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London County Council 1910

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Annual Report of the London County Council, 1910.

The following table shows the number of deaths (a) (All Causes) occurring at the several age-

periods in each of the sanitary districts of the Administrative County of London during the year.

Metropolitan borough.Deaths at ages from all causes—-1910 (365 days).
0-1-2-3-4-Under 5.5-10-15-20-25-35-45-55-65-75-85 & upwardsAll Ages.
Paddington2971083113174664721213781138215223270203781,800
Kensington34011837302354841183446111171235265356281922,198
Hammersmith303982520184643218274276118137201198196411,550
Fulham46013934161966838283029110169185215225168421,907
Chelsea1424314422051591314467811712719010638958
Westminster, City of2175116101130524162241100217242290331243741,905
St. Marylebone25861241073702713222772156217228258164481,602
Hampstead81221287130911111839399812616911757824
St. Pancras58019595462594163355169183265357413464333893,263
Islington77828512261441,290926371742323504856086414971424,545
Stoke Newington622345397107820315466791119721601
Hackney52014861301977847345876190207287383388294952,837
Holborn10533614716511712963911011111168920795
Finsbury3461384726165733421232975129180187219140371,647
London, City of1663--25--669243345633718266
Shoreditch52614551322778141153131103156201202210110281,909
Bethnal Green5111434239874339253041110160198248220151432,008
Stepney1,0383269959381,56087586392224369497527469285744,305
Poplar61019051272390168383548132197262327363210462,627
Southwark68629711369331,19812394564186296345414404242603,365
Bermondsey50223567432987651264932110176219252244156512,242
Lambeth6922259442321,085934770782313164375156464501304,098
Battersea43812555222866864263550123149233264266200492,127
Wandsworth540141522423780853368631702273043964962531243,099
Camberwell6282219145381,023744347801832813394454733551123,455
Deptford3671154332205773721222479113168185225174431,668
Greenwich26389412610429311629266695112133169153441,303
Lewisham275552916123874717253463105148207258223741,588
Woolwich24352267183463524273086127135200205161411,417
London11,8243,8271,38578655718,3791,3147299851,2303,2844,9736,5537,8168,6476,1881,81161,909

Comparison can be made of death-rates from certain causes of death in London sanitary
districts by reference to the following table. The death-rates shown are fully corrected for deaths in
institutions (see footnote (c) page 8), but are uncorrected for differences in the age and sex constitution
of the population.
Death-rates
in sanitary
districts from
particular
causes,
per 100,000
living.

In the case of phthisis and of "cancer," viz., carcinoma, sarcoma, and cancer (otherwise

undefined) factors tor correction for dmerences in age and sex constitution "have been calculated, and these factors and the corrected death-rates are shown on pages 53 and 60 respectively.

Metropolitan borough.Measles.Rheumatic Fever.Carcinoma.Sarcoma.Cancer (not otherwise defined).Tabes Mesenteric^.Tuberculous Meningitis.Phthisis.Other Tuberculous and Scrofulous Diseases.Pneumonia.Other Respiratory Diseases.All other Causes.All Causes.
Paddington48478102961390111111397201,259
Kensington303614371178791441247531,270
Hammersmith5827443161411114140817451,280
Fulham4366942652011316135967181,251
Chelsea281298934312127121391258291,428
Westminster, City of1348042941211713116916911,174
St. Marylebone23878353210117151251327741,340
Hampstead181651128796697868605965
St. Pancras64491827916141131831218051,482
Islington515619441220123121521167781,383
Stoke Newington24259124141810014591207301,183
Hackney30565731917118111131127561,274
Holborn28486-30610215141671658591,584
Finsbury741058520525182182022371,0111,847
London, City of-10891025-15138291091587311,314
Shoreditch754555241134153222341779071,701
Bethnal Green463407511325147121861698621,561
Stepney373517241118147201811578711,527
Poplar26660922824146231841689331,609
Southwark1172755201022192212221818731,740
Bermondsey11510809271721178232051938941,772
Lambeth415763281014130141571427511,371
Battersea43746435518118101421107271,265
Wandsworth14556736415841086806161,013
Camberwell52649635914124141191257671,320
Deptford55367628717130171371978551,519
Greenwich50558527815111121371108171,355
Lewisham857352348578811036261,001
Woolwich1834543861611513871007231,168
London44565631817124141451307771,366

(a) See footnote (c) page 8,