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London County Council 1919

[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 1919.
(Rates per 1,000 cf civil population).
Metropolitan borough,
(in topographical order).
Estimated
civil
population.
1919.
Births.
Deaths.
Infant
mortality
(per 1,000
births).
Measles.
Scarlet
fever.
Diphtheria.
Whooping.
cough.
Typhoid
fever.
Diarrhœa
and
Enteritis
age 0.2
(per 1,000
births).
Phthisis.
Cancer.
Cases of notifiable infectious disease.
Smallpox.
Scarlet
fever.
Diphtheria.
Typhoid
fever.
Erysipelas.
Puerperal
fever
(per 1,000
births).
Cerebrospinal
fever.
Western
Paddington
143,938
15.5
13.3
91
.08
.03
.12
.01
.
21.9
.76
1.24
.
1.78
1.76
.07
.53
6.3
.05
Kensington
157,886
16.1
15.3
102
.09
.01
.10
.03
.01
30.5
1.07
1.52
.
1.63
1.71
.12
.47
4.4
.04
Hammersmith
130,981
16.5
12.7
99
.07
.02
15
.08
.01
29.8
1.11
1.23
.01
1.40
1.78
.07
.59
2.6
.05
Fulham
152,543
18.5
12.3
82
.08
.03
.20
.03
.01
14.6
1.06
1.21
—
2.38
2.16
.04
.48
11.7
.06
Chelsea
60,573
14.5
15.0
83
.15
.07
.13
.07
—
14.2
1.25
1.35
—
2.53
1.23
.13
.31
3.2
.05
Westminster, City of
127,533
12.0
14.4
91
.05
.02
.13
.01
.02
14.4
1.08
1.40
—
1.91
1.05
.09
.59
2.5
.03
Northern
St. Marylebone
97,953
14.6
15.6
94
.18
.03
.11
.02
.02
21.4
1.06
1.73
—
1.99
1.57
.04
.57
3.8
.03
Hampstead
88,012
12.6
11.8
83
.06
.02
.08
—
—
13.8
.64
1.40
—
1.41
.97
.09
.40
1.7
.01
St. Pancras
219,434
17.0
13.4
87
.07
.02
.09
.03
.01
13.6
1.30
1.15
.05
2.63
1.58
.04
.65
3.0
.04
Islington
323,034
18.0
14.3
86
.03
.04
.15
.05
.01
14.0
1.21
1.37
.01
3.30
1.99
.05
.65
4.7
.05
Stoke Newington
50,954
16.8
12.9
65
.04
.04
.27
.08
—
10.1
1.02
1.22
—
2.51
2.28
.04
.79
3.3
.04
Hackney
216,736
18.3
13.1
83
.03
.04
.41
.09
.01
15.7
1.09
1.26
—
2.96
3.18
.10
.50
4.0
.03
Central
Holborn
38,156
13.6
16.3
96
.03
—
.16
—
.03
11.1
1.76
1.57
—
1.44
2.27
.05
.64
—
.05
Finsbury
75,291
20.3
15.3
88
.11
—
.15
—
—
18.2
1.58
1.20
—
3.45
1.87
.08
.65
3.6
.07
London, City of
13,893
9.6
14.3
115
—
—
.14
.07
—
7.2
.65
1.15
—
1.06
1.63
.07
.14
—
—
Eastern
Shoreditch
98,134
23.6
15.7
106
.12
.02
.21
.02
.03
22.5
1.90
1.03
—
2.97
2.61
.08
.82
1.2
.04
Bethnal Green
110,085
22.4
13.9
85
.11
.03
.51
.06
.01
26.5
1.65
11.1
.01
3.49
4.93
.04
1.46
3.4
.03
Stepney
232,506
22.3
14.6
81
.06
.04
.19
.07
.03
20.9
1.66
1.03
.00
4.33
3.36
.14
.93
2.4
.05
Poplar
153,644
24.7
14.5
84
.06
.03
.23
.16
.04
16.7
1.26
.98
.01
2.36
2.07
.15
.83
4.2
.10
Southern
Southwark
179,971
21.8
14.9
93
11
.02
.24
.05
.02
22.5
1.74
1.21
—
4.37
2.76
.07
1.14
4.5
.03
Betmondsey
124,239
21.3
13.7
92
.18
.04
.17
.02
.02
18.9
1.42
1.18
—
3.16
2.24
.06
.67
1.1
.03
Lambeth
282,322
18.8
14.8
86
.10
.06
.22
.04
.01
15.9
1.34
1.37
.00
3.62
1.83
.05
.66
3.0
.03
Battersea
159,316
18.5
12.9
74
.11
.02
.13
.04
.02
10.1
1.07
1.27
.02
3.06
1.51
.07
.59
3.5
.08
Wandsworth
333,693
14.6
11.3
72
.05
.02
.12
.04
.01
8.7
.91
1.19
—
2.67
1.57
.05
.43
5.6
.04
Camberwell
273,803
18.2
12.6
82
.11
.05
.13
.06
.01
17.9
1.18
1.23
—
2.61
1.84
.04
.54
3.0
.02
Deptford
111,205
20.6
12.9
86
.19
.08
.14
.01
.02
13.9
1.20
1.13
—
4.61
2.33
.17
.64
3.3
.02
Greenwich
98,484
19.0
13.6
94
.12
.07
.16
.10
.02
13.3
1.43
1.41
—
4.83
2.76
.20
.51
2.5
.09
Lewisham
167,754
16.3
11.6
62
.02
.05
.12
.03
—
5.6
.89
1.34
—
3.85
2.19
.02
.53
2.1
.07
Woolwich
136,237
19.3
12.3
86
.05
.02
.21
.08
.04
6.6
1.26
1.15
.03
1.73
2.70
.19
.49
2.5
.04
London
4,358,309
18.2
13.6
85
.08
.03
.18
.05
.01
16.6
1.22
1.25
.01
2.92
2.14
.08
.64
3.7
.04