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London County Council 1915
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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TABLE I.
COUNTY OF LONDON.
Vital statistics for the several metropolitan boroughs and the County of London in the year 1915.
(Rates per 1,000 cf civil population),
| Metropolitan borough. (In topographical order). | Estimated civil population. 1915. | Births. | Deaths. | Infant Mortality. | Measles. | Scarlet fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping. cough. | Typhoid Ifever. | Diarrhoea and Enteritis age 0.2 (per 1,000 births). | Phthisis. | Cancer. | Cases of notifiable infectious disease (a) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet fever. | Diphtheria. | Typhoid fever. | Erysipelas. | Puerperal fever (cases per 1,000 births). | Cerebrospinal fever. | |||||||||||||
| Western Paddington | 131,397 | 21.0 | 17.5 | 115 | 0.7 | .08 | •15 | •24 | •03 | 33.1 | 1.36 | 1.58 | 3.3 | 2.2 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 2.5 | 0.1l |
| Kensington | 155,795 | 20.1 | 17.1 | 118 | 0.7 | •07 | .10 | •13 | •01 | 22.1 | 1.25 | 1.32 | 2.7 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 3.5 | 0.25 |
| Hammersmith | 118,559 | 22.9 | 16.4 | 102 | 0.4 | •12 | •13 | .23 | •03 | 16.6 | 1.70 | 1.37 | 3.5 | 1.6 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 1.8 | 0.16 |
| Fulham | 151,161 | 25.7 | 15.6 | 115 | 0. 8 | 12 | •18 | •34 | •03 | 19.4 | 1 .32 | 1.14 | 4.1 | 1.8 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 6.2 | 0.11 |
| Chelsea | 58,421 | 18.9 | 18.5 | 96 | 0.7 | •09 | .10 | •14 | — | 15.5 | 1.54 | 1.71 | 2.4 | 1.8 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 4.5 | 0.15 |
| Westminster, City of | 135,104 | 14.6 | 15.9 | 92 | 0.3 | •09 | •09 | •08 | •01 | 19.8 | 1.51 | 1.31 | 4.5 | 2.2 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 4.6 | 0.13 |
| Northern St. Marylebone | 100,260 | 18.2 | 16.9 | 99 | 0.5 | •10 | •08 | •17 | •01 | 25.2 | 1.34 | 1.52 | 3.0 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 0.10 |
| Hampstead | 81,760 | 16 2 | 12.3 | 78 | 0.3 | .02 | .12 | •10 | •01 | 12.9 | 0.70 | 1.48 | 2.3 | 1.7 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 2.3 | 0.12 |
| St. Pancras | 200,322 | 23.8 | 17.8 | 104 | 0.3 | •11 | •12 | •25 | •04 | 21.5 | 2.12 | 1.30 | 5.0 | 2.2 | 0. 1 | 10 | 2.7 | 0.18 |
| Islington | 316,242 | 23 9 | 17.7 | 108 | 0.5 | •12 | •18 | .33 | •02 | 21.7 | 1 .69 | 1. 23 | 4.2 | 2.0 | 0. 1 | 0.6 | 3.0 | 0.12 |
| Stoke Newington | 50,527 | 18.2 | 15.6 | 103 | 0.5 | .14 | •18 | .14 | .04 | 7.6 | 1.15 | 1. 46 | 3.9 | 2.1 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 2.2 | 0. 06 |
| Hackney | 217,883 | 22. 3 | 15.0 | 109 | 0.3 | .03 | •14 | •21 | •03 | 25.2 | 1. 47 | 1 .31 | 3.5 | 1.9 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 1.9 | 0.17 |
| Central Holbom | 40,405 | 16.7 | 18.5 | 101 | 0.5 | •02 | •27 | •30 | •02 | 19.3 | 2.03 | 1.41 | 3.8 | 1.7 | 01 | 0.7 | 3.0 | 0.25 |
| Finshury | 76,915 | 28.7 | 21.6 | 128 | 0.7 | .13 | •12 | •60 | •01 | 37.8 | 2.22 | 1.26 | 5.7 | 1.7 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 2.7 | 0.13 |
| London, City of | 19,461 | 7.7 | 15.1 | 120 | 0.2 | — | •15 | •05 | _ | 20.0 | 1.08 | 1.18 | 2.9 | 2.5 | 0.1 | 0.2 | - | 0.05 |
| Eastern Shoreditch | 103,627 | 30.1 | 20.1 | 145 | 0.7 | •11 | •22 | .35 | •03 | 41.7 | 2.56 | 0.98 | 5.4 | 2.6 | 0.2 | 1.8 | 2.9 | 0.38 |
| Bethnal Green | 120,207 | 29.3 | 17.6 | 122 | 0.8 | •09 | •32 | •34 | •02 | 38.4 | 1.66 | 0.89 | 6.6 | 4.4 | 0.2 | 1.6 | 2.6 | 0.19 |
| Stepney | 265,731 | 28.3 | 17.4 | 115 | 0.4 | •11 | •27 | •20 | .02 | 31.4 | 2.00 | 1.01 | 5.8 | 4.2 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 1.7 | 0.08 |
| Poplar | 156,247 | 30.4 | 19.7 | 132 | 0.7 | .06 | •22 | •47 | •04 | 36.5 | 1.66 | 1.09 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 0.1 | 1.2 | 2.7 | 0.14 |
| Southern Southwark | 179,424 | 29.3 | 20.9 | 132 | 0.7 | •07 | •21 | •26 | •01 | 28.2 | 2.21 | 1.18 | 2.6 | 2.2 | 0 .1 | 1.4 | 5.0 | 0.14 |
| Bermondsey | 117,188 | 30.4 | 21.4 | 149 | 0.9 | .07 | .19 | •67 | •03 | 37.8 | 2.04 | 1.14 | 3. 1 | 1.9 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 2.0 | 0.15 |
| Lambeth | 284,188 | 23.2 | 16.9 | 105 | 0.4 | •06 | •16 | •17 | •03 | 21.2 | 1.64 | 1.31 | 32 | 1.5 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 4.1 | 0.16 |
| Battersea | 161,945 | 23.7 | 16.6 | 112 | 1.0 | •06 | •18 | •48 | •04 | 20.7 | 1.51 | 1.31 | 4.2 | 2.4 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 0.16 |
| Wandsworth | 312,249 | 20.2 | 13. 4 | 94 | 0.5 | •07 | •17 | •21 | •02 | 18.6 | 1.10 | 1.29 | 4.2 | 2.3 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 1.8 | 0.15 |
| Camberwell | 254,385 | 242 | 15.5 | 103 | 0.4 | .03 | •12 | •16 | •02 | 23.7 | 1.48 | 1.16 | 3.4 | 1.6 | 0.1 | O8 | 2.6 | 0.11 |
| Deptford | 110,299 | 26.9 | 17.9 | 132 | 0.5 | •08 | •09 | •59 | •05 | 32.5 | 1.63 | 1.13 | 4 0 | 1.8 | 0. 3 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 0.14 |
| Greenwich | 96,385 | 24.3 | 16.3 | 101 | 0.5 | •03 | •15 | •45 | •04 | 19.7 | 1.55 | 1.00 | 5.3 | 1.8 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 1.7 | 0.11 |
| Lewisham | 164,438 | 20.2 | 12.9 | 80 | 0.3 | •04 | •09 | •18 | •02 | 11.8 | 0.95 | 1.40 | 2.9 | 1.5 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 0.08 |
| Woolwich | 129,505 | 21 9 | 14.2 | 94 | 0.3 | •05 | •15 | .13 | •04 | 11.0 | 1.52 | 0.97 | 4.4 | 2.2 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 2.1 | 0.18 |
| London | 4,310030 | 23.6 | 16.8 | 112 | 0.5 | .08 | .16 | .27 | .02 | 25.0 | 1.60 | 1.24 | 3.9 | 2.1 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 2.7 | 0.15. |
(a) Cases of small-pox were notified in Paddington (1), Kensington (1), Fulham (6), Bethnal Green (1), Stepney (1), Bermondsey (1), and Greenwich (2).
There were 3 deaths, all in Fulham.