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London County Council 1944

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

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Table: Vital statistics for the metropolitan boroughs and the County of London in the year 1944 (Rates per 1,000 of population)

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Vital statistics for the metropolitan boroughs and the County of London in the year 1944 (Rates per 1,000 of population)

Metropolitan boroughs arranged in topographical order	Estimated civilian population, 1944	Live births	Deaths	Infant mortality (per 1,000 live births)	Measles	Scarlet fever	Diphtheria	Whooping cough	Ty* phoid . fever	diarrhoea and enteriti s 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 (52 weeks)
Metropolitan boroughs arranged in topographical order	Estimated civilian population, 1944	Live births	Deaths	Infant mortality (per 1,000 live births)	Measles	Scarlet fever	Diphtheria	Whooping cough	Ty* phoid . fever	diarrhoea and enteriti s age 0.2 (per 1,000 (live births)	Pulmonary tuberculosis	Pneumonia	Other resp. dis.	Cancer	Maternal mortality (per 1,000 live births)	Scarlet fever	Diphtheria	Typhoid fever	Erysipelas	Cerebrospinal fever	Acute pneumonia	Measles	Whooping cough
Western Paddington	93,030	17.6	14.9	61	-	-	.02	.03	-	14.6	.82	1.20	.81	2.26	1.22	1.46	.53	-	.34	.08	.63	1.86	1.70
Kensington	107,610	16.5	16.1	52	-	-	-	.06	-	9.6	.68	.87	1.07	2.44	.56	0.77	.38	.04	.14	.06	.86	.92	1.76
Hammersmith	89,190	20.0	15.9	53	-	-	.03	.06	.01	9.5	.94	.99	1.15	2.24	1.12	1.56	.35	-	.34	.11	.29	.80	1.75
Fulham	95,090	18.5	16.6	43	-	-	-	.05	-	7.9	.79	.83	1. 04	2.21	1.14	2.53	.30	.01	.53	.12	.79	2.33	2.24
Chelsea	30,990	13.4	18.5	50	-	-	-	-	-	14.4	.97	.97	1.10	2.29	2.40	1.16	.52	-	.45	.16	.71	2.43	1.71
Westminster, City of Northern	64,170	12.4	17.2	66	-	-	.02	-	-	13.9	.79	1.08	.98	2.74	1.26	0.52	.39	.05	.23	.06	.13	.58	.64
St. Marylebone	54,550	14.0	15.3	47	-	-	-	.02	-	10.5	.59	.86	.75	2.57	5.24	1.14	.22	-	.33	.07	.68	1.07	1.67
Hampstead	69,840	16.1	14.6	62	-	-	.01	_	-	6.2	.67	.60	.82	2. 42	.89	1.12	.30	.06	.22	.06	.90	2.63	1.19
St. Pancras	105,780	18.1	18.9	64	-	-	.02	.06	.01	11.5	1.09	1.30	1.64	2.78	3.13	1 .73	.55	.01	.54	.09	115	7.53	5.44
Islington	188,560	20.3	16.2	48	.02	.01	.01	.10	-	9.1	.86	.95	1.36	2.20	2 .09	1.67	.50	.02	.43	.08	.65	3.33	4.32
Stoke Newington	35,240	20.6	14.5	34	_	_	_	.11	.03	4.1	.54	.60	1.19	2.41	2.75	0.80	.11	-	.20	.03	.46	3.30	316
Hackney	135,540	19.1	14.4	49	-	.01	.01	.05	.01	10.8	.68	.69	1.28	2.17	.39	1.83	.66	.01	.33	.05	.56	2.23	4.00
Central
Holborn	18,020	11.5	16.8	53	-	-	-	-	-	14.5	.67	1.17	1.11	2.77	-	1.17	.22	.06	.45	-	.78	1.89	1.73
Finsbury	26,740	16.0	19.9	47	-	-	-	.04	-	11.7	1.42	1.50	1.83	2.39	2.34	2.32	.67	-	.56	-	.94	6.07	5.66
City of Lndn. (a)	4,270	8.4	16.4	56	-	-	-	-	-	-	.70	.70	1.64	2.81	-	-	.23	-	-	-	.23	.94	.70
Eastern Shoreditch	35,390	18.7	16.5	36	-	-	-	.06	-	9.0	.76	.62	1.33	2.77	3.02	2.58	.85	.06	.31	.17	.71	2.86	5.87
Bethnal Green	48,280	17.8	18.0	72	_	_	_	.08	_	15.1	.77	.99	1.47	2.46	1.16	1.58	.71	.02	.39	.06	.75	3.59	3.84
Stepney	73,030	17.9	19.5	59	_	.01	.01	.08	_	6.1	1.18	1.04	1.71	2.53	_	1.36	.66	-	.43	.10	.89	2.76	3.41
Poplar	54,030	20.7	16.5	41	-	-	-	.06	-	5.4	1.24	.64	1.09	2.33	3.57	1.65	.32	-	.46	.09	1.95	3.62	3.45
Southern
South wark	67,220	19.4	21.7	51	.01	-	.01	.07	-	8.4	1.65	11.2	1 .61	3.09	.77	2.79	.60	.01	.45	.12	1.12	2.52	3.57
Bermondsey	44,800	18.9	18.1	66	.02	-	_	.04	-	17.7	1.00	.87	1.29	2.46	5.91	2.44	.67	-	.38	.16	2.24	7.70	5.06
Lambeth	162,960	18.5	17.6	57	-	-	.02	.01	-	11.0	.76	.94	1.31	2.33	2.99	2.15	.31	.02	.34	.06	.61	2.71	2.16
Battersea	85,380	19.0	17.7	50	-	-	.02	.06	-	11.7	.91	.95	1.48	2.53	1 .23	1.90	.58	.02	.43	.09	1.67	2.43	4.83
Wandsworth	251,510	17.0	16.2	41	-	.01	.00	.03	-	5.6	.72	.67	1.14	2.35	1.86	1.63	.27	.01	.38	.08	.85	1.71	2.93
Camberwell	129,880	18.9	18.7	52	-	-	.02	.07	-	13.8	.74	.86	1.42	2.38	1.62	1.52	.39	.02	.33	.11	.63	2.32	2.42
Deptford	55,310	18.8	19.6	57	.02	-	.13	.05	-	11.5	.89	.96	1.16	2.02	.96	2.25	1.36	-	.42	.02	1.92	5.95	2.27
Greenwich	61,800	18.9	15.9	53	-	-	.11	.02	-	7.7	.68	.89	.99	2.02	.85	2.08	.92	-	.24	.11	1.93	5.31	2.48
Lewisham	163,320	18.7	14.8	40	.01	.01	-	.06	-	6.6	.79	.67	.80	2.01	.99	1 .62	.22	.01	.42	.06	.68	3.81	1.42
Woolwich	110,970	18.4	14.5	41	-	-	.01	.01	-	8.3	.82	.58	.74	2.01	1.47	1.90	.42	.02	.45	.07	1.96	6.40	2.95
London,1944	2,462,500	18.1	16.7	51	.00	.00	.02	.05	.00	9.6	.84	.87	1.19	2.35	1.70	1.69	.46	.02	.38	.08	.92	3.05	2.91
London, 1943	2,500,600	18.0	15.7	51	.02	.00	.02	.03	.00	9.9	.88	1.04	1.36.	2.46	2.13	3.80	.75	.02	.42	.09	1.27	9.18	2.67
„ 1942	2,405,000	16.9	15.0	50	.01	.00	.02	.04	.00	8.0	.90	.86	1.20	2.40	2.51	1.84	.76	.03	.43	.14	.94	8.33	2.60
„ 1941	2,327,300	14.6	18.7	57	.02	.00	.04	.05	.01	6.3	1.10	1.08	1.54	2.38	3.05	1.00	.92	.09	.50	.30	106	4.67	3.36
„ 1940	3,084,100	15.0	18.6	48	.01	.00	.02	.00	.00	6.1	.87	1.01	1.83	2.14	1.98	.81	.60	.05	.35	.27	.88	1.78	.22
„ 1939	3,780,700	13.0	12.3	47	.00	.00	.03	.04	.00	8.4	.70	.70	.52	1.85	1.97	1.51	.97	.03	.37	.04	.99	.35	2.79