London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Hackney 1941

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]

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COMPARATIVE TABLE, 1941.

Birth-rate.Crude Death-rate.Infantile Mortality-rate.
Poplar18.4Southwark27.5Southwark80.0
Shoreditch17.4Holborn25.1Stepney79.5
Bermondsey17.1Stepney25.1Lambeth78.0
Bethnal Green17.0Finsbury24.7City of Westminster74.8
Deptford16.5Shoreditch24.1Finsbury70.4
Hammersmith16.5Bermondsey23.7Battersea63.3
Islington16.2Chelsea22.7Shoreditch63.0
Greenwich16.1Poplar22.2Stoke Newington62.5
Southwark15.9City of Westminster21.4Bethnal Green62.0
Battersea15.7Lambeth20.8Kensington62.0
Camberwe1115.6Bethnal Green20.5Bermondsey61.0
Paddington15.6Camberwell19.9Deptford61.0
Stepney15.5St. Pancras19.8Paddington60.0
Fulham15.3St. Marylebone19.4Hampstead59.0
Finsbury14.8Deptford19.1Islington59.0
Woolwich14.7Islington19.1Camberwell58.7
Lambeth14.5Battersea18.3St. Pancras51.0
Stoke Newington14.0Paddington18.2HACKNEY50.2
St. Pancras13.8City of London18.0Fulham50.0
HACKNEY13.7Kensington17.1Woolwich50.0
Kensington12.7Greenwich16.7Poplar48.0
Wandsworth12.7Hampstead15.9Holborn47.1
Chelsea11.6Wandsworth15.7St. Marylebone41.7
Holborn11.1Woolwich15.7Hammersmith41.0
Hampstead10.9HACKNEY15.6Wandsworth41.0
City of Westminster10.1Hammersmith15.6Chelsea38.0
St. Marylebone9.3Fulham15.5Greenwich31.0
City of London6.4Stoke Newington15.2City of LondonNil
County of London8.916.368.0
England and Wales14.212.959.0

EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS OF THE YEAR

Live Births:—Total.M.F.
Legitimate1,700864836Birth-rate 13.7
Illegitimate1024755
Still Births643628Rate per 1,000 total births 34.2
Deaths1,9401,050890Death-rate 15.6
Deaths from diseases and accidents of pregnancy and childbirth:—
DeathsRate per 1,000 Total Births
Puerperal Sepsis10.66
Other Puerperal causes31.98
Total42.65