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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Table 1—Vital statistics for the metropolitan boroughs and the County of London in the year 1945 (Rates per 1,000 of population)
Metropolitan boroughs arranged in topographical order | Estimated civilian population, 1945 | Live births | Deaths | Infant mortality (per 1,000 live births) | Measles | Scarlet fever | Diphtheria | Whooping cough | Typhoid fever | Diarrhœa and enteritis age 0.2 (per 1,000 lire births) | Pulmonary tuberculosis | Pneumonia | Other resp. dis. | Cancer | Maternal mortality (per 1,000 live births) | Notifications of infectious disease (52 weeks) | |||||||
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Scarlet fever | Diphtheria | Typhoid fever | Erysipelas | Acute pneu monja | Meas les | Measles | Whoop ing cough | ||||||||||||||||
Paddington | 99,790 | 17..2 | 13.7 | 61 | 0.04 | - | 0.02 | 0.01 | - | 7.6 | 0.59 | 0.95 | 1.05 | 2.03 | 4.09 | 1.28 | 0.51 | 0.03 | 0.31 | 0.08 | 0.96 | 10.53 | 0.54 |
Kensington | 117,170 | 16.1 | 13.5 | 49 | 0.01 | - | 0.02 | - | 0.01 | 6.3 | 0.70 | 0.75 | 0.84 | 2.30 | 2.12 | 1.22 | 0.30 | 0.02 | 0.28 | 0.03 | 0.70 | 7.42 | 0.54 |
Hammersmith | 96,100 | 18.1 | 13/6 | 45 | 0.01 | - | - | 0.03 | 0.01 | 8.6 | 0.85 | 0.96 | 1.14 | 215 | 0.57 | 1.68 | 0.42 | 0.01 | 0.19 | 0.09 | 0.50 | 10.68 | 0.83 |
Fulham | 99,790 | 17.8 | 13.0 | 42 | - | - | - | 0.02 | - | 6.8 | 0.74 | 0.84 | 1.24 | 2.13 | 1.69 | 2.46 | 0.66 | - | 0.31 | 0.10 | 0.70 | 11.38 | 1.60 |
Chelsea | 35,310 | 15,8 | 15.2 | 45 | 0.08 | - | 0.03 | - | - | 3.6 | 0.76 | 0.82 | 1.13 | 2.61 | 7.19 | 1.42 | 0.40 | 0.03 | 0.26 | 0.09 | 0.34 | 9.83 | 1.05 |
Westminster, | 72,850 | 12,9 | 14.4 | 72 | 0.01 | - | - | 0.03 | - | 11.8 | 0.78 | 0.67 | 0.93 | 2.55 | 4.28 | 0.66 | 0.33 | 0.01 | 0.12 | 0.08 | 0.15 | 6.36 | 0.78 |
City of Northern | |||||||||||||||||||||||
St. Marylebone | 59,590 | 13.3 | 13.2 | 47 | 0.02 | - | - | - | - | 11.3 | 0.60 | 0.67 | 0.96 | 2.65 | 3.78 | 1.26 | 0,22 | - | 0.47 | 0.10 | 0.84 | 7.37 | 0.35 |
Hampstead | 74,390 | 16.2 | 13.4 | 42 | - | - | - | 0.01 | - | 5.8 | 0.66 | 0.66 | 1.13 | 2.38 | 1.66 | 0.81 | 0.15 | - | 0.28 | 0.07 | 1.31 | 6.54 | 0.63 |
St. Pancras | 111,400 | 17.6 | 16.2 | 44 | 0.01 | - | - | 0.03 | - | 13.3 | 1.05 | 1.01 | 1.47 | 2.90 | 2.55 | 2.17 | 0.93 | 0.05 | 0.54 | 0.07 | 1.21 | 9.23 | 1.64 |
Islington | 195,770 | 18.9 | 14.6 | 46 | 0.01 | - | 0.02 | 0.03 | - | 7.6 | 0.80 | 0.91 | 1.35 | 2.34 | 0.27 | 1.87 | 0.45 | - | 0.35 | 0.05 | 0.34 | 9.08 | 1.08 |
Stoke Newington | 37,030 | 19.0 | 12.8 | 38 | - | - | - | - | - | 5.7 | 057 | 0.81 | 1.81 | 2.27 | 1.42 | 1.44 | 0.08 | - | 0.32 | 0.11 | 0.43 | 11.54 | 1.46 |
Hackney | 140,570 | 17.8 | 13.4 | 42 | - | - | 0.01 | 0.05 | - | 4.4 | 0.58 | 0.55 | 1.43 | 2.21 | 2.40 | 2.00 | 0.64 | 0.03 | 0.38 | 0.04 | 0.39 | 7.81 | 1.68 |
Holborn | 18,680 | 13.1 | 15.8 | 70 | - | - | - | - | - | 4.1 | 0.80 | 0.64 | 1.23 | 2.68 | - | 0.70 | 0.64 | - | 0.16 | 0.11 | 0.32 | 5.96 | 0.59 |
Finsbury | 27,990 | 16.9 | 17.1 | 55 | - | - | - | 0.07 | - | 2.1 | 1.00 | 0.82 | 1.79 | 2.82 | 4.24 | 1.79 | 0.93 | - | 0.25 | 0.18 | 1.00 | 12.72 | 1.68 |
City of Lndn. (a) | 4,420 | 8.6 | 13.6 | - | 0.23 | - | - | - | - | - | 0.68 | 0.23 | 1.58 | 2.04 | - | 0.45 | 0.23 | 0.23 | 0.45 | 0.23 | - | 4.76 | - |
Shoreditch | 36,760 | 19.0 | 16.4 | 39 | 0.03 | - | - | - | - | 8.6 | 0.95 | 0.84 | 2.04 | 2.50 | 1.43 | 2.95 | 1.50 | - | 0.46 | 0.22 | 0.76 | 12.28 | 1.83 |
Bethnal Green | 49,640 | 17.9 | 14.2 | 29 | - | - | - | 0.02 | - | 6.7 | 0.87 | 0.83 | 1.19 | 2.70 | 1.12 | 1.86 | 0.85 | - | 0.46 | 0.02 | 0.34 | 11.43 | 1.39 |
Stepney | 77,610 | 18.6 | 18.9 | 56 | 0.01 | - | - | 0.03 | 0.01 | 10.4 | 1.33 | 0.80 | 1.64 | 2.59 | 2.78 | 1.99 | 0.57 | 0.01 | 0.43 | 0.08 | 0.71 | 9.38 | 1.23 |
Poplar | 57,670 | 21.2 | 14.6 | 47 | 0.02 | - | - | - | - | 7.4 | 0.78 | 0.71 | 1.30 | 2.71 | 0.82 | 2.78 | 0.47 | 0.05 | 0.43 | 0.09 | 1.53 | 11.22 | 1.04 |
Southwark | 71,160 | 18.3 | 16.1 | 39 | - | - | - | - | - | 7.7 | 1.25 | 1.00 | 1.66 | 2.73 | 0.77 | 2.18 | 1.00 | - | 0.52 | 0.07 | 0.85 | 13.92 | 0.85 |
Bermondsey | 47,040 | 18.0 | 14.5 | 52 | - | - | 0.04 | - | - | 14.2 | 0.94 | 0.55 | 1.32 | 2.15 | 3.54 | 2.05 | 0.64 | 0.04 | 0.28 | - | 1.41 | 11.60 | 0.90 |
Lambeth | 173,280 | 18.6 | 14.9 | 47 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.02 | - | 6.8 | 0.91 | 0.63 | 1.25 | 2.29 | 1.86 | 1.52 | 0.30 | 0.01 | 0.17 | 0.06 | 0.43 | 10.43 | 1.48 |
Battersea | 90,420 | 17.6 | 13.8 | 41 | - | - | - | 0.06 | - | 3.8 | 0.69 | 0.51 | 1.26 | 2.37 | 1.26 | 2.24 | 0.48 | 0.03 | 0.45 | 0.08 | 1.19 | 17.33 | 2.34 |
Wandsworth | 264,480 | 16.3 | 12.8 | 39 | 0.02 | - | 0.02 | 0.00 | - | 4.4 | 0.59 | 0.51 | 1.06 | 2.09 | 1.63 | 1.52 | 0.44 | 0.04 | 0.33 | 0.04 | 0.91 | 9.36 | 1.34 |
Camberwell | 135,460 | 18.0 | 14.5 | 37 | 0.02 | - | 0.01 | 0.01 | - | 4.5 | 0.87 | 0.80 | 1.28 | 2.27 | 2.46 | 1.03 | 0.40 | 0.02 | 0.19 | 0.07 | 0.58 | 8.21 | 1.01 |
Deptford | 56,650 | 19.6 | 16.8 | 48 | 0.05 | - | 0.05 | 0.02 | - | 3.6 | 0.69 | 0.74 | 1.41 | 1.98 | 0.90 | 1.66 | 0.65 | - | 0.21 | 0.04 | 1.26 | 4.25 | 0.80 |
Greenwich | 63,800 | 18.5 | 12.7 | 43 | - | - | 0.02 | 0.02 | - | 8.5 | 0.80 | 0.50 | 1.07 | 1.83 | 1.70 | 1.23 | 0.77 | - | 0.38 | 0.06 | 1.01 | 5.34 | 2.09 |
Lewisham | 171,280 | 17.7 | 12.1 | 34 | - | - | 0.01 | 0.02 | - | 8.3 | 0.71 | 0.44 | 0.99 | 2.28 | 1.98 | 1.14 | 0.25 | 0.01 | 0.29 | 0.09 | 0.40 | 2.69 | 1.40 |
Woolwich | 115,270 | 17.5 | 12.8 | 41 | 0.01 | - | 0.01 | 0.01 | - | 5.4 | 0.69 | 0.56 | 0.82 | 2.32 | 1.98 | 1.77 | 0.30 | 0.01 | 0.37 | 0.14 | 1.78 | 8.78 | 2.44 |
London, 1945 | 2,601,370 | 17.5 | 14.1 | 44 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 7.0 | 0.78 | 0.71 | 1.22 | 2.33 | 1.93 | 1.64 | 0.49 | 0.02 | 0.33 | 0.07 | 0.77 | 9.07 | 1.27 |
2,462,500 | 18.1 | 16.7 | 51 | 0 .00 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.05 | 0.00 | 9.6 | 0.84 | 0.87 | 1.19 | 2.35 | 1.70 | 1.69 | 0.46 | 0.02 | 0.38 | 0.08 | 0.92 | 3.05 | 2.91 |
(a) Including Inner and Middle Temple.