London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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. | Standard death-rate.(a) | Factor for correction for age and sex distribution. | Crude death-rate per 1,000 persons living. | Corrected doath-rate per 1,000 persons living. | Comparative mortality figure (London 1,000) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1905-9. | 1910. | 1905-9. | 1910. | 1905-9. | 1910. | |||
| Hackney | 0.88 | 0.99341 | 0.93 | 1.02 | 0.92 | 1.01 | 921 | 983 |
| Holborn | 0.95 | 0.91924 | 1.04 | 1.16 | 0.96 | 1.06 | 961 | 1,032 |
| Finsbury | 0.84 | 1.04071 | 0.89 | 0.84 | 0.93 | 0.88 | 931 | 857 |
| London, City of | 1.06 | 0.82316 | 1.26 | 1.24 | 1.04 | 1.02 | 1,041 | 993 |
| Shoreditch | 0.79 | 1.10518 | 0.84 | 0.85 | 0.93 | 0.94 | 931 | 915 |
| Bethnal Green | 0.78 | 1.12077 | 0.89 | 0.98 | 1.00 | 1.10 | 1,001 | 1,071 |
| Stepney | 0.74 | 1.17976 | 0.81 | 0.83 | 0.96 | 0.98 | 961 | 954 |
| Poplar | 0.81 | 1.08327 | 0.84 | 0.91 | 0.91 | 0.98 | 911 | 954 |
| Southwark | 0.82 | 1.06350 | 0.97 | 1.00 | 1.03 | 1.06 | 1,031 | 1,032 |
| Bermondsey | 0.81 | 1.08462 | 0.96 | 1.15 | 1.04 | 1.25 | 1,041 | 1,217 |
| Lambeth | 0.92 | 0.95333 | 1.14 | 1.07 | 1.09 | 1.02 | 1,091 | 993 |
| Battersea | 0.79 | 1.10798 | 1.00 | 0.86 | 1.11 | 0.95 | 1,111 | 925 |
| Wandsworth | 0.88 | 0.99116 | 0.94 | 0.99 | 0.93 | 0.98 | 931 | 954 |
| Camberwell | 0.87 | 1.00483 | 0.97 | 0.90 | 0.97 | 0.91 | 971 | 886 |
| Deptford | 0.81 | 1.07396 | 0.90 | 1.02 | 0.97 | 1.10 | 971 | 1,071 |
| Greenwich | 0.87 | 1.01064 | 0.92 | 0.90 | 0.93 | 0.91 | 931 | 886 |
| Lewisham | 0.92 | 0.95333 | 0.97 | 1.01 | 0.92 | 0.96 | 921 | 935 |
| Woolwich | 0.78 | 1.11933 | 0.88 | 0.87 | 0.99 | 0.97 | 991 | 944 |
It will be seen from the foregoing table (comparing the corrected death-rates) that in the quinquennium
1905-9 among the several sanitary districts St. Marylebone (1*12) had the highest cancer
death-rate and Hampstead and Poplar (0*91) the lowest; in the year J910, Beimondsty 1*25) bad
the highest, the lowest obtaining in Kensington (0*87).
The following table shows the corrected death-rate from cancer in each of the sanitary districts o: London, annually for the last ten years:—
| Metropolitan borough. | Corrected Cancer death-rates. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1901. | 1902. | 1903. | 1904. | 1905. | 1906. | 1907. | 1908. | 1909. | 1910. | |
| Paddington | 0.93 | 0.86 | 1.02 | 0.99 | 0.94 | 1.04 | 1.12 | 1.17 | 0.96 | 1.05 |
| Kensington | 0.96 | 0.77 | 0.93 | 0.88 | 0.84 | 0.87 | 1.05 | 0.93 | 1.06 | 0.87 |
| Hammersmith | 0.82 | 0.83 | 0.84 | 0.98 | 1.00 | 1.17 | 1.12 | 0.98 | 0.92 | 1.05 |
| Fulham | 1.01 | 0.88 | 0.95 | 1.02 | 1.07 | 1.09 | 1.21 | 0.89 | 1.08 | 1.13 |
| Chelsea | 0.77 | 0.90 | 1.09 | 1.07 | 0.91 | 1.05 | 0.87 | 0.91 | 1.07 | 1.20 |
| Westminster, City of | 0.76 | 0.98 | 0.94 | 0.93 | 0.97 | 0.92 | 0.90 | 1.10 | 1.11 | 1.03 |
| St. Marylebone | 0.92 | 0.98 | 1.19 | 0.98 | 1.19 | 0.95 | 1.09 | 1.20 | 1.20 | 1.19 |
| Hampstead | 0.91 | 1.07 | 1.23 | 0.97 | 0.70 | 1.10 | 0.81 | 1.00 | 0.96 | 0.98 |
| St. Pancras | 0.84 | 0.99 | 1.04 | 0.94 | 0.97 | 1.05 | 0.90 | 1.24 | 1.05 | 1.20 |
| Islington | 0.88 | 0.96 | 1.06 | 0.94 | 0.98 | 1.09 | 1.02 | 1.08 | 1.04 | 1.10 |
| Stoke Newington | 0.82 | 0.77 | 0.99 | 0.94 | 0.96 | 0.96 | 1.13 | 1.19 | 1.09 | 1.00 |
| Hackney | 0.80 | 0.88 | 0.90 | 0.85 | 0.91 | 0.83 | 0.91 | 1.00 | 0.97 | 1.01 |
| Holborn | 0.92 | 0.99 | 0.93 | 0.88 | 0.86 | 1.08 | 0.77 | 0.89 | 1.18 | 1.06 |
| Finsbury | 0.81 | 0.84 | 0.96 | 0.87 | 0.74 | 0.92 | 0.96 | 0.98 | 1.04 | 0.88 |
| London, City of | 1.05 | 1.26 | 0.81 | 1.10 | 1.10 | 1.03 | 0.99 | 1.02 | 1.06 | 1.02 |
| Shoreditch | 0.90 | 1.15 | 0.94 | 0.86 | 0.98 | 0.81 | 1.05 | 0.89 | 0.94 | 0.94 |
| Bethnal Green | 0.96 | 0.92 | 0.97 | 0.97 | 0.91 | 1.09 | 0.97 | 0.99 | 1.04 | 1.10 |
| Stepney | 0.87 | 0.79 | 0.94 | 0.93 | 0.90 | 1.16 | 0.91 | 0.95 | 0.86 | 0.98 |
| Poplar | 0.79 | 0.92 | 0.91 | 0.77 | 0.91 | 0.84 | 0.86 | 0.96 | 0.99 | 0.98 |
| Southwark | 0.92 | 0.90 | 1.06 | 0.93 | 1.16 | 0.98 | 1.03 | 0.99 | 1.02 | 1.06 |
| Bermondsey | 0.73 | 1.03 | 0.93 | 0.78 | 0.91 | 1.05 | 1.09 | 0.94 | 1.22 | 1.25 |
| Lambeth | 0.95 | 0.97 | 0.99 | 1.01 | 1.04 | 1.01 | 1.08 | 1.08 | 1.22 | 1.02 |
| Battersea | 0.90 | 0.97 | 0.97 | 1.08 | 1.15 | 1.12 | 1.05 | 1.01 | 1.20 | 0.95 |
| Wandsworth | 0.88 | 0.91 | 1.02 | 0.97 | 0.84 | 0.97 | 0.98 | 0.94 | 0.91 | 0.98 |
| Camberwell | 0.98 | 0.96 | 0.88 | 0.90 | 0.89 | 1.03 | 0.92 | 1.01 | 1.01 | 0.91 |
| Deptford | 0.88 | 1.04 | 1.00 | 1.03 | 1.00 | 1.08 | 0.78 | 0.95 | 1.02 | 1.10 |
| Greenwich | 0.71 | 0.88 | 0.80 | 0.91 | 1.03 | 0.83 | 0.87 | 1.00 | 0.91 | 0.91 |
| Lewisham | 0.91 | 0.94 | 0.83 | 0.82 | 0.88 | 0.92 | 0.94 | 0.93 | 0.96 | 0.96 |
| Woolwich | 0.79 | 0.98 | 0.90 | 0.95 | 0.78 | 1.1l | 1.04 | 0.88 | 1.11 | 0.97 |
| London | 0.88 | 0.93 | 0.97 | 0.94 | 0.95 | 1.01 | 0.98 | 1.01 | 1.04 | 1.03 |
(a) See footnote (b), page 53.