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London County Council 1933

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

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Table: Metropolitan boroughs—Birth-rate, Fertility, Illegitimacy and Infant Mortality, 1921-23 and 1930-32.

Metropolitan boroughs—Birth-rate, Fertility, Illegitimacy and Infant Mortality, 1921-23 and 1930-32.

Metropolitan boroughs in topographical order.Birth-rate per 1,000 living.Legitimate births per 100 married women aged 15-45.Illegitimate births per 100 total births.Infant Mortality.
1921-231930-32Increase (+) Decrease (-) Per cent.1921-231930-32Increase (4-) Decrease (—) per cent.1921-231930-32Increase ( + ) Decrease (-) per cent.1921-231930-32Increase ( + ) Decrease '-) per cent.
Western—
Paddington18-914.6-22.814.310.7-25.28.011.6+ 45.07691+ 19.7
Kensington18113.9-23.215.411.7-24.06.78.7+29.98781-6.9
Hammersmith20-615.3-25.715.711.1-29.35.17.3+43.17466-10.8
Fulham20-715.0-27.515.011.0-26.74.76.4+36.27261-15.3
Chelsea16-612.7-23.515.011.7-22.06.99.4+36.26745-32.8
W'minster, City of13110.1-22.911.38.5-24.810.312.9+25.26167+ 9.8
Northern—
St. Marylebone16-211.7-27.813.29.9-25.010.012.2+22.07072+ 2.9
Hampstead14-811.2-24.312.79.3-26.86.29.4+51.65558+ 5.5
St. Pancras21-515.0-30.216.211.5-29.05.68.5+51.87166-7.0
Islington22-516.8-25.317.112.5-26.93.74.7+27.07567-10.7
Stoke Newington18-814.9-20.714.911.1-25.53.34.1+24.25654-3.6
Hackney21015.4-26.716.611.7-29.52.63.9+50.06655-16.7
Central—
Holborn14-810.3-30.412.07.9-34.28.713.5+55.27678+ 2.6
Finsbury25-117.1-31.920.814.5-30.33.55.4+54.37873-6.4
*City of London9-67.2-25.09.36.6-29.07.47.8+ 5.48357—31.3
Eastern—
Shoreditch28-118.2-35.222.815.6-31.63.53.7+ 5.79873—25.5
Bethnal Green25-016.7-33.220.514.2-30.72.32.9+26.18772—17.2
Stepney24017.4-27.520.215.6-22.82.43.0+25.07871-9.0
Poplar26-618.0-32.321.815.1-30.72.12.3+ 9.57465_12.2
Southern—
Southwark25.316.7-34.019.613.5-31.14.04.2+ 5.07963-20.3
Bermondsey26.517.4-34.321.814.9—31.71.92.1+ 10.58959-33.7
Lambeth21.015.4-20.715.811.4-27.84.96.4+ 30.67058-17.1
Battersea21.415.6— 27.116.412.1-26.23.54.1+ 17.16457—10.9
Wandsworth17.212.5-27.313.69.8-27.94.05.1+ 27.56060-
Camberwell21.914.8-32.417.211.8-31.42.83.2+ 14.36958-15.9
Deptford22.616.1-28.817.112.3-28.12.53.3+32.07360-17.8
Greenwich21.015.2-29.617.312.2-29.53.03.1+ 3.36565-
Lewisham18.913.8-27.014.710.1-31.33.43.2-5.95249-5.8
Woolwich21.214.5-31.615.710.8-31.22.93.0+ 3.45654-3.6
London21.115.0-28.916.711.9-28.74.15.3+ 29.37264-11.1

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Although the county of London has long ceased, from an actuarial point of
view, to be a suitable unit for the calculation of a life-table, owing to the large proportion
of the population which has moved to adjacent areas, a life-table is nevertheless
of value for statistical purposes as it affords a convenient and reliable means of
comparing the principal vital statistics of the county at different periods of time.
For such purposes the short method of life-table construction gives sufficiently
accurate figures, and by the method devised by Dr. E. C. Snow life-tables have been
calculated for the London population for successive decennial periods from 1841-50
to 1901-10, the main features of which are set out in the Annual Report for 1923
(Volume III, pages 10-14).
Owing to war conditions it is not practicable to calculate the life-table for the
decennial period 1911-20, but in order to provide an approximate figure for this
period, apart from the war, the mean of the values given by life-tables constructed
for the years 1911-12 and 1920-22 has been adopted.
The death-rates for 1921-30 in the age-groups used for calculating the life-table
are shown in the following table, which also shows for the purposes of comparison
the corresponding death-rates for the period 1841-50 :—
London
life-tables.