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London County Council 1932

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

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Table: Vital statistics for the metropolitan boroughs and the county of London in the year 1932. (Rates per 1,000 of civil population.)

Vital statistics for the metropolitan boroughs and the county of London in the year 1932. (Rates per 1,000 of civil population.)

Metropolitan boroughs. Arranged in topographical order.)Estimated resident populntion 1932.Births.Deaths.Infant mortality (per 1,000 births).MeaslesScarlet [ever.Diphtheria.Whooping cough.Typhoid fever.Diarrhoea and Enteritis, age 0-2 (per 1,000 births).Phthisis.Pneumonia.Bronchitis.Cancer.Maternal mortality (per 1,000 births).Notifications of Infectious disease.
Scarlet fever.Diphtheria.Typhoid fever.Erysipelas.Cere-bro-spinal fever.Acute pneumonia.
Western
Paddington143,60013.813.3107.18-.09.09-27.2.751.04.451.773.032.001.40.03.41.061.73
Kensington183,50012.913.698.25.02.16.20.0126.2.581.02.441.613.812.782.43.08.44.051.28
Hammersmith133,70014.512.866.22.03.06.04.0110.81.01.85.601.543.614.431.44.03.39.061.34
Fulham149,60014.312.458.17.01.07.08.0110.3.92.82.311.583.283.641.19.07.71.071.62
Chelsea59,43011.912.952.15.02.03.10-16.9.81.82.301.85-2.961.66.12.61.022.03
Westminster, City of126,4009.312.567.02.02.02.02-8.5.75.90.471.505.101.53.60.06.39.06.41
Northern
St. Marylebone96,43010.913.187.19-.01.15-23.7.69.80.351.863.802.00.87.07.57.02.80
Hampstead90,13010.911.654.03.02.04-.018.2.36.58.261.932.041.90.76.09.28.01.77
St. Pancras194,00014.013.269.14.03.05.13.0120.6.86.95.501.895.162.671.55.04.61.071.28
Islington319,10016.012.768.16.02.06.09-12.1.851.05.521.712.743.091.89.05.52.041.08
Stoke Newington51,68015.012.954.14.04.08--10.3.95.77.541.685.162.651.50.10.54.08.37
Hackney214,20014.511.554.23.02.05.06-6.1.71.71.421.533.533.111.58.04.58.03.83
Central.
Holbom36,4409.614.272.03-.05--31.5.93.91.741.955.731.602.12.11.50.03.83
Finsbury69,03016.013.488.42.04.10.17-11.71.06.96.971.48-3.992.65.04.57.071.40
City of London (a)10,3706.412.445.10-.10.10--.68.87-1.83-2.812.04.19.68-.29
Eastren.
Shoreditch95,80017.512.380.63.06.07.04-15.5.921.00.401.542.394.863.10.05.41.13.35
Bethnal Green106,30015.412.169.40.03.16.09.0115.3.93.87.401.521.225.563.34.05.91.061.48
Stepney223,00016.812.560.30.03.10.06.0012.0.85.94.421.722.414.443.62.05.86.151.64
Poplar152,40017.212.163.20.02.10.04.025.7.88.93.681.354.204.242.99.03.53.082.48
Southern.
South wark168,90016.213.172.31.02.08.12-12.51.011.00.401.564.043.712.67.01.46.051.11
Bermondsey110,10016.612.157.25.01.09.15-7.61.061.01.321.642.734.072.40.02.45.08.93
Lambeth292,30014.812.556.14.01.11.08.0110.2.851.01.511.512.092.681.51.05.46.041.31
Battersea157,00014.812158.15.03.06.07-9.5.90.66.461.711.723.822.29.03.59.082.38
Wandsworth353,30011.811.663.10.01.04.06.0014.6.69.51.501.542.882.221.02.05.38.021.55
Camberwell248,00014.612.065.12.01.06.07-10.2.86.84.561.602.223.621.89.03.39.041.03
Deptford105,10015.912.365.22.04.06.09.0113.8.88.78.501.743.005.192.28.02.71.04.96
Greenwinh99,59014.812.081.22.01.07.08-16.2.77.82.441.582.714.292.36.07.68.061.32
Lewisham221,50012.710.255.08.02.06.05.007.1.59.58.421.423.552.321.02.01.44.061.38
Woolwich146,90014.011.160.17.02.05.05.013.9.95.55.461.432.923.641.51.02.30.081.66
London, 19324,357,80014.312.367.19.02.07.08.0012.5.82.84.471.612.993.261.87.04.51.061.31
London, 1931 (b)4,417,20714.912.365.03.02.06.07.019.7.881.01.591.623.812.721.90.04.52.041.56

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(a) Including Inner and Middle Temple, (b) Figures etc., calculated on revised population estimate.