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London County Council 1926

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]

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Vital statistics for the several metropolitan boroughs and the County of London in the year 1926. (Rates per 1,000 of civil population.)

Metropolitan boroughs. (Arranged in topographical order.)Estimated civil population, 1926.Births.Deaths.Infant mortality (per 1,000 births).MeaslesScarlet fever.Diphtheria.Whoop ing cough.Typhoid fever.Diarrhœa and Enteritis, age 0-2 (per 1,000 births).Phthi sis.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.
Western.
Paddington146,70015.412.786.23.01.14.06.0125.2.701.00.751.671.373.18.08.526.22.031.78
Kensington179,80015.112.861.14.02.12.04.0113.6.72.98.941 .911.672.40.17.383.32.02.82
Hammersmith134,40016.311.465.17.01.10.08-9.1.93.82.721.682.071.90.06.223.21.01.75
Fulham164,30016.310.866.29.02.09.06-12.7.96.83.541.62] .902.11.05.485.63.021.79
Chelsea64,82013.312.665.25.02.09.12.0217.4.851.00.591.801.763.11.03.534.65-2.21
Westminster, City of138,40011.311.761.17-.65.01.019.3.85.95.631.52.88.1.51.07.292.50-l.50
Northern.
St. Marylebone105,80012.813.085.31.01.09.09-14.0.941.06.871.671.171.84.10.418.12.02.84
Hampstead87,53012.310.660.10.01.10-.015.6.58.72.421.541.292.03.14.243.72-.65
St. Pancras216,40016.712.475.30.01.06.11.0014.1.84.821.161.452.002.43.06.383.87.011.29
Islington339,20018.512.169.21.04.09.08.0012.3.851 .26.741.362.982.19.05.354.31.02.74
Stoke Newington53,08015.611.149.11-.09.02.026.0.96.53.581.853.661.59.11.369.67.02.42
Hackney22.50017.310.859.05.02.11.02.0218.0.81.85.671.403.312.84.04.267.36.01.22
Central.
Holborn .43,20012.412.190.14.02.09.02_22.4.60.901.551.462.001.74.12.323.75.05.91
finsbury77,55020.612. 969.27.03.06.06_10.01.151.071 .331.283.272.39.03.531.88.011.11
London, City of (b)13,5208.011.065---.07.-18.5.67.59.441.782.893.71.45--.67
Eastern.
Shoreditch.107,40023.312.268.26.04.12.01.0110.41.281.14.981.174.013.53.06.494 .01.042.60
Bethnal Green119,60020.911.772.36—.18.03.0115.21.021.08.871.203.925.40.12.682.81.031.90
Stepney255,40019.711.966.26.04.13.03.0218.61.051.25.881.233.753.01.14.543.18.021.04
poplar169.00021.911.571.23.02.013.06.0216.4.801.21.951.294.002.97.03.423.56.023.16
.Southern.
Southwark188,60020.213.070.28.02.17.03.0213.41.121.081.001.382.765.02.05.395.00.041.40
Bermondsey123,10020.712.156.19.04.34.01_9.01.151.05.801.283.515.82.02.243.53.04.92
Lambeth311,00017.211.755.21.01.14.07.018.8.87.98.671.602.412.32.03.316.36.02.71
Battersea171,90017.311.462.25.01.12.08.019.4.82.86.761.533.603.52.02.433.71.012.25
Wandsworth342,10014.310.664.16.01.08.05-6.3.72.65.601.451.892.29.06.323.49011.45
Camber well275,40016.611.266.18.02.21.03-10.9.92.83.891.463.063.86.05.443.72.01.64
Deptford115,70018.211.356.27.01.16.04.029.0.79.93.721.373.414.94.02.505.23.02.158
Greenwich103,30017.711.062.14.02.12.04.019.2.91.87.791.213.604.88.0 7.634.89-1.15
Lewisham187,80015.410.143.10.02.06.05.014 9.72.85.681.372.552.10.08.301.74.01.88
Woolwich141,90016.810.243.08.03.07.02.015.31.04.57.731.392.832.55.06.331 .63.041.99
London4,605,40017.111.664.20.02.12.05.0112.0.88.94.791.462.682.9507.394.24.021-22
(a)Five cases of smallpox occurred during the yrear, two in St. Marylebone, and one each in St. Pancrs, Lslington and Lambeth The Lambeth case proved fatal. (b) Including inner and Middle Temples.

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