Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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Vital statistics for the metropolitan boroughs and the County of London in the year 1934. (Rates per 1,000 of population.)
Metropolitan boroughs arranged in topographical order. | Estimated resident population 1934. | Births. | Deaths. | Infant mortality (per 1,000 births). | Measles | Scarlet fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping rough. | Typhoid fever. | Diarrhœa and enteritis, age 0.2 (per 1,000 births) | Pulmonary tuberculosis. | Pneumonia. | Bronchitis. | Cancer. | Maternal mortality (per 1,000 births). | Notifications of infectious disease. | |||||
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Scarlet fever. | Diphtheria. | Typhoid fever. | Erysipelas. | Cerebrospinal fever. | Acute pneumonia. | ||||||||||||||||
Paddington | 139,790 | 13.7 | 12.5 | 95 | .16 | — | .09 | .08 | .01 | 22.9 | .61 | .84 | .39 | 1.59 | 4.69 | 3.4 | 1.75 | .06 | .47 | .02 | 1.36 |
Kensington | 179,080 | 12.3 | 13.3 | 93 | .31 | .02 | .08 | .15 | — | 24.1 | .58 | .98 | .30 | 1.90 | 1.37 | 3.23 | 2.14 | .04 | .45 | .02 | 1.00 |
Hammersmith | 129,170 | 13.8 | 12.9 | 77 | .27 | .03 | .19 | .15 | — | 12.3 | .89 | .78 | .54 | 1.82 | 5.05 | 4.68 | 4.25 | — | .60 | .05 | 1.21 |
Fulham | 145,400 | 13.7 | 12.6 | 59 | .21 | .01 | .21 | .05 | .01 | 8.5 | .77 | .87 | .35 | 1.91 | 3.01 | 4.74 | 3.25 | .03 | .81 | .03 | 1.26 |
Chelsea | 58,160 | 10.8 | 13.4 | 65 | .14 | _ | .17 | .07 | — | 11.1 | .57 | .86 | .33 | 1.79 | 4.76 | 3.26 | 2.36 | .05 | .66 | .02 | 1.78 |
Westminster, city of | 124,050 | 9.4 | 11.9 | 66 | .10 | .02 | .07 | .08 | — | 13.7 | .69 | .66 | .41 | 1.87 | 3.42 | 2.77 | 1.24 | .04 | .46 | .02 | .39 |
St. Marylebone | 92,320 | 9.0 | 12.7 | 61 | .12 | — | .02 | .05 | .01 | 180 | .67 | .80 | .36 | 1.95 | 4.80 | 2.29 | 1.13 | .04 | .62 | .01 | .76 |
Haropstead | 90,000 | 10.4 | 11.3 | 53 | .10 | .01 | .09 | .03 | .02 | 7.4 | .59 | .64 | .31 | 1.62 | 4.26 | 2.28 | 1.46 | .01 | .35 | .02 | 1.07 |
St. Pancras | 187,540 | 13.2 | 12.9 | 65 | .16 | .01 | .10 | .05 | 12.6 | .84 | 1.13 | .45 | 1.79 | 4.05 | 3.76 | 2.45 | .03 | .82 | .02 | 1.88 | |
Islington | 308,170 | 15.1 | 12.2 | 63 | .12 | .01 | .10 | .06 | .00 | 9.0 | .82 | 1.07 | .61 | 1.90 | 2.36 | 3.54 | 2.66 | .02 | .63 | 04 | .86 |
Stoke Newington | 50,620 | 13.7 | 11.6 | 61 | .08 | .02 | .12 | .02 | — | 7.2 | .73 | .61 | .55 | 1.66 | 1.44 | 3.07 | 1.66 | .02 | .63 | .04 | .48 |
Hackney | 211,120 | 14.3 | 11.8 | 56 | .13 | .02 | .13 | .03 | — | 10.3 | .74 | .90 | .40 | 1.70 | 1.66 | 4.63 | 2.88 | .01 | .57 | .02 | 1.03 |
Holborn | 36,000 | 8.6 | 12.2 | 71 | .11 | _ | .14 | .06 | .03 | 12.9 | .75 | .78 | .53 | 1.44 | 3.24 | 2.12 | 2.14 | .11 | .31 | .03 | 1.03 |
Finsbury | 64,970 | 15.1 | 13.4 | 54 | .25 | .03 | .20 | .08 | — | 13.3 | .86 | 1.06 | .52 | 1.95 | — | 6.30 | 3.89 | — | .96 | .11 | 1.0 |
City of London (a) | 10,060 | 6.0 | 10.4 | 133 | — | — | — | — | — | 33.3 | .89 | 1.19 | .20 | 1.49 | — | 3.99 | 1.69 | — | .80 | .10 | .40 |
Shoreditch | 90,630 | 16.1 | 13.1 | 84 | .32 | .02 | .14 | .13 | 21.3 | .93 | 1.34 | .74 | 1.48 | 0.69 | 4.53 | 4.01 | .65 | .03 | .66 | ||
Bethnal Green | 102,060 | 14.3 | 11.8 | 73 | .33 | .01 | .10 | .08 | .01 | 21.9 | .73 | .99 | .43 | 1.77 | 2.05 | 4.35 | 3.63 | .03 | .79 | .03 | 1.51 |
Stepney | 214,990 | 15.4 | 12.4 | 85 | .41 | .02 | .10 | .09 | .00 | 20.0 | .87 | 1.09 | .37 | 1.49 | 4.54 | 3.99 | 3.51 | .02 | .76 | .06 | 1.46 |
Poplar | 146,370 | 15.5 | 12.3 | 62 | .31 | .03 | .15 | .08 | — | 7.9 | .77 | .98 | .67 | 1.70 | 3.53 | 4.27 | 5.01 | .02 | .57 | .05 | 3.67 |
Southwark | 159,930 | 15.0 | 13.5 | 77 | .41 | .03 | .13 | .08 | — | 16.3 | .89 | 1.22 | .44 | 1.68 | 2.51 | 4.69 | 3.76 | — | .61 | .08 | 1.13 |
Bermondsey | 105,060 | 14.8 | 12.5 | 64 | .36 | .02 | .11 | .09 | .01 | 14.8 | .88 | 1.07 | .69 | 1.60 | 2.57 | 5.70 | 3.55 | .02 | .70 | .02 | 1.15 |
Lambeth | 283,900 | 14.2 | 12.7 | 63 | .24 | .01 | .16 | .05 | .00 | 9.4 | .82 | .96 | .46 | 1.78 | 2.48 | 4.75 | 2.79 | .01 | .59 | .04 | 1.18 |
Battersea | 150,870 | 14.3 | 12.5 | 61 | .21 | . | .13 | .05 | — | 12.5 | .72 | .66 | .71 | 1.59 | 3.25 | 4.47 | 4.07 | .02 | .52 | .01 | 2.27 |
Wandsworth | 345,250 | 110 | 11.2 | 58 | .10 | .02 | .06 | .03 | .01 | 9.5 | .68 | .59 | .44 | 1.73 | 2.90 | 4.46 | 1.74 | .06 | .44 | .03 | 1.40 |
Camberwell | 238,360 | 13.2 | 12.3 | 68 | .13 | .02 | .08 | .04 | _ | 11.1 | .85 | .87 | .50 | 1.68 | 2.54 | 3.77 | 2.11 | .00 | .59 | .03 | .87 |
Deptford | 101,380 | 15.8 | 13.1 | 68 | .42 | .01 | .19 | .18 | _ | 16.3 | .91 | .83 | .59 | 1.86 | 3.13 | 5.21 | 2.91 | .01 | .55 | .03 | 1.36 |
Greenwich | 97,250 | 13.7 | 12.2 | 87 | .16 | .03 | .05 | .06 | .01 | 22.4 | .75 | .96 | .63 | 1.63 | 2.99 | 6.43 | 4.34 | .02 | .71 | .02 | 1.58 |
Lewisham | 222,180 | 12.2 | 100 | 43 | .09 | .02 | .12 | .06 | .00 | 3.3 | .58 | .68 | .35 | 1.56 | 1.47 | 5.75 | 2.17 | .03 | .65 | .02 | 1.34 |
Woolwich | 145,520 | 13.7 | 11 .3 | 63 | .07 | .02 | .08 | .09 | 4.5 | .82 | .87 | .40 | 1.53 | 1.50 | 6.56 | 2.87 | .06 | .84 | .02 | 1.82 | |
(a) Including New and Middle Temple. |