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London County Council 1911
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
Under the Notification of Births Act, 1907, the London County Council receives particulars Notification of the births which have been notified to the medical officers of health of the several sanitary of birthdistricts in London, and from the information thus received the following table has been prepared:—
| Metropolitan borough. | Total births notified (corrected for institutions). | Stillbirths (corrected). | Births, less stillbirths (corrected). | Births registered (corrected). | Excess of registered over notified births (corrected). |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paddington | 3,060 | 74 | 2,986 | 3,038 | + 52 |
| Kensington | 3,078 | 79 | 2 999 | 3,252 | + 253 |
| Hammersmith | 2,382 | i f 57 | 2,325 | 2,927 | + 602 |
| Fulham | 3,270 | 68 | 3,202 | 4,121 | + 919 |
| Chelsea | 1,009 | 30 | 979 | 1,269 | + 290 |
| Westminster, City of | 1,782 | 50 | 1,732 | 2,358 | + 626 |
| St. Marylebone | 2,625 | 46 | 2,579 | 2,376 | — 203 |
| Hampstead | 1,173 | 20 | 1,153 | 1,276 | + 117 |
| St. Pancras | 5,150 | 152 | 4,998 | 5,559 | + 561 |
| Islington | 7,523 | 205 | 7,318 | 8,108 | + 790 |
| Stoke Newington | 936 | 8 | 928 | 1,045 | + 117 |
| Hackney | 5,399 | 161 | 5,238 | 5,226 | — 12 |
| Holborn | 874 | 32 | 842 | 945 | + 103 |
| Finsbury | 2,740 | 57 | 2,683 | 2,674 | — 9 |
| London, City of | 206 | 4 | 202 | 226 | + 24 |
Birth-rates
in London
sanitary
districts.
It will be seen from the above table that the birth-rates of the several sanitary districts vary
greatly, ranging from 11.6 in the City of London, to 31.9 in Shoreditch, when the rates for the year
1911 are compared.
The following table shows the birth-rate in the several sanitary districts per 1,000 persons living in the period 1906-10 and in the year 1911:—
| Metropolitan borough. | Births, 1911 (52 weeks). | Birth-rate per 1,000 1 persons living. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| (a) 1 | |||
| 1906-10. | 1911. | ||
| Paddington | 3,038 | 22.6 | 21.4 |
| Kensington | 3,252 | 19.5 | 18.9 |
| Hammersmith | 2,927 | 25.8 | 24.1 |
| Fulham | 4,121 | 30.5 | 26.9 |
| Chelsea | 1,269 | 21.6 | 19.2 |
| Westminster, City of .. | 2,358 | 16.9 | 14.8 |
| St. Marylebone | 2,376 | 21.5 | 20.2 |
| Hampstead | 1,276 | 16.2 | 14.9 |
| St. Pancras | 5,559 | 26.0 | 25.6 |
| Islington | 8,108 | 25.9 | 24.8 |
| Stoke Newington | 1.045 | 20.6 | 20.7 |
| Hackney | 5,226 | 24.8 | 23.5 |
| Holborn | 1945 | 20.5 | 19.3 |
| Finsbury | 2,674 | 31.4 | 30.6 |
| London, City of | 226 | 13.3 | 11.6 |
| Shoreditch | 3,533 | 32.9 | 31.9 |
| Bethnal Green | 4,029 | 33.0 | 31.5 |
| Stepney | 8,743 | 34.9 | 31.4 |
| Poplar | 5,015 | 32.1 | 31.0 |
| Southwark | 5,693 | 31.0 | 29.8 |
| Bermondsey | 3,908 | 32.0 | 31.2 |
| Lambeth | 7,292 | 26.0 | 24.5 |
| Battersea | 4,372 | 27.1 | 26.1 |
| Wandsworth | 6,747 | 24.6 | 21.6 |
| Camberwell | 6,399 | 25.9 | 24.5 |
| Deptford | 3,000 | 28.7 | 27.5 |
| Greenwich | 2,376 | 26.5 | 24.8 |
| Lewisham | 3,420 | 23.3 | 21.2 |
| Woolwich | 2,811 | 26.2 | 23.2 |
| London | 111,738 | 26.4 | 24.8 |
Continued on next page.
(a) See footnote (b) page 2.