London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
London County Council 1896
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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| Sanitary District. | Births. | Birth rate per 1,000 living. | Births per 100 females aged 15.46. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paddington | 3,068 | 24.2 | 7.29 |
| Kensington | 3,719 | 21.4 | 6.06 |
| Hammersmith | 3,007 | 28.3 | 10.48 |
| Fulham | 4,068 | 34.8 | 13.34 |
| Chelsea | 2,651 | 26.9 | 9.99 |
| St. George, Hanover.square | 1,407 | 17.3 | 4.95 |
| Westminster | 1,223 | 22.5 | 8.46 |
| St. James | 496 | 21.3 | 7.34 |
| Marylebone | 4,416 | 30.8 | 9.85 |
| Hampstead | 1,462 | 19.0 | 5.21 |
| Pancras | 7,040 | 28.7 | 11.12 |
| Islington | 9,924 | 28.9 | 10.97 |
| Stoke Newington | 841 | 24.6 | 8.12 |
| Hackney | 6,435 | 29.6 | 11.12 |
| St. Giles | 1,064 | 27.4 | 9.70 |
| St. Martin.in.the.Fields | 214 | 16.2 | 5.56 |
| Strand | 570 | 23.5 | 8.59 |
| Holborn | 883 | 28.1 | 11.13 |
| Clerkenwell | 2,223 | 33.7 | 13.59 |
| St. Luke | 1,968 | 46.7 | 19.28 |
| London, City of | 546 | 17.1 | 6.46 |
| Shoreditch | 4.387 | 35.9 | 14.88 |
| Bethnal.green | 4,869 | 37.8 | 16.04 |
| Whitechapel | 3,241 | 41.6 | 17.28 |
| St. George.in.the.East | 2,098 | 44.5 | 19.05 |
| Limehouse | 2,042 | 35.2 | 15.40 |
| Mile.end Old.town | 4,300 | 39.0 | 16.01 |
| Poplar | 6,011 | 35.7 | 15.92 |
| St. Saviour, Southwark | 790 | 30.9 | 13.87 |
| St. George, Southwark | 2,213 | 36.9 | 15.19 |
| Newington | 4,276 | 35.7 | 14.72 |
| St. Olave | 419 | 35.4 | 15.04 |
| Bermondsey | 3,203 | 37.6 | 16.33 |
| Rotherhithe | 1,346 | 33.6 | 15.36 |
| Lambeth | 9,579 | 32.9 | 12.25 |
| Battersea | 5,358 | 33.0 | 13.36 |
| Wandsworth | 4,825 | 26.5 | 8.61 |
| Camberwell | 7,662 | 30.7 | 11.87 |
| Greenwich | 5,723 | 33.0 | 13.33 |
| Lewisbam | 2,557 | 23.9 | 8.13 |
| Woolwich | 1,288 | 31.3 | 15.25 |
| Lee | 861 | 22.6 | 7.15 |
| Plumstead | 1,950 | 33.6 | 14.36 |
Deaths.
| 1871 | 24.6 | 1878 | 231 | 1885 | 20.4 | 1892 | 20.31 |
| 1872 | 21.5 | 1879 | 22.6 | 1886 | 20.6 | 1893 | 21.01 |
| 1873 | 22.4 | 1880 | 21.7 | 1887 | 20.3 | 1894 | 17.41 |
| 1874 | 22.4 | 1881 | 21.3 | 1888 | 19.3 | 1895 | 19.51 |
| 1875 | 23.6 | 1882 | 21.5 | 1889 | 18.4 | 1896 | 18.11 |
| 1876 | 21.9 | 1883 | 20.8 | 1890 | 21.4 | ||
| 1877 | 21.6 | 1884 | 20.9 | 1891 | 21.01 |
The death rate since 1840 in relation to the mean of the period 1841.96 is shown in
Diagram III.
The following table has been prepared for the purpose of comparing the death rate of the
registration county of London with that of other English towns having populations which exceeded
200,000 persons at the census of 1891.
The columns showing "death rates corrected for age and sex distribution " have been obtained
by multiplying the crude death rates by the "factor for correction" published by the Registrar.General
in the Annual Summary for 1896.
• Lying.in hospitals are situaTed in these districts.
1 These death rates are fully corrected for institutions, i.e., by th« exclusions of deaths of persons not belonging to but occurring
in institutions situated within London, and by the inclusion of deaths of persons belonging to but occurring in institutions situated
outside London.