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London County Council 1948

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]

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Table: T able 2 — Vital statistics for the metropolitan boroughs and the County of London in the year 1948(b)

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T able 2 — Vital statistics for the metropolitan boroughs and the County of London in the year 1948(b)

Metropolitan boroughs arranged in divisional order	Estimated civilian population, 1948	Live births	Deaths	Infant mortality (pel 1,000 live births)	Measles	Diphtheria	Whooping cough	Diarrhœa and enteritis age 0-2 (per 1,000 live births)	Pulmonary tuberculosis	Pneumonia	Other reap dis.	Cancer	Maternal mortality (per 1,000 total births)	Notifications of infections disease
														Scarlet fever	Diphtheria	Typhoid fever	Erysi pelas	Cerebrospinal fever	Acute pneumonia	Measles	Whooping cough	Tuberculosi
														Scarlet fever	Diphtheria	Typhoid fever	Erysi pelas	Cerebrospinal fever	Acute pneumonia	Measles	Whooping cough	Pulmonary	Non-pulmonary
Division 1
Chelsea	50,890	17.1	11.7	40	—	—	0.04	6.8	0.49	0.63	0.55	1.98	—	1.30	0.04	0.04	0.14	0.08	0.28	7.94	4.52	1.41	0.15
Fulham	123,300	18.0	11.5	26	—	0.02	0.02	3.1	0.55	0.53	1.01	2.24	0.87	0.81	0.08	0.02	0.20	0.01	0.23	7.21	2.98	1.62	0.18
Hammersmith	115,800	18.2	11.2	35	—	—	0.02	1.9	0.58	0.54	0.91	2.19	0.46	1.16	0.07	0.01	0.22	0.06	0.60	7.74	3.70	1.42	0.17
Kensington	168,800	16.9	10.0	38	0.01	0.01	0.03	3.4	0.45	0.49	0.58	1.90	1.69	0.56	0.08	0.02	0.15	0.02	0.85	5.14	1.55	1.32	0.18
Division 2
Hampstead	95,480	15.4	10.3	29	—	—	0.01	2.0	0.39	0.28	0.40	2.00	0.65	0.89	0.03	0.01	0.08	0.01	0.56	6.03	2.68	0.92	0.10
Paddington	128,100	18.1	10.8	36	0.02	—	0.02	3.4	0.54	0.63	0.81	1.88	1.25	1.05	0.02	0.02	0.21	0.02	0.52	7.99	1.95	2.35	0.18
St. Marylebone	75,980	12.6	10.5	32	—	—	—	3.1	0.37	0.57	0.71	1.91	—	0.47	0.09	0.01	0.24	—	0.63	4.66	1.68	0.97	0.09
St. Pancras	140,200	17.2	11.4	37	0.01	0.01	0.01	2.5	0.64	0.58	0.76	2.29	1.20	0.87	0.12	0.01	0.31	0.04	0.61	9.64	2.50	1.67	0.25
Westminster, City of	100,900	13.5	10.2	38	0.01	0.03	—	10.1	0.57	0.45	0.53	2.14	0.71	0.55	0.08	0.04	0.08	0.02	0.08	3.73	1.82	1.63	0.22
Division 3
Finsbury	35,640	18.6	11.9	33	—	—	—	1.5	0.65	0.79	1.12	2.55	—	1.60	0.03	—	0.22	0.06	0.65	11.76	3.51	2.01	0.11
Holborn	24,960	14.2	11.3	19	—	—	0.04	2.8	0.48	0.44	0.88	2.64	—	0.52	0.08	0.04	0.24	—	0.36	3.49	2.96	1.54	0.31
Islington	238,200	19.0	11.3	35	0.00	—	0.03	2.8	0.66	0.71	0.93	2.20	0.85	1.37	0.03	0.00	0.20	0.03	0.30	8.44	4.00	1.86	0.21
Division 4
Hackney	172,900	17.0	10.5	24	—	0.03	0.01	2.7	0.57	0.69	0.73	2.10	—	1.50	0.23	0.02	0.20	0.02	0.23	10.04	4.55	1.42	0.09
Shoreditch	44,960	18.6	11.8	25	0.02	0.02	0.02	2.3	0.78	0.56	1.02	2.25	1.15	1.67	0.47	0.02	0.36	0.04	0.56	12.61	4.58	1.60	0.17
Stoke Newington	45,370	19.8	11.3	27	—	—	—	2.2	0.53	0.86	1.04	2.18	—	0.84	0.02	—	0.26	—	0.40	9.65	2.76	1.58	0.15
Division 5
Bethnal Green	60,580	18.6	10.9	24	0.02	—	0.03	1.7	0.68	0.45	0.87	1.91	1.72	1.72	0.30	0.02	0.20	0.05	0.68	14.01	2.99	1.72	0.18
City of London a	4,810	9.8	16.6	21	—	—	—	—	0.62	0.62	0.21	4.16	—	0.21	—	—	0.21	—	0.21	2.08	0.42	1.84	0.20
Poplar	74,940	20.7	11.3	33	—	—	—	1.3	0.79	0.55	1.40	1.95	0.62	2.05	0.09	0.03	0.19	0.05	1.53	13.28	4.36	1.76	0.20
Stepney	99,470	20.5	12.3	28	0.01	—	0.02	3.4	0.68	0.57	0.72	2.40	—	1.89	0.14	0.01	0.27	0.05	0.66	7.67	2.06	1.71	0.16
Division 6
Deptford	75,670	20.3	11.6	22	—	0.01	—	—	0.56	0.45	0.89	2.35	0.62	1.48	0.08	—	0.15	0.01	0.77	10.78	1.97	1.22	0.22
Greenwich	84,410	19.4	10.2	26	—	—	0.01	1.2	0.62	0.39	0.85	1.72	1.18	0.84	0.11	0.01	0.23	0.05	0.38	10.96	4.56	1.28	0.16
Woolwich	142,800	17.4	11.0	29	0.01	—	0.01	0.8	0.49	0.40	0.72	1.95	0.39	1.66	0.07	0.01	0.21	0.11	1.11	11.18	4.04	1.36	0.21
Division 7
Camberwell	178,200	18.7	11.4	31	0.01	—	0.02	2.4	0.57	0.57	0.88	2.08	1.16	1.66	0.10	0.02	0.17	0.03	0.48	8.71	3.04	1.98	0.18
Lewisham	226,100	18.6	10.0	28	0.01	—	0.03	1.6	0.48	0.42	0.78	1.91	0.46	1.47	0.02	0.01	0.15	0.02	0.30	11.68	3.49	2.03	0.26
Division 8
Bermondsey	60,410	19.8	11.8	16	—	—	—	—	0.74	0.60	1.34	2.47	1.60	3.26	0.12	—	0.20	0.03	0.93	14.85	3.87	1.71	0.44
Lambeth	226,600	18.7	11.1	27	0.02	0.01	0.01	4.9	0.56	0.52	0.90	2.15	0.23	1.61	0.10	0.02	0.24	0.02	0.37	9.90	2.59	1.49	0.11
South wark	94,630	21.4	12.8	37	0.04	0.01	0.03	2.9	0.86	0.71	1.32	2.35	1.43	2.56	0.35	—	0.43	0.06	0.63	12.32	3.28	2.08	0.14
Division 9
Battersea	116,500	19.0	11.3	32	0.01	—	0.02	2.7	0.59	0.64	0.98	1.99	1.31	1.95	0.15	0.02	0.27	0.05	1.28	12.62	5.05	1.60	0.19
Wandsworth	332,500	16.4	11.3	31	0.01	—	0.02	2.3	0.49	0.45	0.88	2.20	0.88	1.35	0.08	0.02	0.28	0.03	0.64	8.09	2.55	1.42	0.12
London, 1948	3,339,100	17.9	11.1	31	0.01	0.01	0.02	2.7	0.57	0.54	0.85	2.11	0.77	1.37	0.10	0.01	0.22	0.03	0.57	9.17	3.13	1.61	0.18
London, 1947	3,309,700	20.9	12.5	34	0.01	0.01	0.03	4.5	0.62	0.75	1.18	2.06	0.96	1.31	0.14	0.01	0.22	0.05	0.64	5.28	2.80	1.58	0.19
(a) Including Inner and Middle Temple.
(b) Rates are per 1,000 civil population except for birth-rates and tuberculosis notification rates, which are per 1,000 total population.