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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
London County Council 1928
[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 1928. (Rates per 1,000 of civil population.)
| Metropolitan borouglis. (ArrangedId topographical order.) | Estimated civil population. 1928. | 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. | Pneu-monia. | Bronchitis. | Maternal nty (per 1,000 births) | Notified rases of infectious disease.(a) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet fever. | Diphtheria. | Ty Pho id fever. | Erysipelas. | Cerebrospinal fever. | Acute pneumonia. | ||||||||||||||||
| Paddington | 145,200 | 15.0 | 13.0 | 85 | .49 | .03 | .05 | .09 | .01 | 10.6 | .72 | 104 | .47 | 1.79 | 3.22 | 3.58 | 2.11 | .17 | .62 | .03 | 1.79 |
| Kensington | 178,200 | 14.3 | 13.1 | 85 | .33 | .01 | .08 | .06 | .01 | 8.2 | .60 | 106 | .58 | 1.78 | 2.73 | 2.30 | 1.78 | .45 | .33 | .01 | .84 |
| Hammersmith | 136,300 | 16.6 | 11.4 | 69 | .17 | .02 | .04 | .04 | .01 | 12.8 | .89 | .77 | .56 | 1.52 | 4.42 | 2.42 | 2.71 | .06 | .38 | .02 | .97 |
| Fulham | 155,300 | 15.4 | 11.5 | 78 | .10 | .01 | .09 | .09 | .01 | 25.1 | .77 | .71 | .37 | 1.46 | 2.51 | 2.69 | 2.32 | .27 | .52 | .03 | 1.92 |
| Chelsea | 63,630 | 12.7 | 13.5 | 48 | .05 | — | .06 | .03 | .02 | 1.2 | .97 | .79 | .44 | 2.01 | 3.73 | 1.86 | 2.32 | .21 | .55 | — | 1.71 |
| Westminster, City of | 129,700 | 10.4 | 11.7 | 59 | .04 | .01 | .10 | .02 | .04 | 9.4 | .73 | .72 | .51 | 1.73 | 13.06 | 1.59 | 1.48 | .21 | .36 | — | .20 |
| St. Marylebone | 104,000 | 12.7 | 11.9 | 80 | .36 | .02 | .12 | .10 | .02 | 13.7 | .83 | .83 | .44 | 1.45 | 6.82 | 2.09 | 1.55 | .22 | .64 | — | .44 |
| Hampstead | 85,880 | 11.6 | 11.7 | 54 | .08 | .01 | .03 | — | .01 | 7.0 | .45 | .73 | .59 | 1.96 | 6.00 | 2.35 | 1.21 | .15 | .43 | — | .61 |
| St. Pancras | 205,600 | 16.0 | 12.9 | 79 | .62 | .00 | .06 | .12 | .01 | 13.3 | .95 | 104 | .68 | 1.60 | 2.12 | 3.00 | 1.99 | .08 | .47 | .02 | 1.66 |
| Islington | 324,700 | 17.9 | 12.8 | 64 | .49 | .02 | .07 | .08 | .01 | 11.7 | .96 | 1.08 | .71 | 1.63 | 4.13 | 4.04 | 2.35 | .06 | .41 | .01 | 1.05 |
| Stoke Newington | 50,690 | 15.3 | 12.5 | 61 | .14 | — | .02 | .10 | — | 2.6 | .75 | .53 | .55 | 1.70 | 6.45 | 2.98 | 1.75 | .08 | .28 | — | .46 |
| Hackney | 217,200 | 16.0 | 11.7 | 68 | .13 | .03 | .13 | .05 | .01 | 106 | .74 | 1.02 | .56 | 1.57 | 4.31 | 4.39 | 3.43 | .08 | .19 | .01 | .33 |
| Holborn | 39,280 | 12.0 | 13.5 | 57 | .20 | — | .05 | .10 | 12.7 | 1.04 | 1.27 | 1-32 | 1.68 | 2.11 | 2.89 | 1.54 | .26 | .59 | .03 | 1.48 | |
| Finsbury | 72,010 | 20.4 | 15.1 | 84 | .71 | .01 | .15 | .28 | .01 | 7.5 | 1.29 | 1.42 | 111 | 1.65 | 3.40 | 3.28 | 3.37 | .08 | .70 | .03 | 1.76 |
| London, City of (b) | 11,710 | 7.1 | 12.3 | 72 | — | — | .09 | — | - | 111 | .60 | .51 | 1.37 | 12. 05 | 2.06 | 2.15 | — | .26 | — | .43 | |
| Shoreditch | 101,200 | 20.7 | 13.6 | 78 | .58 | .03 | .13 | .05 | — | 12.0 | 1.19 | 1.28 | .63 | 1.41 | 3.34 | 5.32 | 4.49 | .10 | .49 | .02 | 2.72 |
| Bethnal Green | 112,200 | 19.0 | 11.7 | 74 | .39 | .02 | .08 | .11 | — | 15.4 | .94 | 1.04 | .61 | 1.42 | 1.40 | 5.60 | 3.43 | .06 | .84 | .03 | 2.04 |
| Stepney | 244,000 | 18.5 | 11.9 | 73 | .41 | .02 | .11 | .11 | .02 | 15.9 | 1.06 | .95 | .59 | 1.27 | 2.00 | 5.89 | 3.22 | .22 | .63 | .02 | 1.56 |
| Poplar | 162,000 | 19.9 | 11.8 | 72 | .35 | .01 | .15 | .12 | .02 | 13.0 | .94 | 1.15 | .69 | 1.28 | 2.48 | 4.44 | 3.46 | .04 | .56 | .01 | 3.49 |
| Southwark | 181,300 | 19.2 | 13.0 | 71 | .40 | .02 | .07 | .14 | .01 | 8.6 | 1.09 | 1.08 | .74 | 1.41 | 3.17 | 3.73 | 3.72 | .04 | .50 | 03 | 1.85 |
| Bermondsey | 115,200 | 19.8 | 13.2 | 79 | .76 | .03 | .15 | .24 | .01 | 6.6 | 1.28 | 1.53 | .74 | 1.22 | 2.20 | 4.30 | 5.26 | .02 | .38 | .02 | .47 |
| Lambeth | 298,100 | 16.8 | 12.3 | 61 | .20 | .02 | .08 | .13 | .01 | 7.0 | .93 | .90 | .46 | 1.68 | 2.20 | 3.28 | 2.74 | .12 | .46 | .01 | 1.78 |
| Battersea | 164,100 | 16.7 | 11.9 | 64 | .22 | .03 | .16 | .09 | .01 | 9.5 | .84 | .89 | .62 | 1.51 | 2.55 | 3.30 | 4.44 | .07 | .52 | .04 | 2.29 |
| Wandsworth | 347,300 | 13.3 | 10.9 | 50 | .11 | .01 | .04 | .03 | .01 | 6.7 | .71 | .70 | .43 | 1.45 | 4.12 | 2.21 | 1.77 | .15 | .41 | .01 | 1.46 |
| Camber well | 260,400 | 15.9 | 11.9 | 62 | .41 | .02 | .08 | .10 | .01 | 8.5 | .93 | .91 | .61 | 1.46 | 4.35 | 3.47 | 2.86 | .06 | .53 | .01 | .76 |
| Deptford | 112,400 | 16.3 | 12.0 | 76 | .27 | .02 | .12 | .13 | .01 | 10.9 | .95 | 1.05 | .62 | 1.35 | 6.02 | 3.99 | 4.17 | .07 | .68 | .04 | 1.36 |
| Greenwich | 100,200 | 16.9 | 11.6 | 56 | .26 | .01 | .15 | .08 | .02 | 7.0 | 1.08 | .75 | .45 | 1.44 | 4.09 | 3.77 | 4.70 | .12 | .72 | .02 | 1.31 |
| Lewisham | 199,300 | 15.2 | 10.0 | 52 | .18 | .02 | .08 | .08 | .03 | 7.2 | .78 | .74 | .55 | 1.26 | 2.31 | 2.56 | 1.65 | .21 | .31 | .01 | .79 |
| Woolwich | 141,100 | 15.5 | 11.0 | 50 | .06 | .04 | .10 | .11 | .01 | 4.0 | 1.03 | .50 | .80 | 1.48 | 5.73 | 3.75 | 2.07 | .11 | .63 | .01 | 1.52 |
| London | 4,458,200 | 16.2 | 12.1 | 67 | 30 | 09 | 01 | 10.3 | 1.52 | 3.59 | 3.45 | 2.74 | 02 | 1.38 | |||||||
(a) The distribution of the 296 notifications of smallpox in London during 1928 is shown in the table on page . One case proved fatal (in Southwark).
(b) Including Inner and. Middle Temple.
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