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London County Council 1925
[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 1925. (Rates per 1,000 of civil population.)
| Metropolitan boroughs. (Arranged in topographical order.) | Estimated civil population, 1925. | Births. | Deaths. | Infant mortal- ity (per 1,000 births). | Measles | Scarlet fever. | Diphtheria. | Whoop- ing cough. | Typhoid fever. | Diarrhoea and Enteritis, age 0-2 per 1,000 births). | Phthisis. | Pneumonia. | Bronchitis. | Cancer. | Cases of notifiable infectious disease, (a) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet fever. | Diphtheria. | Ty-phoid fever. | Erysipelas. | Puerperal fever 'per 1,000 births). | Cerebrospinal fever. | Acute pneumonia. | |||||||||||||||
| Paddington | 147,100 | 15.9 | 12.2 | 72 | .07 | .01 | .07 | .09 | .02 | 9.4 | .65 | 109 | .78 | 1.58 | 1.81 | 2.30 | .12 | .44 | 6.43 | .03 | 2.41 |
| Kensington | 179,400 | 15.8 | 13.2 | 79 | .09 | .01 | .06 | .10 | .02 | 10.5 | .75 | 1.22 | 1.11 | 1.76 | 1.49 | 1.66 | .16 | .29 | 1.76 | .06 | .78 |
| Hammersmith | 134,500 | 17.5 | 12.0 | 65 | .05 | .02 | .09 | .24 | .02 | 10.6 | .92 | 1.08 | .71 | 1.61 | 217 | 1.55 | .07 | .35 | 6.40 | .01 | 105 |
| Fulham | 163,700 | 17.2 | 10.7 | 75 | .01 | .02 | .06 | .22 | — | 14.2 | .97 | .92 | .78 | 1.25 | 2.41 | 1.66 | .06 | .45 | 7.49 | .02 | 1.94 |
| Chelsea | 64,820 | 14.4 | 13.7 | 68 | .05 | _ | .11 | .11 | .02 | 12.8 | .83 | 113 | .88 | 2.02 | 1 33 | 2.66 | .06 | .50 | 3.22 | — | 1.66 |
| Westminster, City of | 139,600 | 10.7 | 12.4 | 69 | .01 | _ | .12 | .11 | .03 | 8.5 | .85 | .97 | .76 | 1.76 | 1.47 | 2.07 | .12 | .32 | 3.28 | .01 | .42 |
| St. Marylebone | 106,100 | 14.1 | 11.9 | 64 | — | .02 | .07 | .21 | .02 | 17.4 | .78 | 1.23 | .81 | 1.60 | 1.64 | 1.25 | .18 | .36 | 4 02 | •02 | •67 |
| Hampstead | 88,040 | 12.2 | 10.5 | 55 | .02 | .01 | .02 | .05 | — | 6.5 | .59 | .66 | .55 | 1.61 | 2 03 | 1.80 | .14 | .25 | .93 | .02 | .82 |
| St. Pancras | 215,900 | 18.0 | 12.7 | 72 | .01 | _ | .15 | .33 | .01 | 12.9 | .91 | 105 | 1.23 | 1.54 | 302 | 3.26 | .08 | .54 | 5.94 | .03 | 1.42 |
| Islington | 339,200 | 19.3 | 12.3 | 63 | .07 | .02 | .06 | .19 | .01 | 10.4 | 1.10 | 1.29 | .84 | 1.62 | 3.37 | 2.70 | .03 | .32 | 3.52 | .01 | .40 |
| Stoke Newington | 53,190 | 15.4 | 11.9 | 67 | — | — | .08 | .11 | .02 | 8.5 | .92 | .90 | .79 | 1.37 | 1.30 | 1.40 | — | .19 | 3.67 | — | .28 |
| Hackney | 228,300 | 17.9 | 11.5 | 65 | .08 | .02 | .13 | .15 | .01 | 11.7 | .88 | .94 | .74 | 1.32 | 2.31 | 2.90 | .03 | .25 | 318 | .02 | .15 |
| Holborn | 43,315 | 12.2 | 12.5 | 63 | _ | .02 | .05 | .21 | .02 | 11.4 | 1.04 | .95 | 1.27 | 1.52 | 211 | 1.90 | .14 | .35 | 3.81 | .02 | 1.27 |
| Finsbury | 77,560 | 22.4 | 13.5 | 60 | .14 | _ | .08 | .19 | .04 | 13.8 | 1.42 | 112 | 1.52 | 1.48 | 3.67 | 3.27 | .09 | .94 | 6.91 | .03 | 1.05 |
| London, City of (b) | 13,629 | 7.4 | 11.9 | 59 | .07 | _ | .07 | .15 | _ | 19.8 | .59 | 117 | .81 | .88 | 1.77 | 1.40 | — | .59 | 9.93 | — | .74 |
| Shoreditch | 107,300 | 24.5 | 13.2 | 88 | .32 | .05 | .14 | .28 | .01 | 15.6 | 119 | 1.37 | 1.38 | 113 | 4.53 | 411 | .02 | .66 | 4.96 | .02 | 2.68 |
| Bethnal Green | 119,800 | 22.0 | 11.9 | 81 | .12 | .03 | .14 | .53 | .01 | 21.3 | 103 | 109 | .80 | 1.27 | 2.78 | 416 | .10 | .77 | 2.67 | .03 | 1.76 |
| Stepney | 255,370 | 20.8 | 12.2 | 76 | .11 | .02 | .09 | .27 | — | 21.5 | 1.26 | 1.33 | .84 | 1.24 | 2.34 | 2.54 | .11 | .52 | 2.82 | .01 | .87 |
| Poplar | 168,500 | 22.7 | 11.7 | 76 | .17 | _ | .04 | .36 | — | 13.6 | .93 | 1.55 | .98 | 115 | 2.80 | 218 | .01 | .46 | 3.93 | .04 | 3.78 |
| Southwark | 189,000 | 21.3 | 13.2 | 78 | .14 | 04 | 16 | 28 | _ | 12.4 | 1.08 | 1.34 | 1.11 | 1.40 | 3.93 | 4.80 | .03 | .64 | 2.75 | .03 | 1.39 |
| Bermondsey | 123,000 | 22.6 | 12.8 | 76 | .17 | .02 | .24 | .22 | — | 6.1 | 117 | 1.59 | .98 | 1.47 | 2.91 | 4.36 | .04 | .29 | 3.25 | .02 | .97 |
| Lambeth | 311,100 | 17.8 | 12.4 | 64 | .02 | .03 | .18 | .16 | .02 | 8.3 | 100 | .99 | 101 | 1.53 | 3.35 | 2.67 | .08 | .43 | 4.88 | .01 | .81 |
| Battersea | 172,100 | 18.5 | 10.5 | 58 | .02 | .05 | .06 | .12 | .01 | 5.0 | .91 | .62 | .86 | 1.37 | 3.22 | 2.66 | .05 | .39 | 1.89 | .01 | 1.70 |
| Wandsworth | 340,900 | 14.3 | 10.5 | 54 | .00 | .03 | .08 | .11 | 01 | 5.5 | .75 | .56 | .72 | 136 | 2.33 | 2.23 | .17 | .35 | 1.85 | .03 | 1.33 |
| Camber well | 275,400 | 17.7 | 11.1 | 64 | .08 | .05 | .15 | .15 | _ | 6.4 | .99 | 108 | .84 | 1.28 | 3.26 | 3.36 | .05 | .43 | 2.06 | .01 | .49 |
| Deptford | 115,900 | 18.8 | 12.1 | 63 | .27 | .03 | .20 | .15 | — | 5.5 | .90 | .98 | 1.06 | 1.42 | 2.47 | 5.03 | .03 | .55 | 7.38 | .02 | 1.31 |
| Greenwich | 102,936 | 18.7 | 11.4 | 70 | .19 | .04 | .14 | .17 | .01 | 9.8 | 1.05 | .77 | 1.00 | 1.23 | 2.96 | 4.23 | .08 | .50 | 4.64 | .03 | .94 |
| Lewisham | 185,600 | 15.7 | 10.4 | 56 | .02 | .01 | .09 | .10 | .01 | 6.9 | .64 | .72 | .83 | 1.50 | 2.04 | 1.32 | .24 | .30 | 3.79 | .01 | .69 |
| Woolwich | 140,740 | 17.8 | 10.8 | 55 | .06 | .03 | .09 | .12 | .03 | 2.7 | 1.14 | .69 | .78 | 1.37 | 2.47 | 2.09 | .11 | .31 | 3.50 | .03 | 1.94 |
| London | 4,602,000 | 17.9 | 11.9 | 68 | 07 | .02 | .11 | .19 | 01 | 10.8 | .95 | 104 | .90 | 1.44 | 266 | 272 | 09 | .42 | 383 | .02 | 118 |
(a) Thirteen notifications of smallpox were received, eleven in Bethnal Green and two in Lambeth. Of the Bethnal Green cases one proved fatal, and in three instances the diagnosis
of smallpox was not confirmed. (6) Including Inner and Middle Temples.
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