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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
Marylebone 1910
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough]
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aged persons would show more deaths than one consisting entirely of young and
vigorous adults: a population made up of a large number of males and a small
number of females has more deaths and a higher death rate than one in which
the females outnumber the males. The death rates of such populations are not
comparable the one with the other nor with those of populations differently
constituted. The Registrar-General's factors do away with all difficulty in
comparing death rates, and all which have been corrected by his method may be
safely examined side by side.
The corrected death rates of other London Boroughs are given in the accompanying table, compiled from information supplied by the Medical Officer of Health of each District, and may be compared with that for St. Marylebone.
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The average death rate for the preceding 10 years was 16.5. The rates in the several registration sub-districts for the last three years were as under:—
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| All Souls | 13.2 | 12.6 | 10.7 |
| St. Mary | 14.9 | 12.8 | 11.7 |
| Christ Church | 19.0 | 18.2 | 15.6 |
| St. John | 13.4 | 14.6 | 13.1 |