Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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Age-group. | Deaths calculated according to mean death-rates of 1901-1910. | Deaths occurring in the year 1912. | Gain ( +) or loss (—) of lives in the year 1912, by fluctuations of mortality. | Gain ( +) or loss (—) of "life capital" in the year 1912 by fluctuations of mortality. |
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Females. | ||||
0— | 10,668 | 7,205 | + 3,463 | +201,685 |
5— | 759 | 621 | + 138 | + 7,827 |
10— | 415 | 387 | + 28 | + 1,467 |
15— | 511 | 493 | + 18 | + 863 |
20— | 660 | 595 | + 65 | + 2,829 |
25— | 1,816 | 1,595 | + 221 | + 8,190 |
35— | 2,711 | 2,376 | + 335 | + 9,728 |
45— | 3,363 | 3,122 | + 241 | + 5,235 |
55— | 3,987 | 3,681 | + 306 | + 4,639 |
65— | 5,069 | 4,756 | + 313 | + 3,036 |
75— | 4,020 | 3,941 | + 79 | + 453 |
85 and upwards | 1,429 | 1,394 | + 35 | + 113 |
All Ages—Females | 35,408 | 30,166 | + 5,242 | + 246,065 |
It will be seen from the preceding table that during the year 1912, compared with the decennium
1901-1910, there has been a saving of 10,065 lives, representing a gain to the community of 487,455
years of "life-capital."
Death-rates
in London
boroughs.
The following table shows the crude death-rates, and tne death-rates corrected lor differences in the age and sex constitution of the population of the several sanitary districts during the year 1912, and for the period 1907-11
Area. | Factor for correction for age and sex listribution. | Crude death-rate per 1,000 persons living. | Corrected death-rate per 1,000 persons living. | Corrected comparative mortality figure (London, 1,000). | |||
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1907-11. | 1912. | 1907-11. | 1912. | 1907-11. | 1912. | ||
Paddington | 0.9941 | 13.38 | 12.33 | 13.30 | 12.26 | 904 | 904 |
Kensington | 0.9957 | 13.66 | 13.00 | 13.60 | 12.94 | 924 | 954 |
Hammersmith | 0.9884 | 14.58 | 13.12 | 14.41 | 12.97 | 979 | 956 |
Fulham | 1.0340 | 14.08 | 12.81 | 14.56 | 13.25 | 989 | 977 |
Chelsea | 0.9513 | 15.56 | 14.55 | 14.80 | 13.84 | 1,005 | 1,021 |
Westminster, City of | 1.0540 | 12.78 | 12.38 | 13.47 | 13.05 | 915 | 962 |
St. Marylebone | 1.0198 | 14.78 | 13.83 | 15.07 | 14.10 | 1,024 | 1,040 |
Hampstead | 1.0572 | 9.66 | 9.82 | 10.21 | 10.38 | 694 | 765 |
St. Pancras | 0.9971 | 15.54 | 14.60 | 15.49 | 14.56 | 1,052 | 1,074 |
Islington | 0.9749 | 14.62 | 14.32 | 14.25 | 13.96 | 968 | 1,029 |
Stoke Newington | 0.9512 | 12.44 | 12.11 | 11.83 | 11.52 | 804 | 850 |
Hackney | 1.0066 | 13.76 | 12.10 | 13.85 | 12.18 | 941 | 898 |
Holborn | 1.0034 | 16.60 | 15.30 | 16.66 | 15.35 | 1,132 | 1,132 |
Finsbury | 0.9887 | 19.56 | 18.77 | 19.34 | 18.56 | 1,314 | 1,369 |
London, City of | 1.0419 | 15.34 | 13.46 | 15.98 | 14.02 | 1,086 | 1,034 |
Shoreditch | 1.0331 | 19.00 | 18.13 | 19.63 | 18.73 | 1,334 | 1,381 |
Bethnal Green | 1.0397 | 17.26 | 15.31 | 17.95 | 15.92 | 1,219 | 1,174 |
Stepney | 1.0433 | 16.90 | 15.23 | 17.63 | 15.89 | 1,198 | 1,172 |
Poplar | 0.9898 | 17.24 | 16.35 | 17.06 | 16.18 | 1,159 | 1,193 |
Southwark | 1.0060 | 18.16 | 16.70 | 18.27 | 16.80 | 1,241 | 1,239 |
Bermondsey | 0.9976 | 18.44 | 16.80 | 18.40 | 16.76 | 1,250 | 1,236 |
Lambeth | 0.9804 | 14.76 | 13.31 | 14.47 | 1305 | 983 | 962 |
Battersea | 1.0098 | 13.80 | 12.22 | 13.94 | 12.34 | 947 | 910 |
Wandsworth | 1.0045 | 11.60 | 10.17 | 11.65 | 10.22 | 791 | 754 |
Camberwell | 0.9883 | 14.06 | 12.89 | 13.90 | 12.74 | 944 | 940 |
Deptford | 0.9879 | 15.06 | 13.13 | 14.88 | 12.97 | 1,011 | 956 |
Greenwich | 0.9837 | 14.18 | 13.10 | 13.95 | 12.89 | 948 | 951 |
Lewisham | 0.9826 | 11.04 | 10.40 | 10.85 | 10.22 | 737 | 754 |
Woolwich | 1.0249 | 12.72 | 11.60 | 13.04 | 11.89 | 886 | 877 |
It will be seen from the foregoing table (comparing the corrected death-rates) that in the
quinquennium 1907-11, Shoreditch (19.6) had the highest rate and Hampstead (10.2) the lowest,
in the year 1912 Shoreditch (18.7) had the highest, and Wandsworth and Lewisham (10.2) the lowest
The death-rates in each of the four quarters of the year 1912, were as follows: first quarter, 15.3;
second quarter, 12.4; third quarter, 11.5; and fourth quarter, 15.0 per 1,000 persons living.
(a) All death-rates in this report relating to metropolitan boroughs are fully corrected for institutions (see
footnote (c), page 4).