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London County Council 1917

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

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TABLE I. COUNTY OF LONDON. Vital statistics for the several metropolitan boroughs and the County of London in the year 1917. (Rates per 1,000 of civil population),

Metropolitan borough. (In topographical order).Estimated civil population. 1917.Births.Deaths.Infant mortality (per 1.000 births).Measles.Scarlet lever.Diphtheria.Whooping-cough.Typhoid fever.Diarrhœa and Enteritis age 0-2 (per 1,000 births).Phthisis.Cancer.Cases of notifiable infectious disease.*
Scarlet fever.Diphtheria.Typhoid fever.Erysipelas.Puerperal fever (per 1,000 births).Cerebrospinal fever.
WesternPaddington122,50715.516.8130.95.02.11.16.0224.61.521.641.001.85.09.543.3.07
Kensington151,53514.616.4127.67.02.06.08.0321.01.181.371.101.08.14.44.8.11
Hammersmith114,95217.814.3111.34.01.10.10.0514.91.681.291.211.33.17.45.09
Fulham145,18618.413.9111.52.03.12.15.0124.21.381.231.611.62.08.345.0.14
Chelsea57,36815.616.080.12.05.03.0225.11.341.361.76.94.17.424.0.07
Westminster, City of122,04611.315.7106.19.02.09.06.0311.71.611.781.601.29.11.374.5.10
NorthernSt. Marylebone92,79614.617.01251.08.09.100117.21.521.73.991.81.05.55•7.06
Hampstead75,64913.212.382.16.04.01.049.01.001.48.831.77.16.37.05
St. Pancras186,60018.317.0106.63.02.13.16.0319.91.951.541.322.41.12.652.4.13
Islington297,10217.615.899.50.01.12.160215.21.701.511.601.88.08.572.7.10
Stoke Newington47,42614.615.584.42.19.17_11.71.181.94.822.32.08.512.6.11
Hackney196,59817.114.794.09.04.11.13.0318.91.641.221.561.56.10.632.4.09
CentralHolborn35,30314.519.51071.05.03.03_15.82.491.47.821.93.06.45.14
Finsbury68,01120.721.11211.53.03.13.15.0118.42.561.131.712.43.04.494.5.07
London, City of16,1386.414.170.06_.12.06__1.921.121.121.74.25
EasternShoreditch89,67522.822.21521.53.06.29.22.0136.02.711.281.843.04.081 .261.8.17
Bethnal Green107,36222.815.8112.63.03.16.09.0221.62.21.962.293.24.09.912.2.22
Stepney232,01022.917.299.49.03.26.13.0223.82.321.031.713.05.19.842.7.06
Poplar143,44323.416.894.62.03.18.24.0320.31.88.881.422.54.27.814.0.06
SouthernSouthwark167,93622.118.7111.46.04.28.21.0321.12.421.471.633.46.061.012.9.11
Bermondsev107,63522.619.4130.71.01.18.32.0531.72.061.482.893.85.07.691.5.06
Lambeth272,03817.315.7101.40.02.18.15.0117.01.721.401.211.92.06.442.5.09
Battersea150,02317.715.2101.49.03.09.22.0515.21.681.371.631.23.09.471.4.11
Wandsworth300,78714.412.891.44.04.12.10.0312.81.171.351.851.54.15.342.9.09
Camberwell239,46118.015.499.46.02.16.19.0217.91.681.541.401.71.11.501.5.10
Deptford103,52720.416.1101.29.02.21.1923.81.811.231.152.53.131.051.3.09
Greenwich90,44019.816.0102.50.01.30.09.0218.52.011.141.713.56.14.561.5.09
Lewisham161,40514.911.088.07.14.04.0411.21.141.251.781.39.06.363.0.09
Woolwich131,94218.511.979.23.01.13.08.039.61.33.991.042.05.09.584.0.11
London4,026,90117.915.7104.50.02.15.14.0319.01.721.351.522.06.11.582.5.10

* Small pox.—There were no cases during the year.