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London County Council 1907

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

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Comparison can be made of certain causes of death in sanitary areas by reference to the following
table. The death-rates shown in the table are fully corrected for deaths in institutions (see footnote
(l) page 8) but are uncorrected for differences in the age and sex constitution of the population. In
the case of phthisis and of cancer," viz., carcinoma, sarcoma, and cancer (otherwise undefined)
"factors for correction for differences in age and sex constitution" have been calculated, but these
factors and the corrected death-rates are shown on pages 47 and 52 respectively.

Death-rates per100,000living from All Causes, and from Specified Causes, in each of the several

sanitary areas, 1907 (365days).

Sanitary area.Measles.Rheumatic Fever.Carcinoma.Sarcoma.Cancer (not otherwise defined).Tabes Mesenterica.Tuberculous Meningitis.Phthisis.Other Tuberculous and Scrofulous Diseases.Pneumonia.Other Respiratory Diseases.All other Causes.All Causes.
Paddington261075441919105131291397831,353
Kensington18465647102010891351468101,378
Hammersmith46573435715121121621458141,439
Fulham41560530513119171311207631,309
Chelsea56855337720152161361508541,494
Westminster, City of11762431811135101631147491,305
St. Marylebone14549665814145201251768671,494
Hampstead143547199166898074549902
St. Pancras38662524720161171721398441,495
Islington38650546723131191771468181,466
Stoke Newington131356758713881988976841,143
Hackney. 27547437918115211361288141,361
Holborn2211534251316239271871499751,721
Finsbury52151929734234201902391,0051,871
London, City of5895395212151671829301,649
Shoreditch1047504401736206311822211,1482,046
Bethnal Green5413710381337193242181769381,739
Stepney486424261227152321851459011,580
Poplar567555181235134181682219581,687
Southwark54761724823204222571829481,797
Bermondsey41107410162127189302411979641,820
Lambeth349727281415153131481488191,460
Battersea389420361019123191331287611,328
Wandsworth239496445149614101987751,234
Camberwell44743539919128141471557711,381
Deptford461248317921138211511348021,402
Greenwich5495132342110481191047671,267
Lewisham11764924813921788967131,142
Woolwich535464371016122161101217081,248
London38755634920139181551458301,456

Infant Mortality.
The deaths of children under one year of age in the Administrative County of London during
1907 (52 weeks) numbered 14,114, being in the proportion of 116 per 1,000 births.
The proportion in successive periods has been as follows:—

Deaths under one year of age per1,000births.

Period.Deaths under one year of age per 1,000 births.Period.Deaths under one year of age per 1,000 births.
1841-5015719021401,2
1851-6015519031301,2
1861-7016219041451,2
1871-8015819051301,2
1881-9015219061311,2
1891-1900158119071161,2
19011481,2

The accompanying diagram (IV.) shows the infant mortality in each year since 1857 in relation
to the mean infant mortality of the period 1858-1907, and also the infant mortality in each year after
exclusion of the deaths from premature birth, which would in all probability be affected in greater
degree than the deaths under any other heading by the more complete registration of recent years.
1 See footnote (1) page 8. 2 See footnote (1) page 6.
18560 c 2