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London County Council 1907

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Table: All Causes—Deaths at the several age-periods in sanitary areas —1907 (365 days).

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All Causes—Deaths at the several age-periods in sanitary areas —1907 (365 days).

Age-period.	0-	1-	2-	3-	4-	Under 5.	5-	10-	15-	20-	25-	35-	45-	55-	65-	75-	85 & up- wards	All Ages.
Paddington	357	114	50	27	20	568	39	19	29	40	99	173	226	237	311	220	67	2,028
Kensington	448	131	55	36	34	704	57	24	38	41	123	188	259	336	339	294	102	2,505
Hammersmith	361	108	40	20	18	547	26	16	29	39	101	132	187	231	221	177	54	1,760
Fulham	562	156	62	34	25	839	63	30	45	55	107	187	202	215	258	124	57	2,182
Chelsea	184	59	24	10	9	286	16	9	18	20	49	90	110	153	209	122	36	1,118
Westminster, City of	303	87	27	17	6	440	36	15	33	50	111	223	275	336	373	274	81	2,247
St. Marylebone	271	99	32	22	12	436	30	17	23	27	105	193	215	272	312	213	65	1,908
Hampstead	97	31	13	9	5	155	20	9	9	13	55	54	86	114	147	118	42	822
St. Pancras	620	218	89	58	28	1,013	84	32	45	64	213	300	393	436	498	370	92	3,540
Islington	996	315	117	72	44	1,544	102	61	70	97	308	399	492	656	730	471	157	5,087
Stoke Newington	107	23	5	5	6	146	12	13	6	12	28	52	64	69	108	79	24	613
Hackney	629	166	88	52	36	971	91	31	59	75	167	227	315	374	415	341	106	3,172
Holborn	132	63	17	7	5	224	11	8	15	18	56	104	134	126	145	96	12	949
Finsbury	375	136	51	35	19	616	35	17	25	35	94	179	183	224	249	121	32	1,810
London, City of	26	8	5	2	2	43	3	3	2	5	17	35	50	46	59	54	18	335
Shoreditch	570	219	100	60	43	992	57	37	39	48	104	198	230	249	226	143	43	2,366
Bethnal-green	564	187	81	37	24	893	57	25	45	47	123	169	223	244	244	169	36	2,275
Stepney	1,216	383	176	85	71	1.931 w	140	56	85	84	278	414	473	534	495	298	94	4,882
Poplar	660	240	94	71	34	1,099	81	40	38	47	114	213	273	331	340	201	79	2,886
Southwark	848	317	117	60	47	1,389	77	29	62	69	224	356	388	417	444	240	75	3,770
Beirmondsey	502	177	73	54	28	834	61	19	41	36	115	199	223	289	260	193	65	2,335
Lambeth	935	287	111	84	37	1,454	101	45	75	92	276	355	455	571	584	492	151	4,651
Battersea	528	160	65	47	40	840	77	32	51	60	145	179	245	276	269	186	53	2,413
Wandsworth	714	175	63	37	35	1,024	94	41	62	67	187	240	321	374	508	420	134	3,472
Camberwell	771	256	98	77	46	1,248	98	69	48	80	210	289	368	417	512	373	114	3,826
Deptford	351	91	53	38	19	552	46	14	41	33	92	129	168	169	190	155	45	1,634
Greenwich	253	88	40	14	19	414	35	13	25	37	69	103	145	150	187	136	44	1,358
Lewisham	322	74	31	24	22	473	46	15	23	41	95	118	156	199	250	240	86	1.742
Woolwich	371	108	52	32	23	586	35	27	43	48	75	129	144	161	198	133	35	1,614
London	14,073	4,476	1,829	1,126	757	22,261	1,630	766	1,124	1,380	3,770	5,627	7,003	8,206	9,081	6,453	1,999	69,300

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Comparison of " life expectation " in two selected London districts.
The tables on page 11 show that the mortality rate varies very considerably in the several
sanitary areas of London, the highest death-rate, that of Shoreditch, being more than double that obtaining
in Hampstead, which had the lowest death-rate in 1907. In view of these wide differences it is
of interest to compare these two districts from the point of view of the " life expectation " of their
populations—in other words, to translate their mortality rates into figures showing " life expectation "
at certain ages and thus to show, by a method which admits of more accurate comparison, the marked
differences in the viability of the two populations concerned.
The widely different character of the two populations under consideration as regards social
condition may to some extent be gauged by reference to the Census report of the year 1901. Thus
in Hampstead the proportion per cent, of domestic indoor servants to families or separate occupiers
was as high as 81.4, while in Shoreditch the figure was only 5.7. Again, the proportion of the population
living more than two in a room in tenements of less than five rooms was in Hampstead 6.37 per
cent., while in Shoreditch the proportion was 29.95 per cent. An analysis of the figures relating to
the occupation of tenements of less than five rooms in the two districts is shown in the following table,
and the figures afford a good index to the relative social condition of the populations concerned :—

Table: Table I.Shoreditch.— Population , 118,637; total tenements , 27,031.

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Table I.

Shoreditch.— Population , 118,637; total tenements , 27,031.

Tenements with	No. of tenements.	Percentage of all tenements.	Total occupants.	Percentage of population in each group of tenements.	Average occupants per room.	Overcrowding.\|
Tenements with	No. of tenements.	Percentage of all tenements.	Total occupants.	Percentage of population in each group of tenements.	Average occupants per room.	No. of 1 to 4 roomed tenements with more than 2 occupants per room.	No. of occupants of such tenements.	Percentage of population in such tenements.
1 room	6,705	24.8	15,093	12.7	2.25	2,305	8,335	7.03
2 rooms	7,509	27.8	29,026	24.5	1.93	2,439	14,442	12.17
3 ,,	5,102	18.9	24,902	21.0	1.63	1,114	8,782	7.40
4 ,,	3,624	13.4	20,559	17.3	1.42	411	3,970	3.35
Total	22,940	84.9	89,580	75.5	-	6,269	35,529	29.95
Hampstead.—Population, 81,942 ; total tenements, 16,998.
1 room	1,096	6.4	1,819	2.2	1.66	177	614	0.75
2 rooms	2,331	13.7	7,257	8.9	1.56	423	2,465	3.01
3 „	2,331	13.7	8,729	10.7	1.25	203	1,550	1.89
/ / 4 ,,	1,420	8.4	6,406	7.8	1.13	61	586	0.72
Total	7,178	42.2	24,211	29.6	-	864	1 5,215	6.37

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Table: All Causes—Deaths at the several age-periods in sanitary areas —1907 (365 days).

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Table: Table I.Shoreditch.— Population , 118,637; total tenements , 27,031.