Figures showing fatalities at a local level published for the first time
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Detailed data about the coronavirus outbreak has been published which shows that up until the middle of last month 18 people in Putney and Roehampton have died from the disease.
The Office of National Statistics (ONS) have published the number of fatalities at a very local level for the first time. The data is based on the analysis of registration of deaths including the residence of the deceased between 1 March and 17 April 2020 and where coronavirus was the underlying cause or was mentioned on the death certificate as a contributory factor.
Roughly speaking Putney & Roehampton is divided into seven Middle Layer Super Output areas by the ONS. Based on a very limited set of data, the area designated as Roehampton South & Putney Vale in the analysis seems to have been relatively badly hit with 8 deaths. Putney Embankment & Lower Common on the other hand recorded no deaths at all.
| Area | Covid-19 Deaths | Total Deaths | Covid-19 (%) |
| Putney Town & Wandsworth Park (MSOA Wandsworth 010) |
3 |
8 |
38 |
| Putney East (MSOA Wandsworth 014) |
2 |
6 |
33 |
| Putney West (MSOA Wandsworth 011) |
1 |
5 |
20 |
| Putney Embankment & Lower Common (MSOA Wandsworth 006) |
0 |
4 |
0 |
| Roehampton North West (MSOA Wandsworth 013) |
1 |
17 |
6 |
| Roehampton North East (MSOA Wandsworth 016) |
2 |
19 |
11 |
| Roehampton South & Putney Vale (MSOA Wandsworth 023) |
8 |
13 |
62 |
Source:ONS
Wandsworth borough had a death rate of 80.2 per 100,000 people with a total of 132 Covid-19 deaths up until 17 April. This was below the London average and at the lower end of the range for local authority areas in the capital. All of the top ten in the country were London boroughs with Newham having the highest death rate of 144.3.
| Death Rates by London Borough to 17 April | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Borough | All Deaths | Rate | Covid-19 Deaths | Rate |
| Newham | 421 | 298.7 | 208 | 144.3 |
| Brent | 550 | 256.9 | 304 | 141.5 |
| Hackney | 304 | 263.5 | 146 | 127.4 |
| Tower Hamlets | 260 | 239.3 | 132 | 122.9 |
| Haringey | 314 | 222.1 | 168 | 119.3 |
| Harrow | 487 | 229.2 | 241 | 114.7 |
| Southwark | 320 | 219.0 | 156 | 108.1 |
| Lewisham | 393 | 244.1 | 172 | 106.4 |
| Lambeth | 361 | 233.7 | 165 | 104.3 |
| Ealing | 538 | 230.4 | 239 | 103.2 |
| Hammersmith and Fulham | 220 | 209.7 | 100 | 96.4 |
| Waltham Forest | 343 | 210.8 | 151 | 92.5 |
| Barking and Dagenham | 271 | 229.5 | 103 | 89.2 |
| Enfield | 542 | 225.9 | 220 | 91.3 |
| Barnet | 687 | 216.9 | 287 | 91.6 |
| Islington | 227 | 208.0 | 88 | 80.7 |
| Greenwich | 376 | 230.9 | 140 | 84.6 |
| Croydon | 573 | 201.0 | 252 | 88.0 |
| Merton | 320 | 228.9 | 117 | 83.0 |
| Redbridge | 441 | 209.1 | 174 | 82.9 |
| Wandsworth | 345 | 209.7 | 132 | 80.2 |
| Westminster | 274 | 164.5 | 120 | 72.3 |
| Hillingdon | 447 | 199.8 | 164 | 73.0 |
| Kensington and Chelsea | 171 | 134.7 | 84 | 66.8 |
| Hounslow | 317 | 190.0 | 120 | 69.2 |
| Havering | 516 | 199.5 | 166 | 64.6 |
| Sutton | 322 | 188.2 | 96 | 56.7 |
| Camden | 214 | 127.9 | 91 | 55.2 |
| Bexley | 381 | 165.4 | 125 | 54.8 |
| Richmond upon Thames | 229 | 136.7 | 77 | 47.0 |
| Kingston upon Thames | 241 | 178.4 | 57 | 42.9 |
| City of London | 9 | 106.2 | 3 | 35.2 |
There were 90,232 deaths occurring in England and Wales that were registered by 18 April; 20,283 of these deaths involved the coronavirus. When adjusted for size and age structure of the population, there were 36.2 deaths involving Covid-19 per 100,000 people in England and Wales.
London had the highest age-standardised mortality rate with 85.7 deaths per 100,000 persons; this was statistically significantly higher than any other region and almost double the next highest rate.
Nick Stripe, Head of Health Analysis, Office for National Statistics said, “People living in more deprived areas have experienced Covid-19 mortality rates more than double those living in less deprived areas. General mortality rates are normally higher in more deprived areas, but so far Covid-19 appears to be taking them higher still.”
Figures on deaths published by the ONS differ from those produced by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) and the UK's public health agencies for two main reasons: the time between death and reporting of the death and the ONS's wider inclusion criteria.
May 8, 2020
