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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
London County Council 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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Table 37. Vital statistics for the metropolitan boroughs and the County ot London in the year 1935. (Rates .per 1.000 of population )
| Metropolitan boroughs arranged in topographical order | Estimated resident population 1935 | Live births | Deaths | Infant mortality (per 1,000 live births) | Measles | Scarlet fever | Diphtheria | Whooping cough | Typhoid fever | Diarrhoea and enteritis, age 0.2 (per 1,000 live births') | Pulmonary tuberculosis | Pneumonia | Other resp. dis. | Cancer | Maternal mortality (per 1,000 live births) | Notifications of infectious disease | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet fever | Diphtheria | Typhoid fever | Erysipelas | Cerebrospinal fever | Acute pneumonia | ||||||||||||||||
| 138,600 | 14.2 | 12.1 | 71 | .01 | .09 | .04 | - | 16.3 | .54 | . 74. | .53 | 1.70 | 4.07 | 1.93 | 1.52 | 0.05 | .36 | .05 | .95 | ||
| Kensington | 178,300 | 12.5 | 12.1 | 79 | .01 | .11 | .02 | .01 | 25.6 | .44 | .68 | .45 | 1.78 | 2.25 | 1.87 | 2.02 | .04 | .35 | .01 | .75 | |
| Hammersmith | 128,100 | 14.7 | 11.9 | 70 | — | .02 | .09 | .05 | .01 | 14.9 | .86 | .68 | .53 | 1.69 | 1 .06 | 2.71 | 2.58 | .05 | .02 | .66 | |
| Fulham | 143,600 | 13.9 | 11.6 | 51 | — | — | .08 | .03 | - | 9.6 | .77 | .58 | .42 | 1.55 | 3.02 | 2.21 | 2.62 | .06 | .39 | .01 | .97 |
| Chelsea | 57,320 | 10.2 | 12.6 | 60 | — | .03 | .02 | .03 | .02 | 13.6 | .65 | .49 | .37 | 2.15 | 6.81 | 2.40 | 1.61 | .10 | - | .96 | |
| Westminster, city of | 124,400 | 8.5 | 11.7 | 73 | — | — | .04 | .02 | - | 10.4 | .51 | .70 | . 46 | 1.74 | 0.94 | 1.31 | .81 | .10 | .31 | .02 | .27 |
| 92,200 | 9.7 | 11.9 | 56 | - | - | .02 | .04 | .02 | 19.0 | .68 | .44 | .34 | 1.96 | 2.23 | 1.29 | .07 | .38 | .01 | |||
| Hampstead | 90,600 | 110 | 11.2 | 49 | — | — | - | .01 | - | 7.0 | .32 | .75 | 1.88 | 1 .00 | 1.29 | .77 | .06 | .39 | .02 | .85 | |
| St. Pancras | 185,300 | 13.3 | 12.1 | 63 | .01 | .01 | .04 | .06 | .01 | 13.4 | .67 | .84 | .46 | 1.76 | 4.86 | 1.89 | 2.39 | .03 | .50 | .02 | 1.06 |
| Islington | 304,100 | 14.9 | 11.3 | 53 | — | — | .04 | .04 | .00 | 11.9 | .66 | .83 | .65 | 1.67 | 2.43 | 2.36 | 2.51 | .02 | .43 | .03 | .70 |
| Stoke Newington | 50,210 | 14.0 | 11.1 | 51 | - | - | .02 | - | - | 5.7 | .68 | .88 | .36 | 1 .65 | - | 1.72 | 1.46 | .06 | .36 | .02 | .54 |
| Hackney | 210,600 | 141 | 10.6 | 48 | .00 | .00 | .06 | .02 | .00 | 7.1 | .57 | .66. | 1.70 | 3.04 | 2.21 | .07 | .52 | .02 | .70 | ||
| 35,400 | 7.7 | 11.9 | 89 | . | . | .06 | .06 | - | 14.8 | .82 | .90 | .51 | 1.64 | 3.69 | 1.50 | 2.63 | .06 | .51 | .03 | .65 | |
| Finsbury | 63,100 | 14.8 | 12.6 | 59 | — | .02 | .02 | .06 | — | 13.9 | .79 | .78 | .78 | 1.92 | 1.07 | 3.29 | 3.58 | - | .52 | - | .75 |
| City of London (a) | 9,760 | 7.4 | 11.2 | 111 | — | — | - | - | - | 13.9 | .82 | .51 | .41 | 2.05 | 13.89 | 2.98 | 2.05 | .21 | .51 | .10 | .21 |
| 88,400 | 14.6 | 11.3 | 52 | - | .02 | .10 | .05 | .02 | 7.8 | .72 | .68 | .62 | 1.66 | 3.10 | 3.73 | 3.64 | .05 | 0.3 | |||
| Bethnal Green | 99,910 | 14.4 | 10.3 | 51 | — | .01 | .10 | .04 | .01 | 11.1 | .59 | .71 | .35 | 1.53 | 1.39 | 4.17 | 3.32 | .01 | .65 | .01 | |
| Stepney | 211,500 | 14.3 | 11.3 | 61 | - | - | .08 | .03 | .00 | 14.5 | .70 | .77 | 1 . ^7 | 2.22 | 3.73 | .02 | .60 | .05 | .89 | ||
| Poplar | 143,700 | 15.4 | 11.1 | 47 | .01 | - | .08 | .04 | .01 | 4.1 | ..81 | .48 | .56 | 1.57 | 3.16 | 3.68 | .01 | .51 | 04 | 1.73 | |
| 156,100 | 14.8 | 12.4 | 66 | .01 | .01 | .09 | .10 | - | 10.8 | .83 | .96 | .49 | 1.82 | 3.02 | 3.30 | 2.68 | .02 | .60 | .06 | .65 | |
| Bermondsey | 102,700 | 14.5 | 11.7 | 69 | .04 | .10 | 05 | - | 18.8 | .95 | .84 | .68 | 1.45 | - | 3.58 | 233 | .03 | .51 | .02 | 1.10 | |
| Lambeth | 279,900 | 13.7 | 12.2 | 59 | .01 | — | .06 | .06 | .00 | 8.9 | .70 | .68 | .48 | 1.86 | 2.62 | 3.05 | 2.67 | .01 | .46 | .01 | .79 |
| Battersea | 148,200 | 14.2 | 12.0 | 65 | — | — | .06 | .06 | - | 9.0 | .76 | .57 | .53 | 1.79 | 1.90 | 3.15 | 1.63 | .42 | .04 | 1.91 | |
| Wandsworth | 343,300 | 110 | 11.0 | 55 | .00 | .01 | .04 | .03 | .00 | 9.8 | .63 | .52 | .46 | 1.66 | 1.90 | 2.16 | 3.05 | .03 | .31 | .02 | .92 |
| Camberwell | 234,400 | 13.5 | 11 .8 | 61 | .01 | .00 | .09 | .06 | - | 12.0 | .71 | .67 | .51 | 1.76 | 2.65 | 2.51 | 1.19 | .03 | .49 | .02 | .67 |
| Deptford | 99,500 | 14.4 | 11.1 | 52 | .01 | — | .10 | .05 | - | 11.2 | ..83 | .64 | .61 | 1.68 | 0.70 | 2.52 | 1.48 | .02 | .61 | .03 | .78 |
| Greenwich | 96,600 | 13.8 | 10.8 | 60 | — | .01 | .03 | .01 | .01 | 9.7 | .73 | .53 | .50 | 1.65 | 3.74 | 3.12 | 2.91 | .43 | .03 | 1.06 | |
| Lewisham | 223,000 | 12.5 | 9.9 | 43 | .01 | .00 | .06 | .01 | - | 6.4 | .59 | .49 | .32 | 1.54 | 4.30 | 3.66 | .09 | .31 | .04 | .89 | |
| Woolwich | 146,400 | 140 | 10.2 | 44 | .01 | .01 | .09 | .01 | - | 7.3 | .83 | .57 | .41 | 1.45 | 1.46 | 4.21 | 2.29 | .06 | .53 | .01 | 1.86 |
| London, 1935 | 4,185,200 | 13.3 | 11.4 | 58 | .00 | .01 | .06 | .04 | .00 | 11.3 | .68 | .67 | .48 | 1.69 | 2.58 | 2.62 | 2.23 | .04 | .45 | .03 | .89 |
(a) Including Inner and Middle Temple.