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London County Council 1937

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

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The following table has been prepared from quarterly returns supplied by the
medical officers of health of the metropolitan boroughs as to the number of cases
added to and removed from the notification registers in each borough during the
registration year, and the numbers remaining on the registers at the beginning and
end of the period. As these figures relate to the registration year, the totals are
not the same as those shown in the preceding tables.

Table: Table 30

Table 30

Metropolitan boroughs in topographical orderCases on notification register at beginning of 1937Cases added to register during registration year. Brought to knowledge byCases removed from register during the registration yearCases on notification register at end of 1937
NotificationOtherwiseCured, removed, etc.DeathsTotalPer 1,000 of population
Western.
Paddington952262222011129236.7
Kensington6742531102471006903.9
Hammersmith1,063174641191141,0688.4
Fulham1,784233224791361,42410.3
Chelsea310843876533035.4
Westminster, City of1,51522823111901,56512.6
Northern.
St. Marylebone70913439167596567.1
Hampstead3419862126443313.6
St. Pancras1,0502811102891729805.4
Islington2,3125741407602691,9976.8
Stoke Newington280463675382495.0
Hackney1,511304701631391,5837.7
Central.
Holborn340581885332988.6
Finsbury4051052464793916.7
City of London58143199475.0
Eastern.
Shoreditoh1,47614037102951,45617.7
Bethnal Green1,20013038107951,16612.3
Stepney2,136299652771932,03010.0
Poplar941193321481318876.5
Southern.
Southwark1,503273294501291,2268.3
Bermondsey917178281071049129.2
Lambeth2,520458475242312,2708.3
Battersea842226211291318295.8
Wandsworth2,0814331662912522,1376.3
Camberwell2,048351622072112,0439.1
Deptford72915620115707207.5
Greenwich6471145289786466.7
Lewisham1,634413226291421,2985.7
Woolwich966257231911279286.2
London32,9446,4691,4236,3473.43631,0537.6