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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 1930
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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| Metropolitan Boroughs. | Childbirth deaths per 1,000 births. | Number of deaths in Childbirth. 1930. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920-27. | 1928-30. | ||||||||
| Puerperal fever. | Other causes. | Total. | Puerperal fever. | Other causes. | Total. | Puerperal fever. | Other causes. | Total. | |
| Paddington | 1.5 | 1.8 | 3.3 | 1.9 | 1.5 | 3.4 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Kensington | 1.9 | 1.7 | 3.6 | 2.5 | 1.3 | 3.8 | 6 | — | 6 |
| Hammersmith | 2.1 | 1.7 | 3.8 | 2.1 | 1.8 | 3.9 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| Fulham | 1.9 | 1.6 | 3.5 | 2.9 | 1.3 | 4.2 | 9 | 5 | 14 |
| Chelsea | 1.9 | 29 | 4.8 | 21 | 3.0 | 5.1 | 2 | — | 2 |
| Westminster | 1.5 | 2.9 | 4.4 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 7.5 | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| St. Marylebone | 2.1 | 2.6 | 4.7 | 2.6 | 2.9 | 5.5 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| Hampstead | 1.8 | 1.6 | 3.4 | 2.0 | 3.7 | 5.7 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| St. Pancras | 1.4 | 1.7 | 31 | 0.7 | 1.5 | 2.2 | . | 4 | 4 |
| Islington | 1.4 | 1.5 | 2.9 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 3.6 | 10 | 9 | 19 |
| Stoke Newington | 2.5 | 1.9 | 4.4 | 1.7 | 3.5 | 5.2 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Hackney | 1.8 | 1.5 | 3.3 | 1.6 | 2.0 | 3.6 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| Holborn | 2.9 | 0.6 | 3.5 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 3.2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Finsbury | 0.9 | 14 | 2.3 | 2.9 | 1.2 | 4.1 | 7 | 3 | 10 |
| London, City of | 2.0 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 0.8 | — | 0.8 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Shoreditch | 1.1 | 1.2 | 2.3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 3.0 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| Bethnal Green | 0.9 | 1.6 | 2.5 | 2.0 | 0.8 | 2.8 | 4 | — | 4 |
| Stepney | 1.0 | 1.4 | 2.4 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 2.5 | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| Poplar | 1.2 | 1.7 | 2.9 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 2.4 | — | 4 | |
| Southwark | 1.3 | 1.4 | 2.7 | 1.9 | 0.9 | 2.8 | 7 | 2 | 9 |
| Bermondsey | 1.1 | 1.8 | 2.9 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 3.0 | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| Lambeth | 1.8 | 1.3 | 3.1 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 2.8 | 7 | 7 | 14 |
| Battersea | 0.9 | 1.9 | 2.8 | 1.1 | 1.6 | 2.7 | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| Wandsworth | 1.6 | 1.7 | 3.3 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 4.4 | 7 | 12 | 19 |
| Camberwell | 1.7 | 1.5 | 3.2 | 2.5 | 1.6 | 4.1 | 15 | 5 | 20 |
| Deptford | 1.6 | 1.7 | 3.3 | 2.0 | 1.1 | 3.1 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Greenwich | 1.0 | 1.4 | 2.4 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 2.6 | 4 | — | 4 |
| Lewisham | 1.1 | 1.9 | 3.0 | 1.7 | 1.2 | 2.9 | 3 | — | 3 |
| Woolwich | 1.2 | 1.6 | 2.8 | 2.2 | 3.0 | 5.2 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| London | 1.5 | 16 | 3.1 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 3.5 | 134 | 97 | 231 |
The deaths per thousand births, i.e., the maternal mortality, in 1930, are shown
in the table on page 10, but owing to the smallness of the figures the death-rates for
a single year may be misleading ; the relative mortality in the various boroughs can
only be correctly inferred from rates covering a considerable period as, for instance,
those shown in the above table for the eight years 1920-27. It will be seen during
this period that the boroughs with the lowest maternal mortality per thousand births
were Finsbury, Shoreditch, Greenwich and Stepney; and that the highest mortality
occurred in Chelsea, St. Marylebone, Westminster and Stoke Newington, which have
also the highest rates in the period 1928-30.
There were 291 notifications of fevers of the enteric group in London in 1930
(53 weeks) compared with 351 in 1929 (52 weeks).
The deaths in the calendar year numbered 26, as against 45 in 1929. This is
the lowest number of deaths recorded in London from this cause.
Enteric
fevers.