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London County Council 1910

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

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Table: Report of the Medical Officer of Health.

Report of the Medical Officer of Health.

Cause of Death.Diminution or excess in number of deaths in 1910, compared with 1900-1909.
Diminution.Excess.
Tuberculous Phthisis1,416-
Phthisis
Tuberculous Meningitis242--
Tuberculous Peritonitis211-
Tabes Mesenterica
Other Tuberculous Diseases (including Scrofula)192-
Cancer-422
Premature Birth265-
Diseases of Nervous system1,297-
Diseases of Circulatory system
Diseases of Respiratory system1,580-
Diseases of Digestive system626-
Diseases of Urinary system37-
Childbirth and Puerperal Septic Diseases55-
Accident497-
Homicide12-
Suicide-28
All other Causes1,137-
Net diminution10,388

Table: The following table shows the crude death-rates, and the death-rates corrected for differences in the age and sex constitution of the population (a) of the several sanitary districts (b) during the year 1910; the mean death-rates for the period l905-9 are also shown for the purposes of comparison.

The following table shows the crude death-rates, and the death-rates corrected for differences in the age and sex constitution of the population (a) of the several sanitary districts (b) during the year 1910; the mean death-rates for the period l905-9 are also shown for the purposes of comparison.

Area.Standard death-rate.Factor for correction for age and sex distribution.Crude death-rate per 1,000 persons living.Corrected death-rate per 1,000 persons living.Corrected comparative mortality figure (London, 1,000).
1905-9.1910.1905-9.1910.1906-9.1910.
England and Wales18.191.0000------
London17.311.051115.213.716.014.41,0001,000
Paddington17.041.067713.512.614.413.5901937
Kensington16.881.077814.112.715.213.7951953
Hammersmith17.471.041414.712.815.313.4958930
Fulham17.391.046214.912.515.613.1977914
Chelsea17.561.036116.014.216.614.71,0401,025
Westminster, City of16.221.121713.211.714.913.1931914
St. Marylebone17.081.0652 •15.213.416.214.31,017995
Hampstead16.131.12809.79.711.010.9689758
St. Pancras17.401.045616.014.916.715.51,0471,082
Islington17.511.039114.913.815.514.49681,000
Stoke Newington17.431.043812.511.813.012.4816861
Hackney17.461.042014.012.614.613.1913914
Holborn16.901.076617.515.818.917.01,1831,187
Finsbury17.571.035519.918.620.619.31,2941,344
London, City of16.551.099316.113.117.714.41,1101,002
Shoreditch17.341.049319.417.020.417.91,2761,244
Bethnal Green18.011.010218.015.718.115.81,1371,103
Stepney17.411.045017.815.318.616.01,1631,114
Poplar17.641.031417.416.017.916.51,1241,151
Southwark17.411.045018.517.419.418.21,2141,268
Bermondsey17.761.024418.817.719.318.21,2091,266
JLambeth17.631.032015.213.715.714.2983986
Battersea16.961.072814.212.615.313.6958944
Wandsworth17.251.054712.110.212.810.7802747
Camberwell17.541.037314.413.215.013.7938952
Deptford17.311.051115.215.215.916.09981,115
Greenwich17.821.021014.313.614.613.9916969
Lewisham17.461.042011.510.012.010.4753727
Woolwich17.021.069013.311.714.212.5888870

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It will be seen from the foregoing table (comparing the corrected death.rates) that in the quinquennium
1905-9 Finsbury (20.6) had the highest rate and Hampstead (11.0) the lowest; in the year
1910, Finsbury (19.3) had the highest, and Lewisham (10.4) the lowest. The death-rates in each of the
four quarters of the year 1910, were as follows: first quarter 153; second quarter 12.5; third quarter
11.1; and fourth quarter 15.8, per 1,000 persons living.
(a) See footnote (b) page 14. (b) All death-rates in this report relating to Metropolitan boroughs are fully
corrected for institutions. (See footnote (c) page 8).