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 1900

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]

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Table: The birth rate in successive periods has been as follows—

The birth rate in successive periods has been as follows—

1851-6083.6189230.9*189730.1*
1861-7035.4189331.0*189829.7*
1871-8035.4189430.1*189929.7*
1881-9033.2189530.6*190029.1*
189131.8*189630.2*

Table: The corresponding figures for England and Wales are as follows—

The corresponding figures for England and Wales are as follows—

1851-6034.2189230.5189629.7
1861-7035.2189330.81897297
1871-8035.5189429.6189829.4
1881-9032.5189530.4189929.3
189131.4

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The accompanying diagram (II.) shows the London birth rate in each year since 1850 in
relation to the mean birth rate of the period 1851-1900.

Table: The following table shows the birth rate in each district in 1900 per 1,000 persons living at all ages and per 100 females aged 15-45 years.

The following table shows the birth rate in each district in 1900 per 1,000 persons living at all ages and per 100 females aged 15-45 years.

Sanitary district.Births.Birth rate per 1,000 living.Births per 100 females aged 15-45.
Paddington2,89122.86.9
Kensington3,58620.85.9
Hammersmith2,99427.110.0
Fulham4,52434.013.0
†Chelsea2,23523.88.8
St. George, Hanover-square1,29516.84.8
Westminster1,05820.37.6
St. James40918.86.5
†Marylebone3,99129.99.6
Hampstead1,62120.05.5
Pancras6,44727.410.6
Islington9,25327.710.5
Stoke Newington77522.77.5
Hackney6,37329.311.0
†St. Giles1,01729.110.3
St. Martin-in-the-Fields15513.24.5
Strand44521.57.8
Holborn73224.49.7
Clerkenwell1,96330.612.6
†St. Luke1,82148.019.8
London, City of39714.55.5
Shoreditch4,00433.914.3
Bethnal-green4,58835.515.3
Whitechapel2,90237.015.8
St. George-in-the-East2,17544.619.6
Limehouse1,83931.714.2
†Mile-end Old-town4,26138.016.0
Poplar5,92335.116.0
St. Saviour. Southwark70029.813.5
St. George, Southwark2,09334.614.5
Newington4,17334.314.5
St, Olave40037.315.9
Bermondsey2,82634.315.2
Rotherhithe1,18430.714.4
†Lambeth9,16730.811.9
Battersea5,16130.712.9
Wandsworth5,77425.68.8
Camberwell7,21128.011.2
Greenwich5,56230.412.7
Lewisham3,27825.88.8
Woolwich1,17528.314.1
Lee99021.57.0
Plumstead1,99429.913.3
London131,36229.111.0

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* The rates for these years relate to the Administrative County of London, the rates shown for years previous to 1891 relate
to the Registration County of London.
† Lying-in hospitals are situated in these districts.