London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Leyton 1905

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]

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Table VII.—Death Rate for each Quarter.

First.Second.Third.Fourths
Leyton12.38.710.811.3
London16.61.5.214.416.7

Table VIII.—Deaths Classified with regard to Sex,

Males 576 or 48.9 1Per cent. of the total Deaths.
Females 601 or 51.1

Table IX.—Ages at which Death Occurred.

Under 1 year303
1 year and under 5 years144
5 years „ 15 years31
15 years „ 25 years57
25 years „ 65 years367
65 years and over275
1177

Table X.—Death Rate per cent. of Total Deaths.

Under 1 year30325.738.0
1 year and under 5 years144123
5 years and under 65 years45538.662.0
65 years and over27523.4

The infant mortality, i.e., deaths under I year is 303 or 9.4 per
cent. of the total number of births against 13.8 per cent. last year
and 9.8 per cent. in 1903.