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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 1910
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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| Metropolitan borough. | No. of health visitors. | No. of women sanitary inspectors. | Proportion of infants visited to total registered births. | Consultation centres. | Feeding of expectant or nursing mothers. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shoreditch | 1 | - | 25% | No | No. |
| Bethnal Green | - | 1 | 50% | Yes | No. |
| Stepney | 1 | - | 5% | Yes | Yes. |
| Poplar | 1 | 1 | 25% | Yes | No. |
| Southwark | - | 3 | About 60% | No | No. |
| Bermondsey | 1 | - | About 65% | Yes | No. |
| Lambeth | 1 | 2 | 25% | Yes | No. |
| Battersea | 1 | 1 | 30 to 35% | No | No. |
| Wandsworth | - | 2 | About 50% | No | No. |
| Camberwell | - | 1 | None | No | No. |
| Deptford | 1 | - | About 45% | No | No. |
| Greenwich | - | - | None | Yes | No. |
| Lewisham | - | 2 | About 45% | No | No. |
| Woolwich | - | 2 | About 65% | Yes | No. |
The number of deaths in the Administrative County of London in 1910 (52 weeks) was 61,756, giving an annual death rate of 13.7 per 1,000 of the estimated population.
The death-rate in successive periods has been as follows:—
| Period. | Death-rate (All Causes) per 1,000 persons living. | Period. | Death-rate (All Causes) per l,000 persons living. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1841-1850 | 24.8 | 1902 | 17.3a |
| 1851-1860 | 23.7 | 1903 | 15.3a |
| 1861-1870 | 24.4 | 1904 | 16.4a |
| 1871-1880 | 22.5 | 1905 | 15.5a |
| 1881-1890 | 20.3 | 1906 | 15.6a |
| 1891-1900 | 19.2a | 1907 | 15.2a |
| 1901-1910 | 15.6a | 1908 | 14.6a |
| 1909 | 14.9a | ||
| 1901 | 1910 | 13.7a |
The death-rate in each year since 1840 in relation to the mean death-rate of the period
1841-1910 is shown in diagram (C).
The following table has been prepared for the purpose of comparing the death-rate of London
with those of other English towns having populations which exceeded 200,000 persons at the census
Death-rates
in large
English
towns.
of 1901. The columns showing "death-rates corrected for age and sex distribution" have been obtained by multiplying the crude death-rates by the "factors for correction" published by the Registrar-General in the Annual Summary for 1910. (b)
| Town. | Estimated Population (middle of 1910). | Crude death-rate per 1,000 persons living. | Death-rate per 1,000 persons living (corrected for age and sex distribution). | Comparative mortality figure. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liverpool | 744,635 | 19.8 | 18.3 | 21.2 | 19.6 | 1,451 |
| Manchester | 710,253 | 18.4 | 16.2 | 20.5 | 18.0 | 1,336 |
| Birmingham | 526,779 | 16.9 | 14.8 | 18.2 | 15.9 | 1,180 |
| Leeds | 445,117 | 16.1 | 15.1 | 17.6 | 16.4 | 1,218 |
| Sheffield | 451,890 | 16.9 | 14.2 | 18.2 | 15.3 | 1,135 |
| Bristol | 356,318 | 14.3 | 12.4 | 14.7 | 12.7 | 943 |
| West Ham | 287,927 | 16.0 | 13.3 | 17.1 | 14.3 | 1,058 |
| Bradford | 288,375 | 15.4 | 14.4 | 17.1 | 15.9 | 1,179 |
| Newcastle.on.Tyne | 265,620 | 16.9 | 14.9 | 18.2 | 16.1 | 1,190 |
| Hull | 275,540 | 16.2 | 15.5 | 16.6 | 15.9 | 1,178 |
| Nottingham | 258,834 | 16.6 | 14.6 | 17.5 | 15.4 | 1,141 |
| Salford | 231,001 | 18.4 | 16.0 | 20.3 | 17.7 | 1,313 |
| Leicester | 226,434 | 14.0 | 12.4 | 15.0 | 13.2 | 980 |
(a) See footnote (c) page 8.
(6) The corrective factors shown in the table and elsewhere in this report were calculated upon the age-and sexconstitution
of the population enumerated in 1901. Their application to the deaths in 1910 assumes that the
constitution of the population has remained unchanged during ten years; it is, however, certain that some change
has occurred, and consequently the modified rates shown can only be regarded as approximately corrected by these
factors,