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 1945
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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Table 2—County of London—Principal vital statistics, 1891-1945
| Period | Annua) rate per 1,000 living | Annual mortality per 1,000 living | Annual mortality pet 1,000 live births | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live births | Marriages | Deaths (all causes) | Cerebrospinal fever | Diphtheria | Enteric fever | Scarlet fever | Smallpox | Whooping-cough | Measles | Influenza | Tuberculosis | Pneumonia (all forms) | Bronchitis | Other respdiseases | Heart disease | Cancer | Diabetes | Infants 0-1 | Diarrhoea and enteritis 0-2 | Puerperal fever | Other acc. of ch. birth | ||
| Pulmonary | Non-pulmonary | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1891-95 | 30.8 | 17.3 | 19.8 | 0.53 | 0.13 | 0.24 | 0.02 | 0.52 | 0.59 | 0.41 | 1.83 | 0.80 | 1.45 | 2.45 | 0.48 | (a) | 0.80 | 0.07 | 156 | 23.8 | 2.15 | 2.22 | |
| 1896-1900 | 29.7 | 18.4 | 18.5 | 0.45 | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.00 | 0.47 | 0.57 | 0.27 | 1.75 | 0.69 | 1.32 | 1.80 | 0.35 | (a) | 0.92 | 0.07 | 162 | 41.3 | 1.70 | 1.74 | |
| 1901-05 | 28.6 | 17.7 | 16.4 | 0.20 | 0.08 | 0.11 | 0.07 | 0.36 | 0.45 | 0.17 | 1.58 | 0.57 | 1.46 | 1.41 | 0.26 | 1.31 | 1.01 | 0.08 | 139 | 30.4 | 1.64 | 1.52 | |
| 1906-10 | 26.5 | 17.4 | 14.9 | 0.14 | 0.04 | 0.10 | 0.00 | 0.29 | 0.42 | 0.22 | 1.39 | 0.48 | 1.49 | 1.22 | 0.22 | 1.26 | 1.11 | 0.10 | 114 | 23.8 | 1.46 | 1.47 | |
| 1911-15 | 24.0 | 20.0 | 14.8 | 0.02 | 0.13 | 0.03 | 0.05 | 0.00 | 0.22 | 0.43 | 0.16 | 1.39 | 0.39 | 1.33 | 1.29 | 0.21 | 1.54 | 1.16 | 0.11 | 108 | 28.0 | 1.40 | 1.57 |
| 1916-20 | 20.0 | 20.1 | 15.1 | 0.04 | 0.17 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.00 | 0.20 | 0.28 | 1.01 | 1.43 | 0.34 | 1.38 | 1.30 | 0.19 | 1.71 | 1.28 | 0.09 | 92 | 15.4 | 1.64 | 1.72 |
| 1921-25 | 19.9 | 17.9 | 12.3 | 0.01 | 0.17 | 0.01 | 0.04 | 0.00 | 0.15 | 0.17 | 0.32 | 1.01 | 0.19 | 1.14 | 0.97 | 0.16 | 1.66 | 1.38 | 0.10 | 71 | 11.7 | 1.36 | 1.63 |
| 1926-30 | 16.2 | 18.6 | 12.3 | 0.02 | 0.10 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.11 | 0.16 | 0.30 | 0.90 | 0.14 | 1.00 | 0.72 | 0.16 | 2.29 | 1.52 | 0.12 | 64 | 10.2 | 1.66 | 1.69 |
| 1931-35 | 13.8 | 19.5 | 12.1 | 0.03 | 0.08 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.07 | 0.09 | 0.26 | 0.79 | 0.11 | 0.85 | 0.47 | 0.14 | 2.99 | 1.66 | 0.14 | 63 | 11.6 | 1.50 | 1.66 |
| 1936-40 | 13.7 | 25.4 | 13.4 | 0.02 | 0.04 | 0.00 | 0.01 | - | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.19 | 0.72 | 0.09 | 0.83 | 0.67 | 0.13 | 3.67 | 1.87 | 0.16 | 56 | 10.9 | 0.80 | 1.22 |
| 1941 | 14.6 | 30.2 (b) | 18.7 | 0.05 | 0.04 | 0.01 | 0.00 | - | 0.05 | 0.02 | 0.17 | 1.10 | 0.15 | 1.08 | 1.37 | 0.18 | 4.46 | 2.38 | 0.13 | 57 | 6.3 | 1.47 | 1.58 |
| 1942 | 16.9 | 27.6 | 15.0 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.00 | - | 0.04 | 0.01 | 0.08 | 0.90 | 0.12 | 0.86 | 1.03 | 0.16 | 3.86 | 2.40 | 0.11 | 50 | 8.0 | 1.13 | 1.38 |
| 1943 | 18.0 | 21.7 | 15.7 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.00 | - | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.29 | 0.88 | 0.10 | 1.04 | 118 | 0.18 | 4.02 | 2.46 | 0.11 | 51 | 9.9 | 0.95 | 1.18 |
| 1944 | 18.1 | 21.5 | 16.7 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.00 | - | 0.05 | 0.00 | 0.08 | 0.84 | 0.10 | 0.87 | 103 | 0.16 | 4.05 | 2.35 | 0.10 | 51 | 9.6 | 0.76 | 0.94 |
| 1945 | 17.5 | 14.1 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 | - | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.07 | 0.78 | 0.09 | 0.71 | 108 | 0.14 | 3.63 | 2.33 | 0.08 | 44 | 7.0 | 0.70 | 1.23 | |
(a) Comparable figures are not available for this period, (b) Provisional rate.