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London County Council 1912
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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| Metropolitan borough. | Factor for correction for age and sex distribution. | Crude death-rate. | Corrected death-rate. | Comparative mortality figure. (London 1,000.) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1907-11. | 1912. | 1907-11. | 1912. | 1907-11. | 1912. | ||
| Islington | 0.9573 | 1.29 | 1.35 | 1.24 | 1.30 | 947 | 1,000 |
| Stoke Newington | 0.9329 | 1.01 | 0.87 | 0.94 | 0.81 | 718 | 623 |
| Hackney | 0.9730 | 1.27 | 1.36 | 1.24 | 1.33 | 947 | 1,023 |
| Holborn | 0.8577 | 2.20 | 2.07 | 1.88 | 1.77 | 1,435 | 1,362 |
| Finsbury | 0.9976 | 2.14 | 1.92 | 2.14 | 1.92 | 1,634 | 1,477 |
| London, City of | 0.8219 | 1.63 | 1.98 | 1.34 | 1.63 | 1,023 | 1,254 |
| Shoreditch | 1.0270 | 1.85 | 2.10 | 1.90 | 2.15 | 1,450 | 1,654 |
| Bethnal Green | 1.0436 | 1.64 | 1.69 | 1.71 | 1.77 | 1,305 | 1,362 |
| Stepney | 1.0282 | 1.68 | 1.68 | 1.73 | 1.73 | 1,321 | 1,331 |
| Poplar | 1.0222 | 1.39 | 1.51 | 1.42 | 1.54 | 1,084 | 1,185 |
| Southwark | 0.9786 | 1.94 | 1.87 | 1.90 | 1.83 | 1,450 | 1,408 |
| Bermondsey | 1.0123 | 1.82 | 1.75 | 1.85 | 1.77 | 1,412 | 1,362 |
| Lambeth | 0.9548 | 1.47 | 1.37 | 1.40 | 1.31 | 1,069 | 1,008 |
| Battersea | 0.9829 | 1.29 | 1.17 | 1.27 | 1.15 | 969 | 885 |
| Wandsworth | 0.9627 | 0.91 | 0.93 | 0.88 | 0.89 | 672 | 685 |
| Camberwell | 0.9902 | 1.28 | 1.30 | 1.27 | 1.29 | 969 | 992 |
| Deptford | 0.9820 | 1.32 | 1.35 | 1.30 | 1.32 | 992 | 1,015 |
| Greenwich | 1.0040 | 1.17 | 1.41 | 1.18 | 1.42 | 901 | 1,092 |
| Lewisham | 0.9693 | 0.77 | 0.70 | 0.75 | 0.68 | 573 | 523 |
| Woolwich | 0.9781 | 1.28 | 1.05 | 1.25 | 1.03 | 954 | 792 |
It will be seen from the foregoing table (comparing the corrected death-rates) that among
the several sanitary districts in the quinquennium 1907-11, Finsbury (2.14) had the highest phthisis
death-rate and Hampstead (0.63) the lowest; in the year 1912, Shoreditch (2.15) had the highest
death-rate, the lowest obtaining in Hampstead (0.58). The death-rates from phthisis in London
in each of the four quarters of the year 1912 were as follows: first quarter, 1.52 ; second quarter,
1.21: third quarter, 1.18; and fourth quarter; 1.47.
Phthisis-
Corrected
death-rates
in London
boroughs,
1906-1912.
The following table enables comparison to be made between the phthisis death-rates in the several sanitary districts for each of the years 1906-1912, inclusive. These death-rates are corrected for differences in the age and sex constitution of the various populations, 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.
| Metropolitan borough. | Corrected Phthisis death-rates. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1906. | 1907. | 1908. | 1909. | 1910. | 1911. | 1912. | |
| Paddington | 1.08 | 1.00 | 0.97 | 1.07 | 0.82 | 1.12 | 0.80 |
| Kensington | 1.23 | 1.04 | 0.98 | 0.91 | 0.80 | 0.85 | 0.98 |
| Hammersmith | 1.21 | 1.18 | 1.21 | 1.08 | 1.05 | 1.20 | 1.28 |
| Fulham | 1.22 | 1.31 | 1.28 | 1.32 | 1.11 | 1.43 | 1.32 |
| Chelsea | 1.52 | 1.50 | 1.26 | 1.48 | 1.16 | 1.33 | 1.19 |
| Westminster, City of | 1.18 | 1.15 | 1.07 | 1.16 | 0.98 | 102 | 0.98 |
| St. Marylebone | 1.43 | 1.33 | 1.01 | 1.24 | 1.05 | 1.31 | 1.13 |
| Hampstead | 0.63 | 0.66 | 0.74 | 0.61 | 0.59 | 0.55 | 0.58 |
| St. Pancras | 1.76 | 1.57 | 1.52 | 1.59 | 1.32 | 1.47 | 1.47 |
| Islington | 1.21 | 1.31 | 1.25 | 1.26 | 1.17 | 1.19 | 1.30 |
| Stoke Newington | 0.95 | 0.86 | 1.02 | 0.86 | 0.94 | 1.02 | 0.81 |
| Hackney | 1.32 | 1.17 | 1.27 | 1.25 | 1.15 | 1.36 | 1.33 |
| Holborn | 2.11 | 2.12 | 1.77 | 1.89 | 1.84 | 1.79 | 1.77 |
| Finsbury | 2.19 | 2.41 | 2.25 | 2.36 | 1.81 | 1.86 | 1.92 |
| London, City of | 1.38 | 1.57 | 1.32 | 1.37 | 1.14 | 1.31 | 1.63 |
| Shoreditch | 2.11 | 2.13 | 2.07 | 1.82 | 1.58 | 1.89 | 2.15 |
| Bethnal Green | 2.35 | 2.03 | 1.67 | 1.64 | 1.53 | 1.70 | 1.77 |
| Stepney | 1.93 | 1.68 | 1.76 | 1.89 | 1.51 | 1.82 | 1.73 |
| Poplar | 1.63 | 1.41 | 1.48 | 1.37 | 1.49 | 1.35 | 1.54 |
| Southwark | 2.12 | 2.10 | 1.96 | 1.90 | 1.88 | 1.67 | 1.83 |
| Bermondsey | 2.01 | 1.91 | 1.91 | 1.81 | 1.80 | 1.80 | 1.77 |
| Lambeth | 1.36 | 1.54 | 1.45 | 1.44 | 1.24 | 1.35 | 1.31 |
| Battersea | 1.33 | 1.29 | 1.27 | 1.32 | 1.16 | 1.31 | 1.15 |
| Wandsworth | 0.96 | 0.92 | 0.91 | 0.90 | 0.80 | 0.85 | 0.89 |
| Camberwell | 1.29 | 1.34 | 1.16 | 1.29 | 1.23 | 1.33 | 1.29 |
| Deptford | 1.30 | 1.43 | 1.19 | 1.34 | 1.28 | 1.25 | 1.32 |
| Greenwich | 1.32 | 1.15 | 1.28 | 1.15 | 1.12 | 1.17 | 1.42 |
| Lewisham | 0.82 | 0.91 | 0.85 | 0.79 | 0.55 | 0.63 | 0.68 |
| Woolwich | 1.39 | 1.28 | 1.29 | 1.27 | 1.12 | 1.31 | 1.03 |
| London | 1.43 | 1.40 | 1.33 | 1.34 | 1.20 | 1.30 | 1.30 |