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London County Council 1914
Annual report of the Council, 1914 Vol. III public health...
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| Metropolitan borough. | Total births notified (corrected for institutions). | Stillbirths (corrected). | Births less still-births (corrected). | Births registered (corrected). | Excess of registered over notified births (corrected). |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paddington | 2,991 | 76 | 2,915 | 2,965 | + 50 |
| Kensington | 3,080 | 93 | 2,987 | 3,210 | + 223 |
| Hammersmith | 2,556 | 61 | 2,495 | 2,935 | + 440 |
| Fulham | 3,492 | 97 | 3,402 | 4,154 | + 752 |
| Chelsea | 1,154 | 27 | 1,127 | 1,299 | + 172 |
| Westminster, City of | 1,526 | 31 | 1,495 | 2,155 | + 660 |
| St. Marylebone | 2,244 | 49 | 2,195 | 2,132 | — 63 |
| Hampstead | 1,286 | 31 | 1,255 | 1,273 | + 18 |
| St. Pancras | 5,025 | 156 | 4,869 | 5,223 | + 354 |
| Islington | 7,780 | 187 | 7,593 | 8,171 | + 578 |
| Stoke Newington | 896 | 9 | 887 | 1,045 | + 158 |
| Hackney | 5,770 | 144 | 5,626 | 5,460 | — 166 |
| Holborn | 749 | 19 | 730 | 764 | + 34 |
| Finsbury | 2,611 | 36 | 2,575 | 2,541 | — 34 |
| London, City of | 172 | 6 | 166 | 181 | + 15 |
| Shoreditch | 3,395 | 40 | 3,355 | 3,511 | + 156 |
| Bethnal Green | 3,652 | 95 | 3,557 | 3.786 | + 229 |
| Stepnev | 8,518 | 253 | 8,265 | 8,058 | — 207 |
| r J Poplar | 4,994 | 116 | 4,878 | 5,073 | + 195 |
| Southwark | 5,856 | 115 | 5,741 | 5,604 | — 137 |
| Bermondsey | 3,785 | 36 | 3,749 | 3,849 | + 100 |
| Lambeth | 7,343 | 169 | 7,174 | 7,022 | — 152 |
| Battersea | 3,708 | 58 | 3,650 | 4,303 | + 653 |
| Wandsworth | 6,462 | 104 | 6,358 | 6,675 | + 317 |
| Camberwell | 5,766 | 123 | 5,643 | 6,580 | + 937 |
| Deptford | 3,020 | 64 | 2,956 | 3,115 | + 159 |
| Greenwich | 2,495 | 35 | 2,460 | 2,408 | — 52 |
| Lewisham | 3,495 | 102 | 3,393 | 3,336 | — 57 |
| Woolwich | 2,565 | 59 | 2,506 | 2.839 | + 333 |
| London | 106,393 | 2,391 | 104,002 | 109,667 | + 5,665 |
Notification
of births.
The number and percentage of still-births and of multiple-births notified in 1914 (uncorrected for institutions) is shown in the following table:—
| Metropolitan borough. | Total births notified. | still- births. | Percentage still born. | Multiple-births. | Percentage of mothers delivered of more than one child at a biilh. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Twins. | Triplets. | Total born. | ||||||||||
| Cases. | Stillborn. | Cases. | Stillborn. | |||||||||
| One | both. | One. | Two. |Three | |||||||||
| Paddington | 2,727 | 70 | 2-6 | 38 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | 76 | 1.41 |
| Kensington | 2,938 | 87 | 30 | 36 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | 72 | 1.24 |
| Hammersmith | 2,474 | 59 | 2-4 | 17 | — | l | — | — | — | — | 34 | 0.69 |
| Fulham | 3,410 | 95 | 2-8 | 30 | 4 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 63 | 0.94 |
| Chelsea | 1,114 | 27 | 2-4 | 12 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | 24 | 1.08 |
| Westminster, City of | 1,387 | 30 | 21 | 12 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 24 | 0.87 |
| St. Marylebone | 3,891 | 106 | 2-8 | 42 | 6 | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | 87 | 1.12 |
| Hampstead | 1,221 | 26 | 2-1 | 13 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 26 | 1.07 |
| St. Pancras | 4,682 | 145 | 31 | 56 | 5 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 115 | 1.23 |
| Islington | 7,428 | 173 | 2-3 | 90 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | 180 | 1.22 |
| Stoke Newington | 875 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 20 | 1.14 |
| Hackney | 5,684 | 141 | 2-5 | 78 | 8 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 156 | 1.39 |
| Holborn | 6*0 | 15 | 2-2 | 7 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 14 | 1.04 |
| Finsbury | 3,433 | 60 | 1-7 | 39 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 78 | 1.10 |
| London, City of | 492 | 33 | 6-7 | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | 0.60 |
| Shoreditch | 3,177 | 31 | 10 | 20 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 40 | 0.60 |
| Bethnal Green | 3,613 | 94 | 26 | 38 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | 76 | 1.06 |
| Stepney | 8,480 | 252 | 30 | 134 | 9 | 5 | 2 | — | — | — | 274 | 1.62 |
| Poplar | 4,983 | 113 | 2-3 | 73 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | 146 | 1.48 |
| Southwark | 5,842 | 115 | 20 | 78 | 5 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 157 | 1.35 |
| Bermondsey | 3,775 | 35 | •9 | 22 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 44 | 0.58 |
| Lambeth | 7,318 | 168 | 23 | 62 | 6 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 127 | 0.86 |
| Battersea | 3,692 | 58 | 1-6 | 47 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 97 | 1.30 |
| Wandsworth | 6,632 | 104 | 1-5 | 70 | 6 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 143 | 1.07 |
| Camberwell | 5,749 | 121 | 21 | 59 | 7 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 121 | 1.04 |
| Deptford | 3,017 | 64 | 21 | 26 | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 55 | 0.90 |
| Greenwich | 2,492 | 35 | 1*4 | 31 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 62 | 1.25 |
| Lewisham | 3,490 | 101 | 20 | 46 | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | 95 | *1.36 |
| Woolwich | 2,562 | 59 | 2-3 | 36 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 72 | 1.42 |
| London | 107,258 | 2,426 | 2 3 | 1,224 | 106 | 19 | 12 | — | — | — | 2,484 | 1.15 |
Still-births
and
multiplebirths
in
1914.
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