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London County Council 1912

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

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Annual Report of the London County Council,1912.

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.
Females.
0—10,6687,205+ 3,463+201,685
5—759621+ 138+ 7,827
10—415387+ 28+ 1,467
15—511493+ 18+ 863
20—660595+ 65+ 2,829
25—1,8161,595+ 221+ 8,190
35—2,7112,376+ 335+ 9,728
45—3,3633,122+ 241+ 5,235
55—3,9873,681+ 306+ 4,639
65—5,0694,756+ 313+ 3,036
75—4,0203,941+ 79+ 453
85 and upwards1,4291,394+ 35+ 113
All Ages—Females35,40830,166+ 5,242+ 246,065
Total—Persons72,58262 517+ 10,065+487,455

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 (a).

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).
1907-11.1912.1907-11.1912.1907-11.1912.
England, and Wales0.979014.5813.2914.2213.01966959
London1.000014.7213.5614.7213.561,0001,000
Paddington0.994113.3812.3313.3012.26904904
Kensington0.995713.6613.0013.6012.94924954
Hammersmith0.988414.5813.1214.4112.97979956
Fulham1.034014.0812.8114.5613.25989977
Chelsea0.951315.5614.5514.8013.841,0051,021
Westminster, City of1.054012.7812.3813.4713.05915962
St. Marylebone1.019814.7813.8315.0714.101,0241,040
Hampstead1.05729.669.8210.2110.38694765
St. Pancras0.997115.5414.6015.4914.561,0521,074
Islington0.974914.6214.3214.2513.969681,029
Stoke Newington0.951212.4412.1111.8311.52804850
Hackney1.006613.7612.1013.8512.18941898
Holborn1.003416.6015.3016.6615.351,1321,132
Finsbury0.988719.5618.7719.3418.561,3141,369
London, City of1.041915.3413.4615.9814.021,0861,034
Shoreditch1.033119.0018.1319.6318.731,3341,381
Bethnal Green1.039717.2615.3117.9515.921,2191,174
Stepney1.043316.9015.2317.6315.891,1981,172
Poplar0.989817.2416.3517.0616.181,1591,193
Southwark1.006018.1616.7018.2716.801,2411,239
Bermondsey0.997618.4416.8018.4016.761,2501,236
Lambeth0.980414.7613.3114.471305983962
Battersea1.009813.8012.2213.9412.34947910
Wandsworth1.004511.6010.1711.6510.22791754
Camberwell0.988314.0612.8913.9012.74944940
Deptford0.987915.0613.1314.8812.971,011956
Greenwich0.983714.1813.1013.9512.89948951
Lewisham0.982611.0410.4010.8510.22737754
Woolwich1.024912.7211.6013.0411.89886877

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).