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 Lewisham Borough]
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Borough | Estd. Res. Population (mid-1938) | Live Births rate per 1,000 popn. | Death Rate per 1,000 popn. | Infantile Mortality rate per 1,000 live births |
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West Districts. | ||||
Paddington | 137,400 | 13.7 | 11.3 | 66 |
Kensington | 174,100 | 12.8 | 11.8 | 78 |
Hammersmith | 125,100 | 15.0 | 11.3 | 62 |
Fulham | 137,700 | 14.2 | 11.6 | 51 |
Chelsea | 50,050 | 10.2 | 13.5 | 80 |
Westminster | 124,400 | 8.4 | 10.5 | 57 |
North Districts. | ||||
St. Marylebone | 90,680 | 8.8 | 11.1 | 60 |
Hampstead | 90,480 | 11.7 | 11.4 | 57 |
St. Pancras | 179,400 | 13.6 | 11.5 | 64 |
Islington | 292,300 | 15.4 | 11.9 | 65 |
Stoke Newington | 50,480 | 13.8 | 11.0 | 43 |
Hackney | 205,200 | 13.4 | 10.7 | 56 |
Central Districts. | ||||
Holborn | 34,350 | 7.3 | 10.5 | 84 |
Finsbury | 56,960 | 13.0 | 12.9 | 73 |
City of London | 8,780 | 6.6 | 10.7 | 52 |
East Districts. | ||||
Shoreditch | 80,300 | 14.7 | 11.4 | 64 |
Bethnal Green | 92,910 | 14.2 | 11.3 | 59 |
Stepney | 200,500 | 13.1 | 11.1 | 63 |
Poplar | 134,400 | 14.9 | 11.4 | 60 |
South Districts. | ||||
Southwark | 145,300 | 14.0 | 12.5 | 57 |
Bermondsey | 97,420 | 14.8 | 11.1 | 45 |
Lambeth | 272,800 | 14.1 | 11.9 | 51 |
Battersea | 141,700 | 14.9 | 11.8 | 53 |
Wandsworth | 340,100 | 11.9 | 11.2 | 46 |
Camberwell | 222,400 | 14.0 | 12.3 | 61 |
Deptford | 95,460 | 14.4 | 11.8 | 54 |
Greenwich | 95,770 | 13.6 | 10.9 | 42 |
LEWISHAM | 229,000 | 13.9 | 10.5 | 47 |
Woolwich | 150,900 | 13.6 | 10.4 | 50 |