London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
St Luke 1897
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Luke, Middlesex]
This page requires JavaScript
36
population was made up of 20,746, or 48.9 per cent., males, and 21,694,
or 51.1 per cent., females, the relative proportion of the sexes having
remained practically the same since 1871. In London generally the
proportion was 47.8 per cent. males and 52.7 per cent. females.
The age constitution of the population at the date of the 1891 census was as follows:—
| Age period. | 0- | 5— | 10— | 15— | 20— | 25— | 85— | 45— | 55— | 75— | |
| St. Luke— | |||||||||||
| Males, per cent. of population | 6.33 | 5.71 | 5.20 | 5.09 | 4.54 | 7.96 | 6.24 | 4.19 | 2.37 | 1.02 | .24 |
| Females, do. | 6.70 | 5.88 | 5.30 | 5.21 | 4.85 | 7.77 | 6.37 | 4.19 | 2.88 | 1.48 | .48 |
| London— | |||||||||||
| Males, per cent. of population | 5.92 | 5.36 | 4.90 | 4.69 | 4.61 | 7.92 | 5.85 | 4.11 | 2.35 | 1.20 | .37 |
| Females, do. | 5.99 | 5.42 | 4.99 | 5.21 | 5.56 | 9.11 | 6.49 | 4.64 | 2.92 | 1.72 | .69 |
Compared with London there is in St. Luke a greater proportion of
persons under 20 years of age, the excess being most marked at the
younger ages; above 20 years the proportion is less than in London
generally.
In the following table the rates of births and deaths per 1,000 persons in St. Luke are given for recent years. For the purpose of comparison the corresponding rates in the adjoining districts of Clerkenwell and Holborn, as well as in London generally, are also given:—
| Birth-Rate. | Death-Rate. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| London. | St. Luke. | Holborn. | Clerkenwell. | London. | St. Luke. | Holborn. | Clerkenwell. | |
| 1891 | 31.8 | 45.5 | 27.7 | 33.6 | 22.4 | 32.8 | 33.6 | 27.8 |
| 1892 | 30.9 | 45.2 | 27.1 | 32.9 | 21.6 | 27.9 | 29.9 | 27.2 |
| 1893 | 31.0 | 42.2 | 26.8 | 31.9 | 22.4 | 330 | 29.9 | 29.2 |
| 1894 | 30.1 | 450 | 26.2 | 33.0 | 18.6 | 24.9 | 22.6 | 20.8 |
| 1895 | 30.6 | 45.8 | 26.2 | 31.5 | 20.8 | 31.8 | 28.1 | 25.0 |
| 1896 | 30.2 | 46.7 | 28.1 | 33.7 | 19.3 | 27.1 | 25.7 | 23.2 |
| The rates have been corrected by exclusion of non-residents dying in | ||||||||