 1 | 95 |
London | 27 | 15 | 10 | 30 | 21 | 134 | 452 | 1,001 | 1,234 | 1,005 | 447 | 55 | 4,431 |
1 See footnote (1) page 7.