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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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Vital statistics for the several metropolitan boroughs and the County of London in the year 1930. (Rates per 1,000 of civil population.)
| Metropolitan boroughs. (Arranged in topographical order.) | Estimated civil population 1930. (Provisional figures.) | Births. (a) | Deaths. | Infant mortalty (per 1,000 births). | Measles | Scarlet fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping cough. | Typhoid fever. | Diarrhœa and Enteritis, age 0-2 (per 1,000 births). | Phthisis. | Pneumonia. | Bronchitis. | Cancer. | Maternal mortality (per 1,000 births). | Notified cases of infectious disease. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet fever. | Diphtheria. | Typhoid fever. | Erysipelas. | Cerebrospinal fever. | Acute pneumonia. | ||||||||||||||||
| Paddington | 141,400 | 15.2 | 12.8 | 78 | .15 | .01 | .08 | .03 | .01 | 13.5 | .74 | .93 | .37 | 1.97 | 2.78 | 2.54 | 2.67 | .08 | .52 | .03 | 1.51 |
| Kensington | 175,200 | 14.7 | 12.8 | 69 | .22 | .02 | .07 | .02 | .01 | 14.7 | .80 | 1.00 | .59 | 1.77 | 2.33 | 2.48 | 2.01 | .19 | .38 | .02 | 1.26 |
| Hammersmith | 135,800 | 16.0 | 11.8 | 64 | .23 | .02 | .15 | .07 | .01 | 101 | .97 | .84 | .56 | 1.58 | 4.14 | 3.60 | 2.80 | .04 | .49 | .02 | 1.18 |
| Fulham | 152,300 | 15.5 | 11.0 | 57 | .18 | .01 | .13 | .03 | .01 | 12.3 | .75 | .81 | .25 | 1.64 | 5.91 | 3.91 | 2.64 | .08 | .48 | .03 | 1 .41 |
| Chelsea | 59,560 | 13.4 | 13.1 | 40 | .14 | .02 | .08 | .03 | — | 6.3 | .93 | .74 | .47 | 2.20 | 2.50 | 2.23 | 1.80 | .07 | .50 | .02 | 1.52 |
| Westminster, City of | 120,500 | 11.0 | 12.5 | 61 | .15 | .02 | .04 | .02 | .02 | 3.7 | .80 | .88 | .50 | 1.86 | 7.32 | 2.00 | 1.96 | .14 | .31 | — | .20 |
| St. Marylebone | 97,310 | 12.8 | 12.0 | 62 | .36 | .01 | .12 | .02 | .01 | 11.2 | .77 | .82 | .42 | 1.75 | 5.62 | 2.27 | 2.50 | .15 | .68 | .04 | .43 |
| Hampstead | 86,530 | 11.6 | 11.3 | 58 | .04 | .02 | .02 | — | — | 5.0 | .44 | .49 | .45 | 1.81 | 5.99 | 2.46 | 1.14 | .14 | .33 | — | .69 |
| St. Pancras | 199,000 | 15.9 | 12.2 | 61 | .15 | .03 | .15 | .02 | .00 | 14.2 | .83 | .81 | .52 | 1.80 | 1.26 | 3.25 | 2.81 | .04 | .59 | .03 | .96 |
| Islington | 322,700 | 17.6 | 12.0 | 69 | .46 | .04 | .11 | .04 | — | 15.8 | .84 | .88 | .51 | 1.44 | 3.34 | 4.00 | 3.80 | .09 | .58 | .02 | 1.09 |
| Stoke Newington | 50,830 | 14.4 | 12.1 | 55 | .22 | .02 | .02 | — | — | 5.5 | .67 | .89 | .30 | 1.48 | 4.10 | 3.08 | 2.48 | .10 | .68 | — | .41 |
| Hackney | 216,000 | 16.3 | 11.0 | 50 | .21 | .02 | .16 | .02 | .00 | 7.4 | .81 | .71 | .37 | 1.48 | 1 .71 | 4.49 | 3.32 | .02 | .48 | .02 | .41 |
| Holborn | 36,200 | 11.2 | 13.5 | 89 | .33 | — | .06 | .03 | — | 12.3 | 1.10 | .97 | .83 | 1.91 | 4.94 | 2.53 | 2.26 | .14 | .84 | — | 1.36 |
| Finsbury | 70,540 | 18.3 | 13.2 | 64 | .62 | .01 | .13 | .08 | .01 | 9.3 | 1.08 | .87 | .83 | 1.59 | 7.74 | 4.42 | 4.66 | .07 | .88 | .01 | 1.51 |
| London, City of (b) | 10,270 | 8.8 | 13.5 | 44 | — | — | .10 | — | .10 | — | .78 | .78 | .29 | 2.04 | 11.11 | 2.11 | 1.82 | .19 | .57 | — | .77 |
| Shoreditch | 98,960 | 20.1 | 12.2 | 65 | .50 | .01 | .20 | .03 | — | 10.1 | .88 | 1.08 | .55 | 1.34 | 3.52 | 4.31 | 3.44 | .04 | .68 | — | .97 |
| Bethnal Green | 109,800 | 17.8 | 11.1 | 60 | .34 | .01 | .13 | .03 | .01 | 9.7 | .87 | 1.03 | .47 | 1.37 | 2.05 | 4.84 | 3.97 | .04 | .80 | — | 1.31 |
| Stepney | 232,700 | 18.0 | 11.7 | 76 | .22 | .03 | .12 | .03 | .01 | 23.7 | .92 | .98 | .39 | 1.35 | 2.37 | 4.08 | 3.24 | .05 | .79 | .03 | 1.51 |
| Poplar | 157,900 | 19.4 | 10.7 | 55 | .19 | .02 | .11 | .02 | — | 6.2 | .84 | .77 | .30 | 1.34 | 1.31 | 3.98 | 3.73 | .04 | .68 | .02 | 2.95 |
| Southwark | 175,300 | 17.1 | 12.7 | 57 | .44 | .02 | .10 | .06 | .01 | 6.3 | 1.20 | .91 | .54 | 1.43 | 3.01 | 4.28 | 3.80 | .01 | .62 | .03 | 1.87 |
| Bermondsey | 113,100 | 18.2 | 13.1 | 64 | .53 | .07 | .11 | .05 | .02 | 7.3 | 1.18 | 1.12 | .60 | 1.47 | 4.86 | 4.47 | 4.07 | .04 | .36 | .04 | 1.07 |
| Lambeth | 295,400 | 16.1 | 12.0 | 57 | .16 | .04 | .13 | .01 | .00 | 9.1 | .94 | .70 | .36 | 1.73 | 2.94 | 3.80 | 3.25 | .05 | .52 | .02 | 1.19 |
| Battersea | 160,700 | 16.5 | 11.5 | 55 | .23 | .01 | .09 | .04 | — | 7.9 | .86 | .63 | .44 | 1.51 | 3.77 | 3.72 | 3.29 | .04 | .48 | .01 | 2.28 |
| Wandsworth | 350,400 | 13.4 | 10.7 | 54 | .14 | .02 | .08 | .02 | .01 | 6.6 | .75 | .54 | .37 | 1.57 | 4.05 | 2.82 | 2.60 | .07 | .44 | .01 | 1.46 |
| Camberwell | 254,300 | 15.0 | 11.0 | 52 | .19 | .02 | .08 | .03 | .01 | 5.0 | .87 | .68 | .50 | 1.60 | 5.25 | 3.92 | 2.36 | .02 | .53 | .01 | .70 |
| Deptford | 108,800 | 16.2 | 11.5 | 61 | .22 | .03 | .04 | .03 | — | 9.7 | 1.04 | .67 | .43 | 1.43 | 2.27 | 5.16 | 3.84 | .02 | .47 | .02 | .67 |
| Greenwich | 99,700 | 15.9 | 10.4 | 48 | .21 | .03 | .13 | .01 | — | 6.2 | 1.02 | .65 | .40 | 1.51 | 2.50 | 5.20 | 3.50 | .07 | .60 | .01 | 1.32 |
| Lewisham | 215,000 | 14.6 | 9.5 | 43 | .04 | .03 | .08 | .04 | .00 | 4.8 | .74 | .53 | .33 | 1.45 | .95 | 4.96 | 2.05 | .07 | .31 | .03 | .92 |
| Woolwich | 141,800 | 14.9 | 10.9 | 42 | .11 | .04 | .04 | .01 | .01 | 4.6 | 1.06 | .71 | .43 | 1.42 | 3.66 | 4.32 | 3.41 | .06 | .52 | .01 | 2.01 |
| London | 4,388,000 | 15.8 | 11.6 | 59 | .23 | .03 | .10 | .03 | .01 | 9.9 | .87 | .78 | .44 | 1.57 | 3.33 | 3.74 | 3.01 | .07 | .54 | .02 | 1. 24 |
(a) The birth-rates are calculated on the total populations. (b) Including Inner and Middle Temple.