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London County Council 1923

[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 1923. (Rates per 1,000 of civil population.)

Metropolitan boroughs. (Arranged in topographical order.)Estimated civil population, 1923.Births.Death.Infant mortality (per 1,000 births.MeaslesScarlet fever.Diphtheria.Whoop- ing cough.Ty-phoid fever.Diarrhoea and Enteritis, age 0-2 (per 1,000 births).Phthisis.Pneu -inonia.Bronchitis.Cancer.Cases of notifiable infectious disease, la)
Scarlet fever.Diphtheria.Typhoid fever.Erysipelas.Puerperal fever 'per 1,000 births).Cerebrospinal fever.Acute pneumonia.
Western.
Paddington146,20017.911.869.02.01.10.16.018.4.681.04.791.442.221.52.09.371.91.012.30
Kensington178,50017.512.570.10.01.08.13.0115.1.681.19.861.561.211.39.09.384.81.70
Hamm.ersmith133,60020.211.164.04.01.15.07.019.3.97.77.941.291.831.74.11.234.81.02.62
Fulh.am161,60019.310.665.15.04.12.098.3.931.03.721.322.891.71.02.4710.25.011.33
Chelsea64,48015.712.556.02.16.087.9.901.30.741.881.711.52.09.40.1.97.67
Westminster, City of140,43012.310.748.01.04.04.013.4.76.63.701.74.88.69.14.241.71.43
Northern.
St. Marylebone105,40015.711.969.03.02.19.019.1.92.891-041.571.191.24.16.49.60.49
Hampstead87,41014.210.844.02.01.09.05.028.1.58.61.581.812.131.22.11.254.04.01.55
St. Pancras214,40020.412.163.02.01.09.13.0111.41.041.031.041.512.242.41.09.434.58.011.54
Islington336,60021.111.767.05.04.06.1114.51.01.98.781.433.222.65.05.272.95.01.53
Stoke Newington52,82018.210.848.08.04.025.2.64.83.571.931.331.08.06.275.21.23
Hackney226,40019.610.759.07.03.15.07.026.81.001.06.671.401 .992.35.08.334.74.00.16
Central
Holborn43,37613.712.179.07.07.09.1213.51.04.921181.362.472.33.05.325.06.021.11
Finsbury77,23023.913.261.14.03.12.0916.31.221.171.361.502.364. 04.031.807.05.83
London, City of (b)13,7728.311.579.07-_.07.07-_-_1.09.72.651.312.841.31.22.36.44
Eastern..-------
Shoreditch106,20027.013.183.21.06.12.09.0112.91.371.531.231.233.723.40.04.572.44.022.32
Bethnal Green118,70024.311.470.29.04.17.18_12.81.36.98.941.002.614.10.04.665.90.01160
Stepney253,85023.311.763.26.02.12.0714.71.141.36.901.282 .032.41.09.462.54.021.39
Poplar166,40025.611.360.13.03.18.05.028.21.011.1l1.101.231 .742.19.06.483.76.022.77
Southern---------------
Southwark187,46424.313.070.07.03.27.14.0112.51.291.251-321.292.194.11.10.483.73.021.12
Bermondsey121,70024.812.273.12.02.27.10.0216.61.221.30.811.222.704.84.02.161.32.021.03
Lambeth308,50020.211.659.07.04.15.05.009.3.97.96.821.402.711.89.03.367.69.02.72
Battersea170,60020.110.8£0.14.04.20.09.017.6.81.59.781.422.522.52.07.512.04.022.01
Wandsworth336,10016.310.354.03.01.08.09.008.6.79.60.611.391.721.10.10.292.19.031.28
Camberwell272,30020.811.157.13.02.27.12.019.0.97.90.761.271.903.17.05.302.83.31
Deptford114,90021111.159.07.02.29.10.027.4.83.79.631.223.013.53.09.502.47.63
Greenwich102,77720.611.062.03.02.11.15.069.01.13.84.611.292.112.12.15.544.72.05.68
Lewisham182,40018.110.248.01.04.15.04.018.8.75.67.731.432.161.58.02.273.03.01.47
Woolwich140,00020.09.943.03.01.03_3.51.23.46.661.252.111.06.10.292.79.021.66
London4,564,10920.111.461.0803.13.0901103.97.95.841392.212.26.07403.84.011.04

(a) Sixteen notifications of smallpox were received, four in Greenwich, three in Battersea, and one each in Paddington, Westminster, Hackney, Finsbury, Camberwell,Lewisham, Hampstead,]
Shorediteh, and Bethual Green. The three latter and two of the Battersea cases were, however, subsequently found not to be smallpox. (b) Including Inner and Middle Temples.