London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Islington 1958

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

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Table 11—continued.
Year
Population
Death
rate
*
% dying
under
age 45
% dying
under
age 65
Birth
rate
*
Premature
birth
rate
‡
Maternal
death
rate
†
Stillbirth
rate
†
Neonatal
death
rate
**
One month
to one year
death rate
(12)-(10)
**
Infant
mortality
rate
**
Reproductive
wastage
rate
(9) + (12)
Pulmonary
tuberculosis
Tuberculosis
(all forms)
Notif.
rate ††
Death
rate ††
% notif. rate
under 15
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
(7)
(8)
(9)
(10)
(11)
(12)
(13)
(14)
(15)
(16)
1931
220,800
10.2
25.6
51.7
14.1
-
4.9
31
25
24
49
80
132
69
13.6
1932
221,500
10.2
26.0
49.4
12.7
-
3.4
32
31
23
54
86
123
59
10.7
1933
221,100
10.2
21.9
49.8
12.2
-
2.6
31
21
18
39
70
125
68
9.2
1934
222,180
10.1
23.5
50.5
12.2
-
1.5
36
21
22
43
79
129
58
14.4
1935
223,000
10.0
22.6
46.7
12.5
-
4.3
35
24
19
43
78
126
58
12.7
1936
224,000
10.9
23.1
48.1
13.0
-
2.0
37
23
32
55
92
131
62
11.6
1937
226,000
10.9
20.4
46.7
13.4
-
1.3
39
18
29
47
86
156
59
11.9
1938
229,000
10.5
23.3
48.7
13.9
-
2.1
26
—
—
47
73
116
61
12.4
1939
220,300
10.8
—
—
13.6
-
2.9
34
—
—
42
76
111
64
11.6
1940
192,540
15.8
22.1
50.0
14.7
-
1.0
24
—
—
45
69
111
67
11.1
1941
148,150
14.3
21.7
48.1
13.9
-
1.9
29
-
-
34
63
176
93
10.2
1942
161,800
12.0
18.4
43.8
16.8
-
3.2
37
—
—
37
74
175
73
15.3
1943
168,530
13.9
20.5
44.9
18.7
-
3.1
25
—
—
42
67
194
76
13.6
1944
163,320
14.8
21.4
48.8
18.6
-
1.0
22
—
—
40
62
196
79
10.8
1945
171,280
12.1
20.5
43.4
17.7
-
1.9
18
—
—
34
52
179
71
13.2
1946
207,410
10.6
17.5
43.0
21.7
-
1.1
21
—
—
33
54
193
53
15.4
1947
221,170
11.9
17.0
41.9
21.9
-
1.0
21
—
—
33
54
166
55
12.4
1948
226,100
9.9
15.6
40.7
18.9
-
0.5
15
15
13
28
43
198
43
15.7
1949
227,700
10.2
10.7
34.9
16.8
-
0.3
16
13
6
19
35
146
40
12.4
1950
228,300
10.6
11.2
35.2
15.3
-
0.6
15
19
7
26
40
158
29
12.6
1951
227,200
11.2
10.1
33.6
15.3
67
0.3
16
17
8
25
41
117
26
14.7
1952
227,100
11.4
8.7
32.0
13.9
86
0.3
18
16
6
22
40
117
15
8.8
1953
225,800
11.1
8.9
29.5
14.4
75
0.3
23
16
6
22
45
136
19
13.8
1954
224,200
10.0
8.3
31.5
14.2
60
0.0
14
13
8
21
35
102
16
10.2
1955
223,400
10.8
7.1
27.9
14.0
69
0.9
18
11
6
17
35
114
10
4.8
1956
222,100
11.3
5.9
26.7
14.5
59
0.0
19
16
3
19
38
88
13
11.3
1957
220,900
11.0
7.8
31.7
14.8
65
0.6
18
12
4
16
33
100
14
10.1
1958
221,000
11.0
8.2
28.7
14.8
78
0.0
18
19
5
24
42
98
8
10.6
*per 1,000 population. fper 1,000 notified livebirths. **per 1,000 registered livebirths.
fper 1,000 registered live and stillbirths. ttPer 100,000 population. — equals figure not available.