Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[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.
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. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Paddington | 26 | 10 | 75 | 4 | 41 | 9 | 19 | 105 | 13 | 129 | 139 | 783 | 1,353 |
Kensington | 18 | 4 | 65 | 6 | 47 | 10 | 20 | 108 | 9 | 135 | 146 | 810 | 1,378 |
Hammersmith | 46 | 5 | 73 | 4 | 35 | 7 | 15 | 121 | 12 | 162 | 145 | 814 | 1,439 |
Fulham | 41 | 5 | 60 | 5 | 30 | 5 | 13 | 119 | 17 | 131 | 120 | 763 | 1,309 |
Chelsea | 56 | 8 | 55 | 3 | 37 | 7 | 20 | 152 | 16 | 136 | 150 | 854 | 1,494 |
Westminster, City of | 11 | 7 | 62 | 4 | 31 | 8 | 11 | 135 | 10 | 163 | 114 | 749 | 1,305 |
St. Marylebone | 14 | 5 | 49 | 6 | 65 | 8 | 14 | 145 | 20 | 125 | 176 | 867 | 1,494 |
Hampstead | 14 | 3 | 54 | 7 | 19 | 9 | 16 | 68 | 9 | 80 | 74 | 549 | 902 |
St. Pancras | 38 | 6 | 62 | 5 | 24 | 7 | 20 | 161 | 17 | 172 | 139 | 844 | 1,495 |
Islington | 38 | 6 | 50 | 5 | 46 | 7 | 23 | 131 | 19 | 177 | 146 | 818 | 1,466 |
Stoke Newington | 13 | 13 | 56 | 7 | 58 | 7 | 13 | 88 | 19 | 88 | 97 | 684 | 1,143 |
Hackney | . 27 | 5 | 47 | 4 | 37 | 9 | 18 | 115 | 21 | 136 | 128 | 814 | 1,361 |
Holborn | 22 | 11 | 53 | 4 | 25 | 13 | 16 | 239 | 27 | 187 | 149 | 975 | 1,721 |
Finsbury | 52 | 1 | 51 | 9 | 29 | 7 | 34 | 234 | 20 | 190 | 239 | 1,005 | 1,871 |
London, City of | 89 | 5 | 39 | 5 | 212 | 15 | 167 | 182 | 930 | 1,649 | |||
Shoreditch | 104 | 7 | 50 | 4 | 40 | 17 | 36 | 206 | 31 | 182 | 221 | 1,148 | 2,046 |
Bethnal Green | 54 | 1 | 37 | 10 | 38 | 13 | 37 | 193 | 24 | 218 | 176 | 938 | 1,739 |
Stepney | 48 | 6 | 42 | 4 | 26 | 12 | 27 | 152 | 32 | 185 | 145 | 901 | 1,580 |
Poplar | 56 | 7 | 55 | 5 | 18 | 12 | 35 | 134 | 18 | 168 | 221 | 958 | 1,687 |
Southwark | 54 | 7 | 61 | 7 | 24 | 8 | 23 | 204 | 22 | 257 | 182 | 948 | 1,797 |
Bermondsey | 41 | 10 | 74 | 10 | 16 | 21 | 27 | 189 | 30 | 241 | 197 | 964 | 1,820 |
Lambeth | 34 | 9 | 72 | 7 | 28 | 14 | 15 | 153 | 13 | 148 | 148 | 819 | 1,460 |
Battersea | 38 | 9 | 42 | 0 | 36 | 10 | 19 | 123 | 19 | 133 | 128 | 761 | 1,328 |
Wandsworth | 23 | 9 | 49 | 6 | 44 | 5 | 14 | 96 | 14 | 101 | 98 | 775 | 1,234 |
Camberwell | 44 | 7 | 43 | 5 | 39 | 9 | 19 | 128 | 14 | 147 | 155 | 771 | 1,381 |
Deptford | 46 | 12 | 48 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 21 | 138 | 21 | 151 | 134 | 802 | 1,402 |
Greenwich | 54 | 9 | 51 | 3 | 23 | 4 | 21 | 104 | 8 | 119 | 104 | 767 | 1,267 |
Lewisham | 11 | 7 | 64 | 9 | 24 | 8 | 13 | 92 | 17 | 88 | 96 | 713 | 1,142 |
Woolwich | 53 | 5 | 46 | 4 | 37 | 10 | 122 | 16 | 110 | 121 | 708 | 1,248 | |
1,456 |
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:—
Period. | Deaths under one year of age per 1,000 births. | Period. | Deaths under one year of age per 1,000 births. |
---|---|---|---|
1841-50 | 157 | 1902 | 1401,2 |
1851-60 | 155 | 1903 | 1301,2 |
1861-70 | 1904 | 1451,2 | |
1871-80 | 158 | 1905 | 1301,2 |
1881-90 | 152 | 1906 | 1311,2 |
1891-1900 | 1581 | 1907 | 1161,2 |
1901 | 1481,2 |
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.
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