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London County Council 1936

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

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Table: The births in the resident populations of each metropolitan borough during 1936 were as follows :— Table 2.—County of London—Births. 1936.

The births in the resident populations of each metropolitan borough during 1936 were as follows :— Table 2.—County of London—Births. 1936.

Metropolitan boroughs arranged in topographical orderLive-birthsStill-birthsTotal
LegitimateIllegitimateLegitimateIllegitimateLegitimateIllegitimate
Western.
Paddington1,6632586681,729266
Kensington1,9972317752,074236
Hammersmith1,7841385621,840140
Fulham2,0061055232,058108
Chelsea5786018259662
Westminster, City of928141297957148
Northern.
St. Marylebone781125225803130
Hampstead949993713986112
St. Pancras2,1272339492,221242
Islington4,404246128104,532256
Stoke Newington6781625170317
Hackney2,9151039043,005107
Central.
Holborn257329-26632
Finsbury8023826582843
City of London6923-722
Eastern.
Shoreditch1,231434111,27244
Bethnal Green1,2694355-1,32443
Stepney2,950117101113,051128
Poplar2,060506042,12054
Southern.
Southwark2,1511045942,210108
Bermondsey1,501444311,54445
Lambeth3,617254118103,735264
Battersea2,041875372,09494
Wandsworth3,737195108103,845205
Camberwell3,0671279773,164134
Deptford1,501475511,55648
Greenwich1,281423721,31844
Lewisham2,81311910822,921121
Woolwich1,959585332,01261
London, 193653,1163,1571,72013754,8363,294
London, 193552,7143,0661,71214254,4263,208

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Deaths.
The deaths in the total population of London during 1936 numbered 51,142
giving a death-rate of 12.3 per thousand, compared with 11.4 in 1935. Of the
total deaths 24,887, or 48.7 per cent., were among females.

Table: The distribution of deaths by ages in 1936 and recent preceding periods is shown in the following table:— Table 3

The distribution of deaths by ages in 1936 and recent preceding periods is shown in the following table:— Table 3

Period0-1-2-5-10-15-20-25-35-45-55 -65+All ages
1919-22Annual average.7,8362,1311,9191,3768531,1751,3183,1034,2386,4148,26519,82858,456
1923-265,5461,6111,4538286371,0131,2202,4793,6596,0808,45621,00453,986
1927 304,5851,3961,1528184901,0091,2452,4143,4446,1959,20023,78855,736
1931-343,9069158416694778091,1822,3202,8915,5548,96824,75653,288
19314,2708627216224639531,2482,3533,0525,7959,04724,90254,288
19324,1431,0849606414538471,1952,2912,8975,4298,79324,87853,611
19333,3776807286985187281,1932,4683,0085,8329.11025,19653,536
19343,8321,0369577154757071,0942,1672,6065,1608,92124,04751,717
19353,2293654364663855699871,9862,4134,7228,40023,88947,847
19363,6917386614663095779641,9302,4734,9328,72025,68151,142