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London County Council 1911
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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Annual Report of the London County Council, 1911.
| Metropolitan borough. | Total births notified (corrected for institutions). | Stillbirths (corrected). | Births, less stillbirths (corrected). | Births registered (corrected) | Excess of registered over notified births (corrected). |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shoreditch | 3,386 | 113 | 3,273 | 3,533 | + 260 |
| Bethnal Green | 3,848 | 79 | 3,769 | 4.029 | + 260 |
| Stepney | 8,898 | 214 | 8,684 | 8,743 | + 59 |
| Poplar | 4,551 | 106 | 4,445 | 5,015 | + 570 |
| Southwark | 6,057 | 148 | 5,909 | 5,693 | — 216 |
| Bermondsey | 3,637 | 43 | 3,594 | 3,908 | + 314 |
| Lambeth | 7,080 | 130 | 6,950 | 7,292 | + 342 |
| Battersea | 2,907 | 48 | 2,859 | 4,372 | + 1,513 |
| Wandsworth | 4,654 | 93 | 4,561 | 6,747 | + 2,186 |
| Camberwell | 5,469 | 137 | 5,332 | 6,399 | + 1,067 |
| Deptford | 2,984 | 85 | 2,899 | 3,000 | + 101 |
| Greenwich | 2,462 | 19 | 2,443 | 2,376 | — 67 |
| Lewisham | 3,529 | 90 | 3,439 | 3,420 | — 19 |
| Woolwich | 2,574 | 65 | 2,509 | 2,811 | + 302 |
| London | 103,243 | 2,413 | 100830 | 111.738 | + 10,902 |
Still-births
and multiple
births, 1911.
The number and percentage of still-births and of multiple births notified in 1911 (uncorrected for institutions) is shown in the following table:—
| Metropolitan borough. | Total births notified. | Stillbirths. | Percentage still born. | Multiple births. | Percentage of mothers delivered of more than one child at a birth. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Twins. | Triplets. | Total born. | ||||||||||
| Cases. | Stillborn. | Cases. | Stillborn. | |||||||||
| One | both. | One. | Two. | Three | ||||||||
| Paddington | 2,834 | 73 | 2.6 | 36 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | 72 | 1.3 |
| Kensington | 2,910 | 77 | 2.7 | 32 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | 64 | 1.1 |
| Hammersmith | 2,276 | 57 | 2.5 | 11 | 2 | l | - | - | - | - | 22 | 0.5 |
| Fulham | 3,161 | 68 | 2.2 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 0.0 |
| Chelsea | 956 | 30 | 3.1 | 13 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | 26 | 1.4 |
| Westminster, City of .. | 1,563 | 47 | 3.0 | 14 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 28 | 0.9 |
| St. Marylebone | 4,031 | 57 | 1.4 | 42 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 84 | 1.0 |
| Hampstead | 1,123 | 20 | 1.8 | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 24 | 1.1 |
| St. Pancras | 4,665 | 141 | 3.0 | 50 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | 100 | 1.1 |
| Islington | 7,208 | 197 | 2.7 | 97 | 9 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 197 | 1.2 |
| Stoke Newington | 907 | 8 | 0.9 | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 18 | 1.0 |
| Hackney | 5,342 | 161 | 3.0 | 58 | 7 | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | 122 | 1.1 |
| Holborn | 1,217 | 42 | 3.4 | 16 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 35 | 1.4 |
| Finsbury | 3,467 | 73 | 2.1 | 62 | 5 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 124 | 1.8 |
| London, City of | 195 | 3 | 1.6 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 0.5 |
| Shoreditch | 3,218 | 108 | 3.4 | 44 | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 88 | 1.4 |
| Bethnal Green | 3,818 | 78 | 2.0 | 43 | 4 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 89 | 1.1 |
| Stepney | 8,874 | 213 | 2.4 | 122 | 11 | 4 | 1 (Quad. ruplet) | - | - | - | 248 | 1.4 |
| Poplar | 4,544 | 106 | 2.3 | 61 | 1 | 4 | - | - | - | - | 122 | 1.4 |
| Southwark | 6,036 | 148 | 2.4 | 57 | 6 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 117 | 0.9 |
| Bermondsey | 3,629 | 42 | 1.2 | 27 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 54 | 0.8 |
| Lambeth | 7,052 | 130 | 1.8 | 84 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 171 | 1.2 |
| Battersea | 2,884 | 48 | 1.7 | 29 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 58 | 1.0 |
| Wandsworth | 4,637 | 92 | 2.0 | 37 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | 74 | 0.8 |
| Camberwell | 5,454 | 137 | 2.5 | 61 | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 125 | 11 |
| Deptford | 2,980 | 85 | 2.9 | 32 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | 64 | 1.1 |
| Greenwich | 2,461 | 19 | 0.8 | 14 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 28 | 0.6 |
| Lewisham | 3,524 | 90 | 2.6 | 39 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 78 | 1.1 |
| Woolwich | 2,572 | 65 | 2.5 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 0.1 |
| London | 103,538 | 2,415 | 2.3 | 1,107 | 104 | 18 | 8 & (1 Quad ruplet). | 2 | - | - | 2,242 | 1.1 |
Deaths.
The number of deaths in the Administrative County of London in 1911 (52 weeks) was 67,826
giving an annual death rate of 15.0 per 1,000 of the estimated population.