[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council] page 7

London County Council 1905

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]

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The decline in the birth-rate which has been manifest since the decennium 1871-80, has not
been equally conspicuous in all parts of London. Indeed, during the decennium 1891-1900, the birthrate
has been greater in the registration districts of Whitechapel and St. George-in-the-East than in
1871-80, a result probably indirectly due to alien immigration. In all other registration districts the
birth-rate has declined, as will be seen from the following table:—

Table: London. Birth-rates per 1,000 persons living in successive decennia.

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London. Birth-rates per 1,000 persons living in successive decennia.

Registration District.	Birth-rate per 1,000 living.					1851-60 = 100.
Registration District.	1851-60	1861-70	1871-80	1881-90	1891-1900	1851-60	1861-70	1871-80	1881-90	1891-1900
Paddington	29.56	30.85	31.35	28.85	26.70	100	104	106	98	90
Kensington
Fulham
Chelsea	31.95	33.03	33.16	34.42	27.14	100	103	104	108	85
S. George's,Han.-squares	28.51	29.12	27.20	24.13	20.35	100	102	95	85	71
Westminster
Strand
St. Marylebone	30.63	32.72	32.13	31.78	30.39	100	107	105	104	99
Hampstead	23.58	24.72	23.99	23.34	20.08	100	105	102	99	85
St Pancras	33.53	35.08	35.15	32.16	29.12	100	105	105	96	87
Islington	33.44	36.58	36.09	32.37	29.04	100	109	108	97	87
Hackney	31.37	32.97	33.67	31.55	28.94	100	105	107	101	92
St. Giles	33.22	34.20	34.05	31.61	28.52	100	103	102	95	86
Holborn	36.38	38.09	37.63	36.23	34.93	100	105	103	100	96
City of London	28.33	26.92	23.92	19.41	16.62	100	95	84	69	59
Shoreditch	39.66	40.70	40.69	38.46	35.58	100	103	103	97	90
Bethnal-green	38.64	41.87	41.75	40.07	37.13	100	108	108	104	96
Whitechapel	34.97	34.57	36.42	35.12	39.81	100	99	104	100	114
St. George-in-the-East	37.98	39.39	38.99	40.31	42.46	100	104	103	106	112
Stepney	34.50	34.59	36.97	36.48	33.69	100	100	107	106	98
Mile End	37.42	39.41	40.73	38.29	38.04	100	105	109	102	102
Poplar	39.62	42.37	41.22	38.26	35.26	100	107	104	97	89
St. Saviour, Southwark	36.26	37.27	38.84	36.66	34.70	100	103	107	101	96
St. Olave, Southwark	36.79	38.99	41.12	37.80	35.64	100	106	112	103	97
Lambeth	35.25	37.44	37.49	34.47	31.88	100	106	106	98	90
Wandsworth	30.05	32.94	34.10	33.47	28.72	100	110	113	111	96
Camberwell	31.66	34.66	34.78	33.90	29.73	100	109	110	107	94
Greenwich	32.47	36.87	34.54	32.50	29.58	100	114	106	100	91
Lewisham
Woolwich
London	33.6	35.4	35.4	33.2	30.3	100	105	105	99	90

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It is interesting to note that the decline in the birth-rate is manifest in many of the principal
European towns, as will be seen from the following table, in which the birth-rate of the first year shown
in the table is taken as 100, and that of subsequent years stated in proportion. The behaviour of the
birth-rate in Dublin appears to be exceptional so far as the towns selected are concerned:—

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Table: London. Birth-rates per 1,000 persons living in successive decennia.

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