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 Fulham Borough]
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TABLE 5.—VITAL STATISTICS OF LONDON BOROUGHS, 1938.
| Borough. | Estimated Resident Population (mid-1938). | Live Births Rate per 1,000 Population. | Death Rateper 1,000 Population. | Infantile Mortality Rate per 1,000 Live Births. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crude. | Adjusted. | ||||
| WEST DISTRICTS. | |||||
| Paddington | 137,400 | 13.74 | 11.33 | 11.21 | 66 |
| Kensington | 174,100 | 12.8 | 11.7 | 10.9 | 78 |
| Hammersmith | 125,100 | 15.5 | 11.3 | 11.6 | 61 |
| Fulham | 137,700 | 14.2 | 11.6 | 11.7 | 51 |
| Chelsea | 56,050 | 10.2 | 13.5 | 11.5 | 80 |
| City of Westminster | 124,400 | 8.3 | 10.4 | 10.7 | 55 |
| NORTH DISTRICTS. | |||||
| St. Marylebone | 90,680 | 8.84 | 11.12 | 11.00 | 60 |
| Hampstead | 90,480 | 11.7 | 11.4 | 10.7 | 57 |
| St. Pancras | 179,400 | 13.5 | 11.5 | 11.7 | 64 |
| Islington | 292,300 | 15.32 | 1190 | 12.02 | 65 |
| Stoke Newington. | 50,480 | 13.8 | 11.0 | 10.5 | 43 |
| Hackney | 205,200 | 13.4 | 10.7 | 11.2 | 56 |
| CENTRAL DISTRICTS. | |||||
| Holborn | 34,350 | 7.28 | 10.51 | 11.25 | 84 |
| Finsbury | 56,960 | 13.0 | 12.9 | 14.1 | 73 |
| City of London | 8,780 | 6.6 | 10.7 | 11.8 | 52 |
| EAST DISTRICTS. | |||||
| Shoreditch | 80,360 | 14.7 | 11.4 | 12.5 | 64 |
| Bethnal Green | 92,910 | 14.2 | 11.3 | 12.8 | 59 |
| Stepney | 200,500 | 13.06 | 11.05 | 12.92 | 61 |
| Poplar | 134,400 | 14.9 | 11.4 | 12.7 | 60 |
| SOUTH DISTRICTS. | |||||
| Southwark | 145,300 | 14.0 | 12.5 | 13.4 | 57 |
| Bermondsey | 97,420 | 14.8 | 11.0 | 12.54 | 45 |
| Lambeth | 272,800 | 14.09 | 11.9 | 11.7 | 51 |
| Battersea | 141,700 | 14.92 | 11.82 | 11.70 | 53 |
| Wandsworth | 340,100 | 11.92 | 11.10 | 10.38 | 46 |
| Camberwell | 222,400 | 13.97 | 12.27 | 12.27 | 61 |
| Deptford | 95,460 | 14.4 | 11.8 | ? | 54 |
| Greenwich | 95,770 | 13.64 | 10.89 | 11.1 | 42 |
| Lewisham | 229,000 | 13.9 | 10.49 | 10.5 | 47 |
| Woolwich | 150,900 | 13.6 | 10.4 | 11.0 | 50 |
| LONDON— | |||||
| Administrative County | 4,062,800 | 13.4 | 11.4 | — | 57 |
| ENGLAND AND WALES | — | 15.1 | 11.6 | — | 53 |