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London County Council 1937

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

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Table: Tabi e 34— Vital statistics for the metropolitan boroughs and the County of London in the year 1937 (Rales per 1,000 of population)

Tabi e 34— Vital statistics for the metropolitan boroughs and the County of London in the year 1937 (Rales per 1,000 of population)

Metropolitan boroughs arranged in topographical orderEstimated resident population 1937Live birthsDeathsInfant mortality (per 1,000 live births)MeaslesScarlet feverDiphtheriaWhooping coughTyphoid feverDiarrhoea and enteritis, age 0-2 (per 1,000 live births)Pulmonary tuberculosisPneumoniaOther recp dis.CancerMaternal mortality (per 1,000 live births)Notifications of infectious disease (52 weeks)
Scarlet feverDiph theriaTyphoid feverErysipelasCerebrospinal feverAcute pneumonia
Western.
Paddington138,30013.713.166.01—.04.04.0112.7.071.08.611.974.241.701.57.08.41.041.31
Kensington175,60012.113.483.01.01.02.03.0119.8.65.96.441.963.291.431.23.08.41.021.24
Hammersmith126,50015.112.668—-.01.09.07.0214.1.75l.00.581.792.092.621.40.02.40.04.68
Fulham138,90013.913.156.01.01.03.05-15.5.78.75.571.743.102.301.49.02.45.091.23
Chelsea56,51010.814.159——.04.04-13.1.0/.78.672.28-1.651.30.05.30.021.17
Westminster, cityot Northern.124,3008.311.656.02.03.0110.7.69.60.641.925.841.77.99.13.31.05.23
St. Marylebone92,1109.313.073——.03.03.0210.5.55.97.541.944.661.281.18.08.49.03.66
Hampstead90,69011.211.754—.01.04.02—10.8.33.67.391.862.962.081.15.01.28.04.97
St. Pancras181,90013.112.865.01.02.08.05.0121.8.811.19.531.852.882.013.98.06.35.031.23
Islington295,40015.313.167.00.01.07.07.0013.5.701.27.831.794.022.452.11.04.51.03.73
Stoke Newington50,25014.912.637—.-.02.02-8.0.661.09.481.971.401.80.88.02.00.041.00
Hackney Central.206,70013.811.243.01.01.04.05.008.0.56.84.391.681.402.031.49.03.53.04.94
Holborn34,6008.111.879.03—.09.06—7.1.66.87.491.913.571.072.12—.32—1.07
Finsbury58,70013.814.671——03.10—13.51.011.33.662.211.232.202.43—.43.051.59
City of London (a) Eastern.9,3805.711.538--.11---.75.96.531.39-1.28.64.11.11-.53
Shoreditch82,24014.912.554.02—.04.09—9.0.891.11.691.623.272.622.06.10.67.061.10
Bethnal Green94,56013.312.654.01—.04.11—9.5.771.00.591.762.383.222. 35.03.76.061.05
Stepney203,10013.612.260——.03.07.0014.9.75.84.451.632.541.863.15.02.58.041.37
Poplar Southern.136,80015.512.661.03.01.11.06.0112.3.79.74.811.76.952.574.19.09.68.042.43
South wark147,40014.714.165.01—.05.09—9.7.791.11.791.893.232.102.48.03.37.051.12
Bermondsey98,79014.412.359——.05.07—16.2.88.80.771.56-1.701.70.05.28.10 .0l1.73
Lambeth273,80014.113.269.00.01.07.08.0011.6.76.76.621.822.071.931.85.04.41.031.03
Battersea143,50014.912.970.02.01.06.06.0114.0.77.61.831.701.871.942.19.03.58.072.02
Wandsworth341,70011.512.464.01.01.05.07—11.4.57.64.611.752.801.861.21.05.33.031.39
Camberwell224,80014.112.858—.01.06.08.0012.3.79.85.621.811.901.881.53.03.35.060.67
Deptford96,58015.111.845.01.01.03.10—7.5.68.86.451.68.681.781.65.07.31.011.25
Greenwich95,99013.812.050—.02.04.06—10.5.79.74.481.68.751.913.21.11.36.061.28
Lewisham226,00013.410.947—.01.05.05.009.3.59.47.561.681.322.611.26.08.31.031.12
Woolwich149,40014.211.140——.07.03-6.1.70.70.451.641.412.682.15.11.47.061.77
London, 19374,094,50013.412.580.01.01.05.06.0012.3.71.86.601.792.292.071.91.05.43.041.18
London, 19364,141,10013.612-366.14.01.05.07.0114.5.69.82.611.781.972.651.67.06.43.03..99

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(a) Including [nner and Middle Temple.