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London County Council 1910
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
The phthisis death-rate since 1850 (corrected (a) for differences in the age constitution of the
population) in relation to the mean death-rate of the period 1851-1910 (males and females) is shown
in diagram (W)
This diagram shows the marked decline of phthisis mortality in both sexes, the greater incidence
of such mortality on males than on females, and the fact that until the last seven years the decline has
been more manifest in females than in males.
The following table shows the crude phthisis death-rate , and the rate corrected for differences in the age and sex constitution of the population of the various sanitary districts,
| Metropolitan borough. | Standard death-rate. (h) | Factor for correction for age and sex distri-tribution. | Crude death-rate. | Corrected death-rate. | Comparative mortality figure. (London 1,000.) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1905-9. | 1910. | 1905-9. | 1910. | 1905-9. | 1910. | |||
| London | 1.74 | 1.00000 | 1.44 | 1.23 | 1.44 | 1.23 | 1,000 | 1,000 |
| Paddington | 1.80 | 0.96659 | 1.10 | 0.90 | 1.06 | 0.87 | 736 | 708 |
| Kensington | 1.78 | 0.97419 | 1.12 | 0.82 | 1.09 | 0.80 | 757 | 651 |
| Hammersmith | 1.74 | 0.99600 | 1.23 | 1.09 | 1.23 | 1.09 | 854 | 887 |
| Fulham | 1.69 | 1.02786 | 1.32 | 1.12 | 1.36 | 1.15 | 944 | 936 |
| Chelsea | 1.83 | 0.95018 | 1.57 | 1.30 | 1.49 | 1.24 | 1,035 | 1,009 |
| Westminster, City of | 1.95 | 0.89205 | 1.39 | 1.15 | 1.24 | 1.03 | 861 | 838 |
| St. Marylebone | 1.85 | 0.93836 | 1.44 | 1.15 | 1.35 | 1.08 | 937 | 879 |
| Hampstead | 1.75 | 0.98862 | 0.77 | 0.66 | 0.76 | 0.65 | 528 | 529 |
| St. Pancras | 1.80 | 0.96551 | 1.70 | 1.38 | 1.64 | 1.33 | 1,139 | 1,082 |
| Islington | 1.75 | 0.99145 | 1.31 | 1.21 | 1.30 | 1.20 | 903 | 976 |
| Stoke Newington | 1.77 | 0.97914 | 1.09 | 0.99 | 1.07 | 0.97 | 743 | 789 |
| Hackney | 1.68 | 1.02969 | 1.27 | 1.17 | 1.31 | 1.20 | 910 | 976 |
| Holborn | 1.97 | 0.87894 | 2.47 | 2.10 | 2.17 | 1.85 | 1,507 | 1505 |
| Finsbury | 1.72 | 1.01050 | 2.26 | 1.80 | 2.28 | 1.82 | 1,583 | 1,481 |
| London, City of | 1.89 | 0.91946 | 1.62 | 1.44 | 1.49 | 1.32 | 1,035 | 1,074 |
| Shoreditch | 1.66 | 1.04206 | 1.98 | 1.52 | 2.06 | 1.58 | 1,431 | 1,286 |
| Bethnal Green | 1.59 | 1.08984 | 1.89 | 1.47 | 2.06 | 1.60 | 1,431 | 1,302 |
| Stepney | 1.65 | 1.05281 | 1.76 | 1.46 | 1.85 | 1.54 | 1,285 | 1,253 |
| Poplar | 1.66 | 1.04772 | 1.45 | 1.44 | 1.52 | 1.51 | 1,056 | 1,229 |
| Southwark | 1.74 | 0.99829 | 2.09 | 1.91 | 2.09 | 1.91 | 1,451 | 1,554 |
| Bermondsey | 1.65 | 1.05026 | 1.87 | 1.77 | 1.96 | 1.66 | 1,361 | 1,513 |
| Lambeth | 1.75 | 0.99258 | 1.51 | 1.28 | 1.50 | 1.27 | 1,042 | 1,033 |
| Battersea | 1.69 | 1.02483 | 1.35 | 1.16 | 1.38 | 1.19 | 958 | 968 |
| Wandsworth | 1.72 | 1.01050 | 0.97 | 0.86 | 0.98 | 0.87 | 681 | 708 |
| Camberwell | 1.68 | 1.03522 | 1.29 | 1.18 | 1.34 | 1.22 | 931 | 993 |
| Deptford | 1.69 | 1.02969 | 1.32 | 1.30 | 1.36 | 1.34 | 944 | 1,089 |
| Greenwich | 1.67 | 1.04143 | 1.25 | 1.11 | 1.30 | 1.16 | 903 | 944 |
| Lewisham | 1.69 | 1.02543 | .87 | 0.57 | 0.89 | 0.58 | 618 | 472 |
| Woolwich | 1.70 | 1.01881 | 1.39 | 1.12 | 1.42 | 1.14 | 986 | 928 |
It will be seen from the foregoing table (comparing the corrected death-rates) that among
the several sanitary districts in the quinquennium 1905-9,Finsbury (2-28) had the highest phthisis
death-rate and Hampstead (0.76) the lowest; in the year 1910 Southwark (1.91) had the highest
death-rate, the lowest obtaining in Lewisham (0.58). The death-rates from phthisis in London
in each of the four quarters of the year 1910 were as follows : first quarter, 1.38; second quarter,
1.14; third quarter, 0.99; and fourth quarter, 1.41.
The following table enables comparison to be made between the phthisis death-rates in the
several sanitary districts for each of the years 1901-1910, inclusive. These death-rates are corrected
for differences in the age and sex constitution of the various populations,(a) and it will be seen that
while there is a general tendency to decline in the death-rates, there is a considerable difference in the
amount of decline in the rates of the different districts. To facilitate comparison the districts are
arranged in the ascending order of their death-rates in the first year shown in the table, viz., 1901:—
(a) See footnote (b) page 14. (6) The standard death-rate used in the calculation of the "factor for
correction " has been calculated to more than the two places of decimals shown in the table