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 Hampstead Borough]
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Table showing the Birth, Death and Infantile Mortality rates during 1937 in the Metropolitan Cities and Boroughs:—
| Birth Rate. | Adjusted Death Rate. | Infantile Mortality Rate. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City of London | 6•1 | City of London | 36 | ||
| Holborn | 8•1 | Lewisham | 10•9 | Stoke Newington | 37 |
| City of Westminster | 8•2 | Wandsworth | 11•4 | Woolwich | 40 |
| St. Marylebone | 9•3 | Hackney | 11•7 | Hackney | 43 |
| Chelsea | 10•8 | Woolwich | 11•7 | Deptford | 45 |
| City of Westminster | 11•8 | Lewisham | 46 | ||
| Wandsworth | 11•5 | Chelsea | 12•0 | Greenwich | 50 |
| Kensington | 12•1 | Stoke Newington | 12•0 | Bethnal Green | 54 |
| St. Pancras | 13•0 | Greenwich | 12•2 | ||
| Bethnal Green | 13•3 | Deptford | 12•3 | Shoreditch | 54 |
| Stepney | 13•5 | Kensington | 12•4 | Fulham | 56 |
| Paddington | 13•6 | City of London | 12•4 | Camberwell | 58 |
| Finsbury | 13•8 | Holborn | 12•7 | Westminster | 58 |
| Hackney | 13•8 | Battersea | 12•7 | Bermondsey | 59 |
| Greenwich | 13•8 | Camberwell | 12•8 | Chelsea | 59 |
| Fulham | 13•9 | Paddington | 12•9 | Stepney | 60 |
| Lewisham | 13•9 | St. Marylebone | 12•9 | Poplar | 61 |
| Camberwell | 14•1 | Hammersmith | 13•0 | St. Pancras | 62 |
| Lambeth | 14•1 | Lambeth | 13•0 | Wandsworth | 62 |
| Woolwich | 14•2 | St. Pancras | 13•0 | Southwark | 64 |
| Bermondsey | 14•4 | Islington | 13•0 | Islington | 66 |
| Southwark | 14•7 | Fulham | 13•2 | Paddington | 66 |
| Shoreditch | 14•8 | Shoreditch | 13•7 | Hammersmith | 68 |
| Stoke Newington | 14•9 | Bermondsey | 14•0 | Lambeth | 68 |
| Battersea | 14•9 | Poplar | 14•0 | Battersea | 70 |
| Deptford | 15•1 | Bethnal Green | 14•1 | Finsbury | 71 |
| Hammersmith | 15•1 | Southwark | 14•1 | St. Marylebone | 73 |
| Islington | 15•2 | Stepney | 14•2 | Holborn | 79 |
| Poplar | 15•5 | Finsbury | 15•9 | Kensington | 83 |