London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
London County Council 1944
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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| Area | All ages | 0- | 1- | 5- | 15- | 45- | 65- | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City of London | M | 12 | - | - | - | 3 | 8 | 1 |
| F | 4 | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Inner and Middle Temp | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Battersea | M | 39 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 12 | 2 |
| F | 42 | - | 4 | - | 17 | 10 | 11 | |
| Bermondsey | M | 117 | 3 | - | 13 | 66 | 28 | 7 |
| F | 84 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 37 | 18 | 15 | |
| Bethnal Green | M | 70 | - | 2 | 5 | 31 | 25 | 7 |
| F | 57 | - | 1 | 8 | 25 | 12 | 11 | |
| Camberwell | M | 152 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 69 | 53 | 14 |
| F | 129 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 63 | 35 | 22 | |
| Chelsea | M | 39 | - | - | - | 8 | 12 | 19 |
| F | 38 | 1 | - | - | 13 | 15 | 9 | |
| Deptford | M | 59 | - | 2 | 2 | 31 | 19 | 5 |
| F | 38 | - | 1 | - | 15 | 15 | 7 | |
| Finsbury | M | 49 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 10 | 11 |
| F | 46 | 1 | - | 2 | 17 | 10 | 16 | |
| Fulham | M | 14 | - | - | - | 5 | 7 | 2 |
| F | 9 | - | - | - | 5 | 2 | 2 | |
| Greenwich | M | 60 | - | 1 | 2 | 30 | 21 | 6 |
| F | 56 | - | 1 | 3 | 25 | 17 | 10 | |
| Hackney | M | 85 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 40 | 27 | 9 |
| F | 55 | - | 3 | 3 | 21 | 18 | 10 | |
| Hammersmith | M | 26 | - | - | - | 11 | 12 | 3 |
| F | 9 | - | - | 1 | 4 | 4 | - | |
| Hampstead | M | 18 | - | - | - | 8 | 6 | 4 |
| F | 31 | - | - | - | 15 | 10 | 6 | |
| Holborn | M | 41 | - | 1 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 8 |
| F | 61 | - | - | 25 | 16 | 20 | ||
| Islington | M | 136 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 66 | 44 | 17 |
| F | 97 | - | 3 | 3 | 40 | 35 | 16 | |
| Kensington | M | 43 | - | - | - | 24 | 11 | 8 |
| F | 20 | - | 1 | - | 8 | 8 | 3 | |
| Lambeth | M | 230 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 98 | 78 | 34 |
| F | 187 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 92 | 52 | • 25 | |
| Lewisham | M | 110 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 56 | 29 | 13 |
| F | 104 | - | 8 | 7 | 49 | 27 | 13 | |
| Paddington | M | 41 | - | 2 | - | 22 | 12 | 5 |
| F | 57 | - | 1 | 4 | 31 | 11 | 10 | |
| Poplar | M | 143 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 61 | 48 | 23 |
| F | 108 | - | 4 | 11 | 47 | 36 | 10 | |
| St. Marylebone | M | 41 | - | 1 | 1 | 18 | 15 | 6 |
| F | 50 | - | - | 2 | 24 | 19 | 5 | |
| St. Pancras | M | 122 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 59 | 40 | 13 |
| F | 128 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 62 | 39 | 18 | |
| Shoreditch | M | 88 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 46 | 28 | 6 |
| F | 94 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 47 | 18 | 17 | |
| Southwark | M | 210 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 89 | 79 | 26 |
| F | 182 | - | 8 | 11 | 74 | 61 | 28 | |
| Stepney | M | 172 | - | 1 | 8 | 83 | 58 | 22 |
| F | 98 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 47 | 27 | 16 | |
| Stoke Newington | M | 9 | - | - | - | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| F | 13 | - | - | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | |
| Wandsworth | M | 134 | - | 2 | 8 | 61 | 47 | 16 |
| F | 131 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 71 | 31 | 18 | |
| Westminster, City of | M | 170 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 75 | 58 | 26 |
| F | 146 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 74 | 52 | 14 | |
| Woolwich | M | 85 | - | 1 | 2 | 41 | 29 | 12 |
| F | 72 | - | - | 1 | 30 | 27 | 14 | |
| Total | M | 2,515 | 20 | 50 | 121 | 1,168 | 830 | 326 |
| F | 2,146 | 21 | 56 | 104 | 985 | 630 | 350 | |