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 1904
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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| Period. | London. | England and Wales. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males. | Females. | Males. | Females. | |
| 1851-60 | 2.8 | 11.9 | 5.7 | 18.0 |
| 1861-70 | 3.6 | 14.6 | 6.8 | 20.1 |
| 1871-80 | 4.7 | 16.9 | 8.0 | 22.0 |
| 1881-90 | 5.5 | 18.9 | 6.8 | 20.7 |
| 1891-1900 | 4.7 | 16.5 | 5.4 | 17.5 |
| 1901 | 4.4 | 15.0 | 5.0 | 16.0 |
| 1902 | 4.0 | 1.41 | 4.7 | 15.4 |
| 1903 | 3.8 | 13.7 | 4.5 | 15.2 |
| 1904 | 3.7 | 13.9 | ||
Births.
The number of births registered in the Administrative County of London in 1904 (52 weeks)
was 129,335, giving a birth-rate of 27-9 per 1,000 living per annum. The steady decline in the
London birth-rate noted in previous reports has continued, and the birth-rate for 1904 is the lowest
recorded rate in London since the institution of civil registration.
The birth-rate in successive periods has been as follows:—
| 1851-60 | 33.6 | 1901 | 29.0 |
| 1861-70 | 35.4 | 1902 | 28.5 |
| 1871-80 | 35.4 | 1903 | 28.5 |
| 1881-90 | 33.2 | 1904 | 27.9 |
| 1891-1900 | 30.3 |
The corresponding figures for England and Wales are as follows:—
| 1851-60 | 34.2 | 1901 | 28.5 |
| 1861-70 | 35.2 | 1902 | 28.6 |
| 1871-80 | 35.5 | 1903 | 28.4 |
| 1881-90 | 32.5 | 1904 | 28.0 |
| 1891-1900 | 29.9 |
The accompanying diagram (II) shows the London birth-rate in each year since 1850, in
relation to the mean birth-rate of the period 1851-1904.
| Sanitary area. | Births, 1904. | Birth-rate per 1,000 persons living. | Births per 100 married females aged 15-45. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1901-3. | 1904. | 1901-3. | 1904. | ||
| 3,295 | 22.8 | 22.5 | 19.9 | 19.6 | |
| 3,450 | 19.9 | 19.3 | 19.4 | 18.7 | |
| 3,146 | 26.8 | 26.9 | 21.5 | 21.9 | |
| 4,905 | 32.9 | 32.3 | 23.7 | 24.5 | |
| Chelsea | 1,547 | 21.7 | 20.9 | 20.0 | 191 |
| 2,898 | 17.5 | 16.4 | 16.3 | 14.7 | |
| St. Marylebone | 3,948 | 30.1 | 30.4 | 26.9 | 26.4 |
| 1,431 | 17.8 | 16.6 | 17.4 | 16.5 | |
| St, Pancras | 6,116 | 27.0 | 26.0 | 21.2 | 20.2 |
| 8,892 | 27.0 | 26.1 | 21.2 | 20.4 | |
| Stoke Newington | 1,139 | 21.5 | 21.8 | 18.3 | 18.5 |
| Hackney | 6,159 | 28.3 | 27.3 | 234 | 22.7 |
| 1,628 | 28.1 | 28.6 | 23.7 | 23.1 | |
| 3,593 | 37.0 | 36.4 | 28.5 | 27.2 | |
| London, City of | 346 | 13.5 | 14.8 | 15.1 | 14.9 |
| Shoreditch | 3,744 | 34.0 | 32.1 | 26.5 | 24.4 |
| 4,526 | 35.4 | 34.9 | 28.0 | 27.3 | |
| Stepney | 11,204 | 37.6 | 37.0 | 29.7 | 29.1 |