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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The number of civilian war deaths for the years of the war are shown below:— Administrative County of London—Civilian war deaths, 1939-44
Year | All ages | 0- | 1- | 5- | 15- | 45- | 65- |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1939 | 4 | _ | _ | _ | 2 | 2 | — |
1940 | 7,973 | 64 | 223 | 447 | 3,549 | 2,480 | 1,210 |
1941 | 4,661 | 41 | 106 | 225 | 2,153 | 1,460 | 676 |
1942 | 89 | — | 4 | 10 | 36 | 22 | 17 |
1943 | 517 | 6 | 21 | 102 | 221 | 124 | 43 |
1944 | 4,567 | 56 | 134 | 333 | 1,630 | 1,496 | 918 |
Total M. | 8,771 | 85 | 269 | 554 | 3,673 | 2,895 | 1,295 |
9,040 | 82 | 219 | 563 | 3,918 | 2,689 | 1,569 | |
Grand total | 17,811 | 167 | 488 | 1,117 | 7,591 | 5,584 | 2,864 |
The following tables show the details year by year:—
Area | All ages | 0- | 1- | 5- | 15- | 45- | 65- | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bermondsey | M | 1 | _ | _ | _ | _ | 1 | _ |
F | _ | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Fulham | M | 1 | _ | _ | _ | — | 1 | — |
F | _ | _ | _ | — | — | — | — | |
Islington | M | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
_ | _ | _ | _ | _ | — | — | ||
Lambeth | M | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Total | M | 4 | _ | _ | _ | — | ||
F |