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London County Council 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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Annual Report of the London County Council, 1913
The following table has been prepared to show approximately the death-rates in age-periods per 1,000 living at the beginning of each period:—
| Year. | Under 1 Week. | 1-2 Weeks. | 2-3 Weeks. | 3-4 Weeks. | Total under 1 Month. | 0-3 Months. | 3-6 Months. | 6-9 Months. | 9-12 Months. | Total under one year. (a) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1905 | 22.9 | 6.6 | 5.5 | 4.6 | 39.1 | 64.6 | 27.4 | 23.3 | 21.2 | 130.2 |
| 1906 | 21.5 | 5.8 | 5.9 | 4.5 | 37.3 | 62.2 | 29.4 | 24.1 | 22.0 | 131.2 |
| 1907 | 22.7 | 6.4 | 5.7 | 4.5 | 38.9 | 61.8 | 22.7 | 18.7 | 18.1 | 116.5 |
| 1908 | 21.5 | 5.4 | 5.3 | 4.1 | 35.9 | 58.5 | 23.6 | 18.6 | 17.4 | 113.6 |
| 1909 | 21.7 | 5.4 | 4.8 | 4.2 | 35.7 | 56.3 | 21.4 | 17.7 | 17.6 | 108.8 |
| 1910 | 21.4 | 5.3 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 34.8 | 54.1 | 19.7 | 16.8 | 15.9 | 102.8 |
| 1911 | 21.2 | 5.6 | 5.3 | 4.7 | 36.4 | 59.7 | 28.9 | 24.4 | 23.3 | 129.8 |
| 1912 | 21.3 | 5.2 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 34.1 | 51.1 | 16.8 | 13.4 | 13.1 | 91.7 |
| 1913 | 21.1 | 5.1 | 4.5 | 3.7 | 34.0 | 54.3 | 21.8 | 17.3 | 15.9 | 105.3 |
Deaths of
infants in
London
boroughs.
With a view to comparing the rates of mortality from the several groups ot diseases, per 1,000 born, in the years 1905-13 the following table has been prepared:—
| Year. | All causes. (a) | Measles. | Whooping-cough. | Diarrhœal diseases. | Wasting diseases. | Tuberculous diseases. | Meningitis and convulsions. | Bronchitis. | Pneumonia. | Other causes. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1905 | 130.2 | 3.1 | 4.9 | 27.2 | 42.5 | 6.0 | 8.8 | 10.1 | 11.8 | 15.8 |
| 1906 | 131.2 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 35.8 | 40.5 | 5.7 | 7.7 | 8.4 | 10.7 | 15.0 |
| 1907 | 116.5 | 3.3 | 6.2 | 14.7 | 41.0 | 5.4 | 6.7 | 10.6 | 13.4 | 15.2 |
| 1908 | 113.6 | 2.7 | 3.8 | 22.0 | 39.5 | 5.6 | 6.2 | 8.0 | 11.7 | 14.1 |
| 1909 | 108.8 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 15.9 | 40.6 | 4.6 | 5.7 | 8.2 | 11.4 | 13.6 |
| 1910 | 102.8 | 3.4 | 5.2 | 13.3 | 39.4 | 3.9 | 5.6 | 7.3 | 12.5 | 12.2 |
| 1911 | 129.8 | 4.7 | 3.8 | 39.7 | 40.1 | 4.1 | 5.5 | 7.6 | 11.9 | 12.4 |
| 1912 | 91.7 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 11.2 | 36.6 | 3.3 | 4.5 | 6.4 | 10.8 | 11.6 |
| 1913 | 105.3 | 2.9 | 3.0 | 22.2 | 37.0 | 3.0 | 4.9 | 7.5 | 13.1 | 11.7 |
The following table shows the age-distribution of the deaths under one year of age in the several sanitary districts of London:—
| Metropolitan borough. | Under 1 Week. | 1-2 Weeks. | 2-3 Weeks. | 3-4 Weeks. | Total under 1 Month. | 0-3 Months. | 3-6 Months. | 6-9 Months. | 9-12 Months. | Total under 1 Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paddington | 62 | 10 | 15 | 8 | 95 | 162 | 61 | 44 | 38 | 305 |
| Kensington | 81 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 124 | 174 | 73 | 66 | 58 | 371 |
| Hammersmith | 68 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 101 | 163 | 52 | 50 | 49 | 314 |
| Fulham | 108 | 23 | 19 | 14 | 164 | 228 | 90 | 52 | 42 | 412 |
| Ohelsea | 30 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 46 | 62 | 21 | 21 | 8 | 112 |
| Westminster, City of | 50 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 79 | 123 | 44 | 18 | 28 | 213 |
| St. Marylebone | 56 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 81 | 119 | 30 | 28 | 18 | 195 |
| Hampstead | 28 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 40 | 59 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 91 |
| St. Pancras | 120 | 25 | 28 | 17 | 190 | 284 | 102 | 70 | 56 | 512 |
| Islington | 195 | 49 | 47 | 29 | 320 | 507 | 178 | 111 | 102 | 898 |
| Stoke Newington | 26 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 37 | 62 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 91 |
| Hackney | 100 | 26 | 24 | 17 | 167 | 275 | 108 | 87 | 79 | 549 |
| Holborn | 19 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 31 | 45 | 15 | 5 | 15 | 80 |
| Finsbury | 54 | 14 | 21 | 11 | 100 | 166 | 76 | 55 | 51 | 348 |
| London, City of | 4 | 2 | - | 1 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 16 |
| Shoreditch | 76 | 23 | 24 | 8 | 131 | 242 | 105 | 99 | 84 | 530 |
| Bethnal Green | 68 | 19 | 20 | 14 | 121 | 201 | 113 | 94 | 62 | 470 |
| Stepney | 161 | 41 | 38 | 33 | 273 | 435 | 191 | 157 | 134 | 917 |
| Poplar | 111 | 31 | 22 | 29 | 193 | 308 | 103 | 95 | 82 | 588 |
| Southwark | 124 | 22 | 30 | 15 | 191 | 353 | 114 | 118 | 97 | 682 |
| Bermondsey | 77 | 14 | 19 | 10 | 120 | 216 | 113 | 83 | 93 | 505 |
| Lambeth | 144 | 34 | 22 | 31 | 231 | 370 | 159 | 106 | 98 | 733 |
| Battersea | 96 | 30 | 14 | 18 | 158 | 240 | 85 | 77 | 70 | 472 |
| Wandsworth | 150 | 35 | 23 | 20 | 228 | 339 | 110 | 78 | 78 | 605 |
| Gamberwell | 135 | 46 | 21 | 34 | 236 | 374 | 138 | 112 | 114 | 738 |
| Deptford | 60 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 94 | 169 | 78 | 49 | 54 | 350 |
| Greenwich | 52 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 88 | 135 | 54 | 39 | 35 | 263 |
| Lewisham | 60 | 18 | 14 | 5 | 97 | 156 | 47 | 28 | 38 | 269 |
| Woolwich | 58 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 92 | 139 | 29 | 37 | 24 | 229 |
| London | 2,373 | 567 | 495 | 400 | 3,835 | 6,117 | 2,318 | 1,798 | 1,625 | 11,858 |