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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
London County Council 1905
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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It will be seen from the foregoing table that in the period 1901-4 (comparing the corrected deathrates)
the City of London (1.09) had the highest cancer death-rate and Greenwich (0'80) the lowest;
in the year 1905 the City of London (1.18) had again the highest death-rate, while Finsbury (0.73) had
the lowest.
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. (a) Deaths1 from Sarcoma.
| Age-period. | 0- | 5- | 10- | 15- | 20- | 25- | 35- | 45- | 55- | 65- | 75- | 85 and upwards | All ages. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paddington | - | _ | 1 | 2 | _ | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | _ | 14 |
| Kensington | - | — | — | — | — | _ | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 6 |
| Hammersmith | - | — | — | — | 1 | _ | 1 | 1 | 4 | _ | _ | _ | 7 |
| Fulham | 2 | — | _ | _ | 1 | _ | _ | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | _ | 11 |
| Chelsea | 1 | — | _ | 1 | 1 | _ | __ | _ | 2 | _ | 1 | _ | 6 |
| Westminster, City of | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | _ | 13 |
| St. Marylebone | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | 5 | - | 1 | — | 11 |
| Hampstead | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | — | 5 |
| St. Pancras | — | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | _ | 13 |
| Islington | 2 | — | 1 | — | 2 | _ | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | — | 21 | |
| Stoke Newington | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 2 |
| Hackney | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | ] | 3 | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | 12 |
| Holborn | 1 | 2 | _ | _ | _ | 3 | |||||||
| Finsbury | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | _ | 1 | _ | 1 | _ | _ | 7 |
| London, City of | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Shoreditch | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | _ | _ | 3 | _ | _ | _ | _ | 7 |
| Bethnal Green | 1 | 1 | — | — | _ | 1 | _ | 1 | _ | 1 | — | _ | 5 |
| Stepney.. | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | — | 4 | 2 | 4 | — | 1 | 15 |
| Poplar | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 10 |
| Southwark | 1 | — | — | — | _ | 3 | 1 | 4 | _ | 1 | _ | _ | 10 |
| Bermondsey | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 6 |
| Lambeth | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 4 | — | _ | 29 |
| Battersea | 1 | — | _ | _ | 1 | 2 | _ | 1 | 2 | 2 | _ | ___ | 9 |
| Wandsworth | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | _ | _ | _ | 18 |
| Camberwell | — | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | _ | 14 |
| Deptford | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 3 |
| Greenwich | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 7 |
| Lewisham | — | — | — | — | _ | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | _ | 12 |
| Woolwich | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 7 |
| London | 13 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 18 | 33 | 32 | 59 | 53 | 31 | 13 | I | 283 |
(b) Deaths1 from Carcinoma.
| Age-period. | 0- | 5- | | 10- | | 15- | 20- | 25- | 35— | 45- | 55- | 65- | 75- | 85 and up-wards | All ages. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paddington | — | — | — | _ | _ | 5 | 5 | 18 | 35 | 25 | 12 | _ | 100 |
| Kensington | — | — | — | — | - | — | 6 | 20 | 30 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 88 |
| Hammersmith | — | — | — | — | - | 3 | 9 | 13 | 21 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 76 |
| Fulham | — | — | — | — | - | 2 | 20 | 20 | 23 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 96 |
| Chelsea | — | — | — | — | - | 1 | 5 | 7 | 23 | 8 | 2 | _ | 46 |
| Westminster, City of | — | — | — | — | - | 2 | 16 | 26 | 33 | 29 | 8 | _ | 114 |
| St. Marylebone | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 12 | 16 | 24 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 82 |
| Hampstead | — | — | — | — | - | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 16 | 7 | _ | 45 |
| St. Pancras | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 34 | 38 | 34 | 18 | 1 | 143 |
| Islington | — | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | 12 | 32 | 49 | 30 | 10 | 1 | 138 |
| Stoke, Newington | — | — | — | — | - | — | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 3 | — | 25 |
| Hackney | — | — | — | — | - | 2 | 13 | 17 | 30 | 28 | 14 | 1 | 105 |
| Holborn | — | — | — | — | - | 3 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 30 |
| Finsbury | — | — | — | — | - | — | 8 | 16 | 12 | 4 | _ | 43 | |
| London, City of | — | — | — | — | - | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | _ | 21 |
| Shoreditch | - | — | — | _ | - | 2 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 7 | _ | 48 |
| Bethnal Green | - | — | — | — | - | 2 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 9 | 4 | _ | 47 |
| Stepney | - | — | — | — | - | 8 | 17 | 32 | 42 | 26 | 17 | 1 | 143 |
| Poplar | - | — | — | — | - | 2 | 5 | 19 | 34 | 18 | 7 | — | 85 |
| Southwark | - | — | — | — | - | 2 | 27 | 37 | 45 | 33 | 17 | — | 161 |
| Bermondsey | - | — | — | — | - | 1 | 7 | 19 | 24 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 78 |
| Lambeth | - | — | — | — | - | 8 | 10 | 40 | 42 | 41 | 18 | 3 | 162 |
| Battersea | - | — | — | — | - | 6 | 9 | 28 | 32 | 15 | 4 | _ | 94 |
| Wandsworth | 1 | — | — | — | - | 2 | 13 | 24 | 26 | 20 | 12 | 1 | 99 |
| Camberwell | 1 | — | — | — | - | 5 | 12 | 34 | 34 | 29 | 8 | 3 | 126 |
| Deptford | - | — | 1 | — | - | — | 8 | 18 | 21 | 15 | 5 | — | 68 |
| Greenwich | - | — | — | — | - | — | 6 | 16 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 54 |
| Lewisham | - | 1 | — | — | - | 1 | 9 | 16 | 19 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 78 |
| Woolwich | - | — | — | — | - | 1 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 41 |
| London | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 69 | 269 | 555 | 716 | 565 | 225 | 29 | 2436 |
1 See footnote (1) page 9.