Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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viz., from the beginning of 1891 to the end of 1895, is sufficiently near to the five-year inter-censal
period, viz., from the beginning of the second quarter of 1891 to the end of the first quarter of 1896.
for the comparisons made in the table—
Sanitary district. | Population. | In the five years, 1891—95. | Excess of registered births over deaths, 1891-5. | Increase or decrease of population between 1891 and 1896. | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1891. | 1896. | Births. | Deaths. | Increase. | Decrease. | ||
Paddington | 117,846 | 124,506 | 14,712 | 10,295 | 4,417 | 6,660 | ... |
Kensington | 166,308 | 170,465 | 18,520 | 14,398 | 4,132 | 4,157 | ... |
Hammersmith | 97,239 | 104,199 | 14,600 | 9,314 | 5,286 | 6,960 | ... |
Fulham | 91,639 | 113,781 | 18,376 | 9,873 | 8,503 | 22,142 | ... |
Chelsea | 96,253 | 96,646 | 13,890 | 9,490 | 4,400 | 393 | ... |
St. George, Hanover-square | 78,364 | 79,967 | 7,596 | 6,172 | 1,424 | 1,603 | ... |
Westminster1 | 55,774 | 53,589 | 6,758 | 6,110 | 648 | 2,185 | |
St. James | 24,995 | 23,050 | 2,575 | 2,214 | 361 | ... | 1,945 |
Marylebone | 142,404 | 141,188 | 21,931 | 15,180 | 6,751 | ... | 1,216 |
Hampstead | 68,416 | 75,449 | 7,402 | 4,396 | 3,006 | 7,033 | ... |
Pancras | 234,379 | 249,764 | 35,444 | 24,503 | 10,941 | 6,385 | ... |
Islington | 319,143 | 336,764 | 48,482 | 29,825 | 18,657 | 17,621 | ... |
Stoke Newington | 30,936 | 33,485 | 34,444 | 20,464 | 13,980 | 16,987 | ... |
Hackney | 198,606 | 213,044 | |||||
St. Giles | 39,782 | 38,237 | 5,558 | 4,561 | 997 | 1,545 | |
St. Martin-in-the-Fields | 14,616 | 13,077 | 1,143 | 1,488 | — 345 | 1,539 | |
Strand | 25,122 | 23,782 | 2,959 | 3,240 | 1,340 | ||
Holborn2 | 34,043 | 31,710 | 4,319 | 4,276 | 43 | 2,333 | |
Clerkenwell | 66,202 | 10,765 | 7,766 | 2,999 | 14 | ||
St. Luke | 42,440 | 41,527 | 9,380 | 5,848 | 3,532 | ... | 913 |
London, City of3 | 37,678 | 31,198 | 3,037 | 4,011 | — 974 | ... | 6,480 |
Shoreditch | 124,009 | 122,348 | 22,214 | 14,366 | 7,848 | 1,661 | |
Bethnal Green | 129,132 | 129,162 | 24,072 | 14,934 | 9,138 | 30 | ... |
Whitechapel4 | 74,420 | 78,636 | 15,523 | 9,083 | 6,440 | 4,216 | ... |
St. George-in-the-East | 45,795 | 47,506 | 9,646 | 6,520 | 3,126 | 1,711 | |
Limehouse | 57,376 | 58,305 | 9,802 | 7,465 | 2,337 | 929 | ... |
Mile-end Old-town | 107,592 | 111,060 | 20,514 | 11,925 | 8,589 | 3,468 | ... |
Poplar | 166,748 | 169,267 | 29,756 | 18,271 | 11,485 | 2,519 | ... |
St. Saviour, Southwark | 27,177 | 25,365 | 4,083 | 3,378 | 705 | ||
St. George, Southwark | 59,712 | 60,278 | 10,742 | 7,702 | 3,040 | 566 | ... |
Newinsrton | 115,804 | 120,939 | 21,066 | 13,753 | 7,313 | 5,135 | ... |
St. Olave | 12,723 | 11,731 | 2,138 | 1,591 | 547 | 992 | |
Bermondsey | 84,682 | 85,475 | 15,886 | 9,497 | 6,389 | 793 | ... |
Rotherhithe | 39,255 | 40,379 | 4,193 | 2,627 | 1,124 | ... | |
Lambeth | 275,203 | 295,033 | 46,117 | 27,568 | 18,549 | 19,830 | ... |
Battersea | 150,558 | 165,115 | 25,740 | 13,910 | 11,830 | 14,557 | ... |
Wandsworth | 156,942 | 187,264 | 22,421 | 12,596 | 9,825 | 30,322 | |
Camberwell | 235,344 | 253,076 | 37,200 | 22,302 | 14,898 | 17,732 | ... |
Greenwich | 165,413 | 175,774 | 27,051 | 16,424 | 10,627 | 10,361 | ... |
Lewisham | 92,647 | 104,521 | 12,235 | 7,011 | 5,224 | 11,874 | ... |
Woolwich | 40,848 | 41,314 | 6,485 | 4,171 | 2,314 | 466 | |
Lee | 36,103 | 38,588 | 13,661 | 7,068 | 6,593 | 9,301 | |
Plumstead | 52,436 | 59,252 | |||||
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An examination of the preceding table shows that in thirteen of the London sanitary districts
there has been a decrease of population in the inter-censal period 1891-96, while an increase is shown
for the remaining districts. In only twelve of the latter districts, however, is the increase of population
in the inter-censal period greater than the excess of births over deaths in the five years 1891-5.
It is interesting to observe that the increase in the population of London as a whole in the
inter-censal period 1891-96, as in the previous inter-censal period 1881-91, was less than the excess of
births over deaths, whereas in the inter-censal period 1871-81 the increase in the total population was
considerably in excess of the " natural increase," as will be seen from the following table-
Registration County of London.
Period. | Natural increase (excess of births over deaths). | Increase of population in the inter-censal periods 1871-81, 1881-91 & 1891-96. |
---|---|---|
1871-80 | 454,475 | 562,223 |
1881-90 | 513,988 | 396,199 |
1891-95 | 230,036 | 199,967 |
1 Including the Close of the Collegiate Church of St. Peter. 2 Including Inner and Middle Temple.
3 Including Charterhouse, Gray's Inn, Lincoln's Inn, Staple s Inn and Furnival's Inn. 4 Including the Tower of London.