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London County Council 1910

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

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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
The following table enables comparison to be made of the birth-rate in London and Greater
London with that of the chief towns of England; but it is to be borne in mind that the London figures
alone are fully corrected by the exclusion of births within the County to mothers not usually resident

in London. Were births in other towns similarly corrected considerable modification of these rates might result.

Town.1905-9.1910.Town.1905-9.1910.
London26.8a25.4aBradford20.419.1
Greater London26.825.0West Ham31.930.2
Liverpool32.731.0Newcastle-on-Tyne31.328.5
Manchester29.127.3Hull29.929.1
Birmingham29.828.4Nottingham26.925.6
Leeds26.824.5Salford30.628.3
Sheffield31.028.1Leicester25.423.5
Bristol25.723.3

Birth-rates
in large
English
towns.
It will be seen from the following table that the decrease in birth-rate apparent in London
is shared by all the chief foreign capitals, except Rome; but that the London birth-rate compares not
unfavourably with that of many of the largest of these capital towns. There is considerable difference

in practice as to the registration and allocation or births occurring in these foreign towns, and the rates shown must, therefore, be regarded as affording only approximate material for comparison.

Town.1905-9.1910.Town.1905-9.1910.
London26.8a25.4aSt. Petersburg29.127.8
Paris18.618.0Berlin23.821.5
Brussels17.716.8Vienna24.819.9
Amsterdam25.123.6Rome23.523.6
Copenhagen28.026.1New York27.326.9
Stockholm24.323.2

Birth-rates
in foreign
towns.
The accompanying diagram (B) shows the London birth-rate in each year since 1850, in
relation to the mean birth-rate of the period 1851-1910. In connection with this diagram it should be
noted that the registration of births was not made compulsory until the beginning of 1875; before that
year many births were probably unregistered. From the year 1885 onwards the number of births
has been corrected as far as possible by the exclusion of those which occurred in the chief lying-in
institutions in cases where the mother resided outside the County of London.

The following table shows the birth-rate in the several sanitary districts per 1,000 persons living and per 100 married females aged 15-45 in the period 1905-9 and in the year 1910:—

Metropolitan borough.Births, 1910 (52 weeks). (a)Birth-rate per 1,000 persons living. (a)Legitimate births per 100 married females aged 15-45.(a)
1905-9.1910.1905-9.1910.
Paddington3,08422.921.618.917.8
Kensington3,21719.918.618.317.1
Hammersmith3,04526.325.220.119.1
Fulham4,30331.428.320.819.0
Chelsea1,38222.120.719.218.0
Westminster, City of2,55417.315.815.414.1
St. Marylebone2,33121.419.517.916.6
Hampstead1,34016.615.715.414.5
St. Pancras5,72026.226.119.719.7
Islington8,28926.125.319.819.3
Stoke Newington98421.019.417.516.1
Hackney5,29825.223.820.319.2
Holborn1,02221.020.416.716.3
Finsbury2,82431.331.824.024.0
London, City of22713.111.214.612.9
Shoreditch3,61333.332.325.424.8
Bethnal Green4,20833.232.826.125.8

Birth-rates
in London
sanitary
districts.
(a) See footnote (b), page 8,
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