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 1949
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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Table 3—County of London—Principal vital statistics, 1891.1949
| Period | Annual rate per 1,000 living | Annual mortality per 1,000 living (b) | Annual mortality per 1,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live Births | Total births (c) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Live births | Marriages | Deaths (all causes) | Cerebrospinal fever | Diphtheria | Enteric fever | Scarlet fever | Smallpox | Whooping. cough | Measles | Influenza | Tuberculosis | Pneumonia (all forms) | Bronchitis | Other resp. diseases | Heart disease | Cancer | Diabetes | Infants 0—1 | Diarrhoea and enteritis 0—2 | Puerperal fever | Other child.birth | ||
| Pulmonary | Non.pulmonary | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1891.95 | 30.8 | 17.3 | 19.8 | (a) | 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 | (a) | 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 | (a) | 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 | (a) | 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 | 1.60 | 1.63 |
| 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 | 1.45 | 1.61 |
| 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 | 0.77 | 1.18 |
| 1941.45 | 15.4 | 23.3 | 16.0 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.003 | 0.002 | — | 0.04 | 0.01 | 0.14 | 0.90 | 0.11 | 0.91 | 1.14 | 0.16 | 3.99 | 2.38 | 0.11 | 48 | 8.0 | 0.93 | 1.20 |
| 1946 | 20.0 | 22.1 | 12.6 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 | — | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.12 | 0.62 | 0.08 | 0.71 | 0.92 | 0.13 | 3.36 | 2.04 | 0.08 | 38 | 4.1 | 0.33 | 0.90 |
| 1947 | 20.9 | 23.2 | 12.5 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 | — | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.09 | 0.62 | 0.08 | 0.75 | 1.03 | 0.15 | 3.37 | 2.06 | 0.07 | 34 | 4.5 | 0.32 | 0.64 |
| 1948 | 17.9 | 22.7 | 11.1 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 | — | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.57 | 0.06 | 0.54 | 0.73 | 0.12 | 2.97 | 2.11 | 0.06 | 31 | 2.7 | 0.35 | 0.42 |
| 1949 | 16.7 | 21.1 | 11.7 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.11 | 0.47 | 0.05 | 0.61 | 0.90 | 0.15 | 3.31 | 2.10 | 0.07 | 27 | 1.7 | 0.24 | 0.45 |
(а) Comparable figures are not available for this period.
(b) Death-rates since 1939 relate to the civilian population only.
(c) The rates are per 1,000 total births from 1928 when still births were first registered. Prior to this year the rates are per 1,000 live births, and are estimated to be approx. 0.05 in
excess of the rate per 1,000 total births.