[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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Table: TABLEI. COUNTY OF LONDON. Vital statistics for the several metropolitan boroughs and the Couuty of London in the year 1921. (Rates per 1,000 of civil population).
TABLEI. COUNTY OF LONDON. Vital statistics for the several metropolitan boroughs and the Couuty of London in the year 1921. (Rates per 1,000 of civil population).
Metropolitan borough, In topographical order).
Estimated civil population. 1921.*
Births.
Deaths.
Infant mortality (per 1.000 births).
Measles.
Scarlet fever.
Diphtheria.
Whoop-ing-oough
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.
BrysipeJas.
Puerperal fever (per 1,000 births).
Cerebrospnal fever.
Pneumonia
Western
Paddington
145,600
19.8
12.1
91
.02
.01
.15
.14
.01
27.4
.70
1.57
_
5.74
3. 13
.09
.57
5.6
.01
.91
Kensington
177,300
19.3
13.8
107
.01
.05
.15
.12
.02
30.4
.87
1.62
-
5.19
2.13
.14
.47
2.3
.01
.51
Hammersmith
128,708
21.1
12.7
88
—
.12
.18
.09
.02
24.1
1.16
1.47
-
10.52
3.44
.03
.40
4.3
.02
1.18
Fulham
159,400
22.2
11.8
84
.01
.09
.28
.18
.01
21.0
.97
1.36
-
6.05
3.64
.04
.59
7.7
.03
1.46
Chelsea
64,290
17.1
13.6
82
—
.02
.11
.03
—
16.4
.95
1.76
-
3.67
1.78
.14
.31
6.4
.02
.44
Westminster, City of
139,893
13.5
11.7
81
—
.04
•20
•06
.01
18.8
.86
1.48
-
4.87
1.90
.07
.37
4.2
.01
.45
Northern
St. Marylebone
105,200
16.7
12.9
73
—
.05
.23
.09
•02
13.1
1.04
1.56
-
4.67
2.25
•12
.46
2.3
.05
.52
Hampstead
86,890
15.4
11.2
66
.05
•06
.40
.07
•01
11.9
.74
1.54
-
4.43
5.15
.13
.30
2.2
—
.63
St. Pancras
212,900
22.3
13.0
76
11
.03
.24
•18
.01
17.7
1.17
1.40
-
8.03
3.41
.13
.41
2.1
.01
1.59
Islington
333,000
23.5
13.2
82
.09
.06
.33
.13
.00
20.7
1.05
1.48
-
7.89
4.68
.03
.37
4.4
.02
.22
Stoke Newington
52,590
20.4
12.1
54
-
-
.42
•06
.04
12.1
.80
1.79
-
8.68
3.13
.04
.29
2.8
-
-
Hackney
224,200
22.2
11.5
66
.02
.06
.21
.09
.01
20.7
1.01
1.31
-
8.49
4.26
.05
.40
3.6
.01
.22
Central
Holbom
43,520
14.9
12.8
79
—
.07
.09
.09
—
12.3
.97
1.29
.02
4.56
3.92
.18
.39
1.5
.05
1.01
Finsbury
76,690
25.9
14.8
91
.04
.08
.48
.17
—
20.1
1.53
1.38
—
7.98
4.72
.07
1.11
3.0
.10
.46
London, City of
13,820
9.6
12.0
106
—
—
.07
—
—
15.2
1.09
1.37
—
6.60
2.47
.07
.44
—
—
.51
Eastern
Shoreditch
105,200
29.1
14.2
111
.17
.07
.38
.19
.02
38.6
1.40
1.06
—
8.86
5.60
.07
.69
4.3
.04
1.76
Bethnal Green
118,300
25.4
12.9
100
.18
.08
.28
.15
.02
38.3
1. 33
1.05
—
8.47
4.83
.03
.81
3.7
.03
1.39
Stepney
252,000
24.6
13.1
90
.17
.10
.35
.10
.01
29.0
1.23
1.07
—
8.13
4.30
.08
.53
3.7
.02
1.33
Poplar
164,100
27.3
12.8
83
.26
.08
.37
.19
.03
21.9
1.05
1.13
-_
8.75
3.97
.10
.58
3.6
.05
2.14
Southern
Southwark
186,000
27.1
14.3
90
.03
.07
.16
.15
.01
25.8
1.43
1.23
—
6.83
2.90
.04
.78
3.2
.03
1.41
Bermondsey
120,500
27.6
13.8
93
.02
.15
.57
.12
.02
21.9
1.29
1.29
—
9.58
612
.07
.42
1.8
.01
.32
Lambeth
305,700
220
12.2
76
.05
.06
.15
.11
—
22.1
.99
1.22
—
5.74
1.80
.02
.41
3.9
.03
.78
Battersea
169,200
22.1
12.2
74
.01
.04
.37
.18
.01
16.6
100
1.12
—
8.46
4.59
.06
.43
4.0
.02
2.03
Wandsworth
331,500
18.7
10.7
67
.01
.06
.19
.08
.02
14.7
1.01
1.25
.00
5.99
3.09
.10
.37
1.8
.03
1.39
Camberwell
269,600
23.3
12.1
74
.02
.08
.25
.13
.02
16.9
1.07
1.32
—
7.31
3.21
.06
.42
2.2
.01
.40
Deptford
113,500
23.5
12.2
88
.01
.11
.11
.12
.02
20.6
1.07
1.28
—
8.23
3.15
.10
.52
4.1
.03
.42
Greenwich
101,400
23.0
12.2
75
.05
.06
.28
.10
.01
13.7
1.19
1. 23
—
9.49
5.99
.11
.59
4.7
.01
1.27
Lewisham
175,800
19.7
10.5
56
.02
.03
.16
.06
.03
15.6
.80
1.42
—
6.42
305
.06
.33
2.6
.02
.47
London
Woolwich
137,604
22.6
11.6
62
.03
.07
.29
.12
.01
18.8
1.22
1.32
—
9.84
4.26
.08
.42
4.4
.02
1.59
4,514,405
22.1
12.5
81
.05
.06
.25
.12
.01
21.6
1.07
1. 33
.00
7.27
3.62
.07
.47
3.5
.02
.96
* Based upon the preliminary figures of the census of 1921, approximately corrected by the inclusion of London residents temporarily absent at the date of the census.
