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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Greenwich 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenwich Borough]
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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 1938) | Live Births rate per 1,000 popn. | Death rate per 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 | 54·9 |
| North Districts. | |||||
| St. Marylebone | Not ava ilable. | ||||
| 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 | 11·90 | 12·02 | 65 |
| Stoke Newington | 50,480 | 13·8 | 11·0 | 10·5 | 43·2 |
| Hackney | 205,200 | 13·4 | 10·7 | 11·2 | 56·46 |
| 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 | 51·8 |
| East Districts. | |||||
| Shoreditch | 80,360 | 14·7 | 11·4 | 12·5 | 64 |
| Bethnal Green | 92,910 | 14·2 | 11·3 | 12·8 | 59·3 |
| Stepney | 200,500 | 13·06 | 11·05 | 12·92 | 60·7 |
| 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 | 53·45 |
| W andsworth | 340,100 | 11·92 | 11·17 | 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 |