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London County Council 1906

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

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Sanitary district.No. of houses.Authorised accommodation.
Men.Women.Couples.Total.
Battersea81577823281
Bermondsey5885885
Bethnal Green15717717
Camberwell65375.37
Chelsea933752389
Deptford81,194491,243
Finsbury8543_543
Fulham26060
Greenwich4157157
Hackney6401401
Hammersmith94604474
Hampstead
Holbom301,7971621,959
Islington421,178217181,431
Kensington24439272711
Lambeth7702702
Lewisham13030
Paddington719540235
Poplar101,1981,198
St. Marylebone171,321841,405
St. Pancras10707112879
Shoreditch11731731
Southwark433,1714923,663
StepDey675,6347541806,748
Stoke Newington137_37
Wandsworth91705½120221½*
Westminster, City of191,759751,834
Woolwich2454844592
London—excluding the City of London40225,1372,436½ *24528,063½*

Death-rates among inmates of common lodging houses.
With a view to comparing the mortality of the male inmates of common lodging houses with
that of the male population of London, the following table I. has been prepared. For this purpose,
the deaths of persons removed from common lodging houses to infirmaries and other like public institutions
have been included with those which actually occurred in these houses. The population of
common lodging houses is, however, variable, and rates calculated upon it are necessarily open to
objection. Table II. has therefore been prepared, showing the proportion of deaths from several causes
of mortality per 1,000 of total deaths in common lodging houses, the corresponding figures for London
being shown for comparative purposes.

Common lodging houses.

Table I.

Death-rates per1,000males living at fire age periods from certain causes in London(1905)and in licensed common lodging houses1905and1906.

Cause of Death.Age 25 to 35.Age 36 to 45.Age 45 to 55.Age 55 to t5.Age G5 and upwards.
London, 1905.C.L.H 1905.C.L.H 1906London, 1905.C.L.H. 1905.C.L.H. 1906.London, 1905.C L H 1800.C.L.H 1900.London, 1905.C.LH. 1905.C.L.H. 1906.London, 1905.C.L.H. 1905.C.L.H. 1906.
Phthisis2.306.725.423.2810.0211.374.4618.8413.604.2719.8316.922.4321.1014.86
Other tub r, ulcus disea es0.100.420.240.180.550.330.220.450.210.240.630.16-0.75
Alcoholism (including cirrhosis of the liver)0.120.210.240.420.551.140.751.121.21.191.140.941.062.232.23
Urinary diseases0.210.420.240.570.911.511.411.122.723.133.053.457.5113.367.43
Violence0.550.420.710.830.191.240.900.631.691.531.572.273.342.97
Cancer0.180.630.240.570.180.382.312.241.265.068.393.138.0717.8210.40
Circulatory dissascs0571.891.891.383.281.893.195.385.238.208.399.4021.7726.7323.03
Nervous diseases0.210.240.370.760.770.451.051.301.911.253.616.682.97
Bronchitis0.100.840.710.311.280.701.044.252.723.209.534.7015.4550.1230.46
Pn umonia0.460.420.711.241.282.081.862.923.982.966.486.275.9712.2513.37
Other can. es0.900.421.411.430.911.142191.350.844.564.204 7022.8835.6426.00
Total (all causes)5.7612.3912.0510.5818.96210019.4439.0233.5035.8061.4552.9091.18189.33134.47

*½ = one child.
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