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London County Council 1945

[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 orderEstimated civilian population, 1945Live birthsDeathsInfant mortality (per 1,000 live births)MeaslesScarlet feverDiphtheriaWhooping coughTyphoid feverDiarrhœa and enteritis age 0.2 (per 1,000 lire births)Pulmonary tuberculosisPneumoniaOther resp. dis.CancerMaternal mortality (per 1,000 live births)Notifications of infectious disease (52 weeks)
Scarlet feverDiphtheriaTyphoid feverErysipelasAcute pneu monjaMeas lesMeaslesWhoop ing cough
Western
Paddington99,79017..213.7610.04-0.020.01-7.60.590.951.052.034.091.280.510.030.310.080.9610.530.54
Kensington117,17016.113.5490.01-0.02-0.016.30.700.750.842.302.121.220.300.020.280.030.707.420.54
Hammersmith96,10018.113/6450.01--0.030.018.60.850.961.142150.571.680.420.010.190.090.5010.680.83
Fulham99,79017.813.042---0.02-6.80.740.841.242.131.692.460.66-0.310.100.7011.381.60
Chelsea35,31015,815.2450.08-0.03--3.60.760.821.132.617.191.420.400.030.260.090.349.831.05
Westminster,72,85012,914.4720.01--0.03-11.80.780.670.932.554.280.660.330.010.120.080.156.360.78
City of Northern
St. Marylebone59,59013.313.2470.02----11.30.600.670.962.653.781.260,22-0.470.100.847.370.35
Hampstead74,39016.213.442---0.01-5.80.660.661.132.381.660.810.15-0.280.071.316.540.63
St. Pancras111,40017.616.2440.01--0.03-13.31.051.011.472.902.552.170.930.050.540.071.219.231.64
Islington195,77018.914.6460.01-0.020.03-7.60.800.911.352.340.271.870.45-0.350.050.349.081.08
Stoke Newington37,03019.012.838-----5.70570.811.812.271.421.440.08-0.320.110.4311.541.46
Hackney140,57017.813.442--0.010.05-4.40.580.551.432.212.402.000.640.030.380.040.397.811.68
Central
Holborn18,68013.115.870-----4.10.800.641.232.68-0.700.64-0.160.110.325.960.59
Finsbury27,99016.917.155---0.07-2.11.000.821.792.824.241.790.93-0.250.181.0012.721.68
City of Lndn. (a)4,4208.613.6-0.23-----0.680.231.582.04-0.450.230.230.450.23-4.76-
Eastern
Shoreditch36,76019.016.4390.03----8.60.950.842.042.501.432.951.50-0.460.220.7612.281.83
Bethnal Green49,64017.914.229---0.02-6.70.870.831.192.701.121.860.85-0.460.020.3411.431.39
Stepney77,61018.618.9560.01--0.030.0110.41.330.801.642.592.781.990.570.010.430.080.719.381.23
Poplar57,67021.214.6470.02----7.40.780.711.302.710.822.780.470.050.430.091.5311.221.04
Southern
Southwark71,16018.316.139-----7.71.251.001.662.730.772.181.00-0.520.070.8513.920.85
Bermondsey47,04018.014.552--0.04--14.20.940.551.322.153.542.050.640.040.28-1.4111.600.90
Lambeth173,28018.614.9470.010.010.010.02-6.80.910.631.252.291.861.520.300.010.170.060.4310.431.48
Battersea90,42017.613.841---0.06-3.80.690.511.262.371.262.240.480.030.450.081.1917.332.34
Wandsworth264,48016.312.8390.02-0.020.00-4.40.590.511.062.091.631.520.440.040.330.040.919.361.34
Camberwell135,46018.014.5370.02-0.010.01-4.50.870.801.282.272.461.030.400.020.190.070.588.211.01
Deptford56,65019.616.8480.05-0.050.02-3.60.690.741.411.980.901.660.65-0.210.041.264.250.80
Greenwich63,80018.512.743--0.020.02-8.50.800.501.071.831.701.230.77-0.380.061.015.342.09
Lewisham171,28017.712.134--0.010.02-8.30.710.440.992.281.981.140.250.010.290.090.402.691.40
Woolwich115,27017.512.8410.01-0.010.01-5.40.690.560.822.321.981.770.300.010.370.141.788.782.44
London, 19452,601,37017.514.1440.010.000.010.020.007.00.780.711.222.331.931.640.490.020.330.070.779.071.27
London, 19442,462,50018.116.7510 .000.000.020.050.009.60.840.871.192.351.701.690.460.020.380.080.923.052.91

(a) Including Inner and Middle Temple.