Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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Table 2—Vital statistics for the Metropolitan Boroughs and the Administrative County of London in the year 1951 (b)
Metropolitan boroughs arranged in divisional order | Estimated home population mid 1951 | Lire births | Death.Rates | Notifications of infectious disease | |||||||||||||||||||
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Deaths | Infant mortality (per 1,000 Jive births) | Heart disease | Other circulatory | Cerebral vascular lesions | Peptic ulcer | Pulmonary tuberculosis | Pneumonia | Other respiratory diseases | Cancer | Violence | Scarlet fever | Diphtheria | Poliomyelitis | Meningococcal infection | Acute pneumonia | Measles | Whooping cough | Tuberculosis | |||||
Paralytic | Non Paralytic | Pulmonary | Non. Pulmonary | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Chelsea | 52,430 | 15.5 | 13.0 | 23 | 4.27 | 0.44 | 1.30 | 0.17 | 0.29 | 0.71 | 0.74 | 2.37 | 0.53 | 0.55 | - | - | 0.02 | 0.04 | 0.40 | 12.76 | 3.32 | 1.13 | 0.08 |
Fulham | 122,400 | 13.8 | 12.9 | 27 | 3.78 | 0.51 | 1.25 | 0.18 | 0.36 | 0.70 | 1.26 | 2.20 | 0.47 | 0.64 | — | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.06 | 0.57 | 15.92 | 3.69 | 141 | 0.20 |
Hammersmith | 118,300 | 15.9 | 12.7 | 22 | 3.58 | 0.36 | 1.33 | 0.22 | 0.35 | 0.74 | 1.60 | 2.21 | 0.46 | 0.99 | 0.02 | 0.04 | 0 02 | 0.01 | 0.95 | 13.48 | 4.13 | 1.63 | 0.13 |
Kensington | 171,300 | 15.3 | 11.2 | 25 | 3.41 | 0.42 | 104 | 0.18 | 0.18 | 0.55 | 0.85 | 2.05 | 0.54 | 0.40 | 0.01 | 0.05 | 0.02 | 0.05 | 0.87 | 7.67 | 2.83 | 1.19 | 0.20 |
Hampstead | 97,750 | 14.5 | 11.5 | 27 | 3.27 | 0.49 | 1.38 | 0.16 | 0.26 | 0.52 | 0.82 | 2.26 | 0.56 | 0.72 | 0.01 | 0.02 | -_ | 0.01 | 0.76 | 12.14 | 2.96 | 0.99 | 0.12 |
Paddington | 125,400 | 17.2 | 12.1 | 28 | 3.33 | 0.45 | 1.20 | 0.16 | 0.44 | 0.58 | 1.07 | 2.17 | 0.64 | 0.63 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.72 | 12.05 | 2.33 | 1.85 | 0.26 |
St. Marylebone | 76,160 | 12.1 | 13.8 | 20 | 4.35 | 0.38 | 1.72 | 0.28 | 0.39 | 0.59 | 1.13 | 2.46 | 0.70 | 0.33 | - | 0.03 | 0.05 | 003 | 0.50 | 8.90 | 1.77 | 1.01 | 0.09 |
St. Pancras | 139,100 | 15.1 | 13.0 | 27 | 3.83 | 0.44 | 111 | 0.24 | 0.48 | 0.85 | 1.26 | 2.47 | 0.58 | 0.74 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.05 | 0.86 | 14.31 | 2.81 | 1.78 | 0.26 |
Westminster, City of | 100,000 | 12.5 | 11.9 | 34 | 3.45 | 0.36 | 1.03 | 0.21 | 0.35 | 0.66 | 0.84 | 2.42 | 0.56 | 0.60 | - | 0.01 | - | 0.01 | 0.82 | 10.18 | 3.72 | 1.78 | 0.12 |
Finsbury | 35,620 | 17.8 | 14 3 | 22 | 4.01 | 0.56 | 1.29 | 0.17 | 0.53 | 0.98 | 1.60 | 2.61 | 0.65 | 1.52 | - | - | 0.03 | _ | 0.93 | 25.18 | 5.36 | 1.97 | 0.45 |
Holborn | 24,540 | 11.8 | 12.4 | 35 | 3.59 | 0.33 | 1.22 | 0.04 | 0.65 | 0.45 | 1.59 | 2.32 | 0.53 | 0.86 | - | -_ | - | _ | 0.33 | 10.35 | 1.34 | 1.83 | - |
Islington | 235,800 | 16.4 | 13.3 | 28 | 4.18 | 0.47 | 1.30 | 0.19 | 0.29 | 0.65 | 1 .38 | 2.58 | 0.52 | 1.58 | 0.07 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.54 | 13.48 | 4.45 | 1.54 | 0.18 |
Hackney | 170,800 | 15.0 | 12.5 | 29 | 3.78 | 0.30 | 110 | 0.17 | 0.33 | 0.63 | 1.52 | 2.27 | 0.39 | 1.88 | _ | 0.01 | _ | 0.04 | 0.46 | 12.69 | 2.65 | 0.95 | 0.12 |
Shoreditch | 45,010 | 18.4 | 13.4 | 16 | 3.75 | 0.56 | 1.33 | 0.29 | 0.36 | 0.64 | 1.76 | 2.42 | 0.29 | 1.69 | 0.02 | 0.04 | _ | 0.02 | 0.98 | 21.37 | 2.22 | 1.49 | 0.16 |
Stoke Newington | 49,440 | 17.4 | 12 4 | 30 | 3.94 | 0.38 | 0.99 | 0.24 | 0.30 | 0.89 | 1 .29 | 2.06 | 0.40 | 2.31 | - | - | - | 006 | 0.55 | 22.25 | 5.93 | 0.87 | 0.14 |
Bethnal Green | 58,000 | 17.1 | 13.5 | 22 | 3.74 | 0.52 | 1.05 | 0.24 | 0.14 | 0.72 | 1.98 | 2.52 | 0.45 | 1.76 | 0.02 | - | - | 0.02 | 0.79 | 23.10 | 3 53 | 1.41 | 0.16 |
City of London (a) | 5,200 | 7.5 | 13.1 | 77 | 3.27 | 0.19 | 1.35 | 0.19 | 0.58 | 0.96 | 0.77 | 2.88 | 0.96 | 0.38 | — | - | - | - | 0.19 | 5.0 | 0.58 | 2.88 | - |
Poplar | 73,260 | 17.3 | 12.8 | 32 | 3.79 | 0.67 | 1.16 | 0.16 | 0.37 | 0.59 | 1.56 | 2.21 | 0.44 | 1.77 | 0.01 | - | - | 0.01 | 1.53 | 24.04 | 4.78 | 1.13 | 0.12 |
Stepney | 98,850 | 18.8 | 13.8 | 21 | 4.70 | 0.42 | 1.05 | 0.27 | 0.47 | 0.79 | 1.41 | 2.35 | 0.52 | 1.38 | - | 0.01 | - | 0.09 | 0.98 | 14.71 | 2.33 | 1.75 | 0.16 |
Deptford | 76,040 | 17.0 | 12.8 | 22 | 4.30 | 0.63 | 1.08 | 0.21 | 0.62 | 0.60 | 1.16 | 2.04 | 0.33 | 1.24 | - | 0.03 | - | 0.11 | 0.49 | 12.09 | 1.85 | 2.41 | 0.13 |
Greenwich | 89,390 | 15.0 | 11.2 | 22 | 3.28 | 0.64 | 0.95 | 0.13 | 0.35 | 0.45 | 1.05 | 2.29 | 0.41 | 1.03 | - | - | - | - | 0.32 | 16.58 | 4.30 | 1.35 | 0.25 |
Woolwich | 149,800 | 15.1 | 12.3 | 28 | 3.95 | 0.41 | 1.25 | 0.23 | 0.34 | 0.67 | 0.97 | 2.17 | 0.40 | 1.39 | - | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.05 | 0.87 | 19.63 | 3.50 | 1.59 | 0.10 |
Camberwell | 179,500 | 16.3 | 13.5 | 26 | 4.50 | 0.51 | 1.24 | 0.19 | 0.31 | 0.55 | 1.50 | 2.17 | 0.41 | 0.98 | -_ | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.71 | 11.92 | 1.66 | 1.53 | 0.14 |
Lewisham | 227,200 | 15.1 | 11.2 | 25 | 3.59 | 0.34 | 1.19 | 0.14 | 0.26 | 0.48 | 1.04 | 2.07 | 0.35 | 0.94 | - | 0.01 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.76 | 15.61 | 3.60 | 1.17 | 0.15 |
Bermondsey | 60,380 | 17.5 | 12.4 | 26 | 3.58 | 0.40 | 1.24 | 0.10 | 0.38 | 0.81 | 1.32 | 2.45 | 0.30 | 1.31 | 0.02 | 0.02 | -_ | 0.10 | 0.46 | 19.82 | 1.26 | 1.47 | 0.15 |
Lambeth | 229,100 | 16.7 | 12.9 | 25 | 3.98 | 0.46 | 1.21 | 0.22 | 0.42 | 0.74 | 1.31 | 2.34 | 0.42 | 1.01 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.53 | 13.62 | 2.65 | 1.73 | 0.14 |
Southwark | 97,930 | 18.0 | 13.5 | 19 | 3.97 | 0.47 | 1.25 | 0.17 | 0.33 | 0.91 | 1.67 | 2.42 | 0.40 | 1.46 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.05 | 0.41 | 18.28 | 2.95 | 1.42 | 0.14 |
Battersea | 117,000 | 15.9 | 12.4 | 28 | 3.74 | 0.49 | 1 .33 | 0.15 | 0.39 | 0.56 | 1.34 | 2.21 | 0.40 | 0.97 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.71 | 22.77 | 2.91 | 1.30 | 0.09 |
Wandsworth | 332,300 | 13.7 | 12.9 | 23 | 4.09 | 0.62 | 1.40 | 0.16 | 0.29 | 0.48 | 1.24 | 2.21 | 0.39 | 1.21 | — | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.93 | 12.94 | 2.96 | 1.43 | 0.10 |
London, 1951 | 3,358,000 | 15.6 | 12.6 | 25 | 3.87 | 0.46 | 1.22 | 0.19 | 0.34 | 0.64 | 1.26 | 2.27 | 0.46 | 1.10 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.72 | 14.64 | 3.11 | 1.46 | 0.15 |
3,389,620 | 15.7 | 11.3 | 26 | 3.54 | 0.45 | 1.11 | 0.17 | 0.36 | 0.50 | 0.88 | 2.20 | 0.44 | 1.23 | 0.02 | 0.08 | 0.05 | 0.03 | 0.50 | 6.57 | 3.21 | 1.53 | 0.16 |
(a) Including Inner and Middle Temple.
(b) Rates are per 1,000 home population.