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London County Council 1912
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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Report of the County Medical Officer—General.
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| Metropolitan borough. | Total births notified (corrected for institutious). | Stillbirths (corrected). | Births, less stillbirths (corrected). | Births registered (corrected). | Exces3 of registered over notified births (corrected). | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stoke Newington | 933 | 23 | 910 | 1,033 | + | 100 |
| Hackney | 5,513 | 145 | 5,368 | 5,266 | — | 247 |
| Holborn | 825 | 19 | 806 | 902 | + | 77 |
| Finsbury | 2,564 | 42 | 2,522 | 2,575 | + | 11 |
| London, City of | 179 | 8 | 171 | 185 | + | 6 |
| Shoreditch | 3,500 | 98 | 3,402 | 3,562 | + | 62 |
| Bethnal Green | 3,870 | 110 | 3,760 | 3,902 | + | 32 |
| Stepney | 8,723 | 240 | 8,483 | 8,533 | — | 190 |
| Poplar | 4,704 | 106 | 4,598 | 5,045 | + | 341 |
| Southwark | 5,987 | 129 | 5,858 | 5,587 | — | 400 |
| Bermondsey | 3,763 | 12 | 3,751 | 3,872 | + | 109 |
| Lambeth | 7,244 | 174 | 7,070 | 6,952 | — | 292 |
| Battersea | 3,522 | 75 | 3,447 | 4,258 | + | 736 |
| Wandsworth | 4,810 | 99 | 4,711 | 6,757 | + | 1,947 |
| Camberwell | 5,766 | 160 | 5,606 | 6,422 | + | 656 |
| Deptford | 3,008 | 75 | 2,933 | 2,896 | — | 112 |
| Greenwich | 2,469 | 67 | 2,402 | 2,391 | — | 78 |
| Lewisham | 3,449 | 105 | 3,344 | 3,356 | — | 93 |
| Woolwich | 2,618 | 63 | 2,555 | 2,738 | + | 120 |
| London | 105,880 | 2,573 | 103,307 | 110,353 | + | 4,473 |
The number and percentage of still-births and of multiple births notified in 1912 (uncorrectec for institutions) is shown in the following table:—
| Metropolitan borough. | Total births notified. | Still-births. | Per- centage still born. | Multiple births. | Percental of mothers Delivered o more than one child at a birth | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Twins. | Triplets. | Total born. | ||||||||||
| Cases. | Stillborn. | Cases. | Stillborn. | |||||||||
| One- | both. | One. | Two. | Three | ||||||||
| Paddington | 3,911 | 77 | 1.97 | 57 | 7 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 114 | 1.48 |
| Kensington | 3,022 | 92 | 3.04 | 34 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 68 | 1.14 |
| Hammersmith | 2,357 | 41 | 1.74 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Fulham | 3,288 | 62 | 1.89 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Chelsea | 956 | 21 | 2.20 | 8 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 16 | 0.84 |
| Westminster, City of | 1,492 | 29 | 1.94 | 16 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 32 | 1.08 |
| St. Marylebone | 4,128 | 129 | 3.13 | 41 | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 85 | 1.03 |
| Hampstead | 1,218 | 18 | 1.48 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8 | 0.33 |
| St. Pancras | 4,618 | 118 | 2.56 | 51 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | 102 | 1.11 |
| Islington | 7,264 | 230 | 3.17 | 101 | 10 | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | 208 | 1.43 |
| Stoke Newington | 907 | 22 | 2.43 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | †16 | 0.89 |
| Hackney | 5,427 | 142 | 2.62 | 56 | 8 | — | 3 | — | — | — | 121 | 1.10 |
| Holborn | 1,182 | 30 | 2.54 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 36 | 1.55 |
| Finsbury | 3,357 | 78 | 2.32 | 51 | 6 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 105 | 1.57 |
| London, City of | 172 | 8 | 4.65 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Shoreditch | 3,277 | 89 | 2.72 | 30 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 60 | 0.92 |
| Bethnal Green | 3,830 | 107 | 2.79 | 41 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | 82 | 1.08 |
| Stepney | 8,706 | 239 | 2.75 | 110 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | — | — | 238 | 1.35 |
| Poplar | 4,699 | 106 | 2.26 | 71 | 4 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 142 | 1.53 |
| Southwark | 5,964 | 129 | 2.16 | 76 | 8 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 152 | 1.29 |
| Bermondsey | 3,756 | 12 | 0.32 | 23 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 49 | 0.64 |
| Lambeth | 7,203 | 174 | 2.42 | 84 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | 168 | 1.18 |
| Battersea | 3,503 | 74 | 2.11 | 38 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | 76 | 1.10 |
| Wandsworth | 4,780 | 98 | 2.05 | 41 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 82 | 0.86 |
| Camberwell | 5,753 | 160 | 2.78 | 74 | 7 | 3 | — | — | — | — | 148 | 1.30 |
| Deptford | 3,006 | 75 | 2.49 | 36 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | 72 | 1.21 |
| Greenwich | 2,465 | 66 | 2.68 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 28 | 0.57 |
| Lewisham | 3,445 | 105 | 3.05 | 34 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | 68 | 1.00 |
| Woolwich | 2,615 | 62 | 2.37 | 19 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 38 | 0.73 |
| London | 106,301 | 2,593 | 2.44 | 1,136 | 92 | 15 | 14 | 2 | — | — | 2,314 | 1.09 |
Still-births
and multiple
births in
1912.
Deaths.
The number of deaths in the Administrative County of London in 1912 (52 weeks) was 61,100
giving an annual death rate of 186 per 1,000 of the estimated population.
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