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London County Council 1904

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

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Cancer.
The deaths from cancer in the Administrative County of London during 1904 (3G6 days)
numbered 4.278.

The death.rates of this disease per 1,000 persons living in successive periods have been as follows)—

Period.Rate.Period.Rate.
1851.600.4219010.881
1861.700.4819020.931
1871.800.5519030.961
1881.900.6819040.921
1891.19000.85

For the purpose of enabling the incidence of cancer on the several populations of the sanitary
areas to be more precisely stated, factors have been calculated for correcting the death.rates, as far
as possible, for differences in the age and sex constitution of the several populations concerned.
These factors are shown in the following table, together with the death.rates for each sanitary area,
corrected by their application. Owing to the changes of area in the sanitary districts of London,
caused by the London Government Act of 1899, the death.rates since 1900 are the only figures
available for comparative purposes, but it can be seen from these figures that differences in
the age and sex constitution of the population are partially responsible for the differences in
the crude death.rates obtaining in the several districts.

Cancer.

Crude and corrected death.rates per1,000persons living in the County of London and the several sanitarydistricts.

Sanitary areas.Standard death. rate.Factor for correction for age and sex distribution.Crude death.rate.Corrected death.rate.Comparative mortality figure (London 1,000).
1901.3.1904.1901.3.1904.1901.3.1904.
London0.871.000000.920.9210.920.921,0001,000
Paddington0.980.894781.041.090.930.981,0111,065
Kensington1.020.856221.031.020.880.87957946
Hammersmith0.900.968110.851.010.820.988911,065
Fulham0.771.138280.810.850.920.971,0001,054
Chelsea1.030.848741.071.220.911.049891,130
Westminster, City of0.960.913480.981.020.900.939781,011
Marylebone0990.885711.161.101.030.971,1201,054
Hampstead0.920.948161.110.981.050.931,1411,011
St. Pancras0.920.952290.990.970.940.921,0221,000
Islington0.900.967040.990.960.960.931,0431,011
Stoke Newington0.980.893870.951.030.850.929241,000
Hackney0.880.993410.860.840.850.83924902
Holborn0.950.919241.020.940.940.861,022935
Finsbury0.841.040710.830.830.860.86935935
London, City of1.060.823161.291.411.061.161,1521,261
Shoreditch0.791.105180.900.780.990.861,076935
Bethnal Green0.781.120770.850.870.950.981,0331,065
Stepney0.741.179760.730.760.860.90935978
Poplar0.811.083270.800.710.870.77946837
Southwark0.821.063500.890.850.950.901,033978
Bermondsey0.811.081620.830.730.900.79978859
Lambeth0.920.953331.011.030.960.981,0431,065
Battersea0.791.107980.840950.931.051,0111,141
Wandsworth0.880.991160.950.990.940.981,0221,065
Camberwell0.871.004830.920.880.920.881,000957
Deptford0.811.073960.900.940.971.011,0541,098
Greenwich0.871.010640.770.860.780.87848946
Lewisham0.920.953330.930.850.890.81967880
Woolwich0.781.119330.780.830.870.939461,011

The following tables (a), (b), and (c) show the deaths in each of the sanitary districts from cancer
at several age-periods under three headings, viz., sarcoma, carcinoma, and cancer, deaths classified under
the last named term being those for which the information given on the certificate of death was insufficient
to further distinguish them for purposes of classification.
(1) See footnote (1) page 7.
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