[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenwich Borough] page 17

Greenwich 1936

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenwich Borough]

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Table: I am indebted to Dr. Allan Young, Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, who has kindly furnished me with comparative rates for Births, Deaths and Infantile Mortality of the various Metropolitan Boroughs obtained direct from the Boroughs concerned. These particulars are set out in the following table:—

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I am indebted to Dr. Allan Young, Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, who has kindly furnished me with comparative rates for Births, Deaths and Infantile Mortality of the various Metropolitan Boroughs obtained direct from the Boroughs concerned. These particulars are set out in the following table:—

Borough	Estd. Res. Population (mid 1936)	Live Births rate per 1,000 popn.	Death rate per 1,000 population		Infantile Mortality rate per 1,000 live births
Borough	Estd. Res. Population (mid 1936)	Live Births rate per 1,000 popn.	Crude	Adjusted	Infantile Mortality rate per 1,000 live births
West Districts.
Paddington	139,200	13.8	12.98	12.81	72
Kensington.	176,100	12.7	12.5	11.7	73
Hammersmith	127,700	15.1	12.5	12.9	60
Fulham	141,300	14.9	12.6	12.7	64
Chelsea	56,500	11.3	13.7	11.6	53
Westminster	124,100	8.5	11.1	11.4	65.8
North Districts.
St. Marylebone	92,400	9.8	12.6	12.5	75
Hampstead	90,700	10.4	10.2	9.6	65.8
St. Pancras	183,900	13.0	13.5	13.8	79
Islington	304,100	15.24	12.44	12.56	61
Stoke Newington	50,350	13.7	11.4	10.9	44.6
Hackney	209,100	14.4	12.0	12.6	62.9
Central Districts.
Holborn	34,850	8.29	11.99	12.83	62
Finsbury	60,800	13.8	14.0	15.3	81
City of London	9,100	7.5	11.4	12.65	147
East Districts.
Shoreditch	85,400	14.9	12.8	14.1	75
Bethnal Green	96,900	13.5	12.7	14.3	98
Stepney	207,800	14.7	12.6	14.7	100.09
Poplar	140,300	15.0	12.5	13.8	72
South Districts.
Southwark	152,200	14.8	13.1	—	59
Bermondsey	100,400	15.4	12.8	14.6	60
Lambeth	277,500	13.9	12.5	12.4	59
Battersea	145,500	14.63	13.06	12.93	59.21
Wandsworth	343,000	11.46	11.79	10.96	58
Camberwell	229,300	13.93	12.64	12.64	58.86
Deptford	98,900	15.7	12.2	12.6	50
Greenwich	95,900	13.82	11.36	11.58	49
Lewisham	224,000	13.0	10.8	10.9	55
Woolwich	146,500	13.8	11.2	11.8	59

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