Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Thirty-eighth annual report of the Vestry...
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Table I—Populations of London and of its Groups of Districts
at Censuses of 1881 and 1891.
London.
West D.
North D.
Central D.
East D.
South D.
1881
3,816,483
905,947
282,238
692,738
1,265,927
669,633
1891
740,725
994,207
705,012
1,523,692
4,211,056
247,140
Table II. sets forth the births and deaths, together
with the birth-rates and death-rates of London and its five
groups of districts for the year, 1893. It will be seen that
the birth-rate of South London is higher than the birthrates
of the Western, Northern and Central Districts, but
considerably lower than the birth-rate of the Eastern District,
and a trifle higher than that for London generally; and that
the death-rate of South London is higher by 1·2 than that of
the Western Districts, but lower than the rate of all the
remaining districts, and of London.
TABLE II.—Birth, Death, Birth-rates and Death-rates of
London and its Groups of Districts for 1893.
London.
West D.
North D.
Central D.
East D.
South D.
Births
132,975
19,919
29,591
50,227
6,953
26,285
91,536
20,391
6,154
17,555
Deaths
14,866
30,862
29·3
31.0
29·0
Birth-Rates
26·4
37·3
31·7
21·0
20·0
25·1
18·7
26·6
19·9
Death-Rates
Table III. shews the Metropolitan deaths due to the
so-called "zymotic" diseases for each of the last ten years;
and, for the last year, their distribution among the groups
of districts. In deaths from hooping cough there was a
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Table I—Populations of London and of its Groups of Districts at Censuses of 1881 and 1891.
London. | West D. | North D. | Central D. | East D. | South D. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1881 | 3,816,483 | 669,633 | 905,947 | 282,238 | 692,738 | 1,265,927 |
1891 | 4,211,056 | 740,725 | 994,207 | 247,140 | 705,012 | 1,523,692 |
TABLE II.—Birth, Death, Birth-rates and Death-rates of London and its Groups of Districts for 1893.
London. | West D. | North D. | Central D. | East D. | South D. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Births | 132,975 | 19,919 | 29,591 | 6,953 | 26,285 | 50,227 |
Deaths | 91,536 | 14,866 | 20,391 | 6,154 | 17,555 | 30,862 |
Birth-Rates | 31.0 | 26·4 | 29·3 | 29·0 | 37·3 | 31·7 |
Death-Rates | 21·0 | 18·7 | 20·0 | 26·6 | 25·1 | 19·9 |