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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Borough | 1913 | 1921 | 1931 | 1950 | ||||||||||||||
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Population | Notifications | Deaths | Notifications | Deaths | Notifications | Deaths | Notifications | Deaths | Population | |||||||||
Division 1 | No. | Rate | No. | Rate | No. | Rate | No. | Rate | No. | Rate | No. | Rate | No. | Rate | No. | Rate | ||
Chelsea ... | 64,598 | 244 | 3.78 | 96 | 1.49 | 1.23 | 1.91 | 74 | 1.15 | 115 | 2.01 | 52 | 0.91 | 78 | 1.49 | 16 | 0.30 | 52,490 |
Fulham | 157,117 | 1,131 | 7.20 | 258 | 1.64 | 561 | 3.52 | 190 | 1.19 | 353 | 2.33 | 170 | 1.12 | 228 | 1.85 | 42 | 0.34 | 123,400 |
Hammersmith | 123,745 | 688 | 5.56 | 181 | 1.46 | 378 | 2.94 | 175 | 1.36 | 239 | 1.77 | 127 | 0.94 | 187 | 1.57 | 39 | 0.33 | 119,200 |
Kensington | 171,284 | 982 | 5.73 | 241 | 1.41 | 492 | 2.77 | 187 | 1.05 | 245 | 1.40 | 148 | 0.85 | 278 | 1.57 | 59 | 0.33 | 177,400 |
Hampstead | 86,346 | 322 | 3.73 | 61 | 0.71 | 178 | 2.05 | 71 | 0.82 | 109 | 1.24 | 48 | 0.55 | 105 | 1.08 | 27 | 0.28 | 97,400 |
Paddington | 142,210 | 750 | 5.27 | 185 | 1.30 | 325 | 2.23 | 126 | 0.87 | 300 | 2.14 | 138 | 0.98 | 279 | 2.14 | 55 | 0.42 | 130,600 |
St. Marylebone | 114,532 | 646 | 5.64 | 197 | 1.72 | 275 | 2.61 | 123 | 1.17 | 162 | 1.73 | 92 | 0.98 | 88 | 1.12 | 21 | 0.27 | 78,260 |
St. Pancras | 214,330 | 1,065 | 4.97 | 398 | 1.86 | 428 | 2.01 | 301 | 1.41 | 328 | 1.68 | 208 | 1.06 | 263 | 1.86 | 76 | 0.54 | 141,300 |
Westminster, City of | 154,810 | 737 | 4.76 | 245 | 1.58 | 324 | 2.32 | 140 | 1.00 | 201 | 1.69 | 120 | 1.01 | 168 | 1.60 | 39 | 0.37 | 105,100 |
Finsbury | 84,679 | 595 | 7.03 | 229 | 2.70 | 279 | 3.64 | 133 | 1.73 | 162 | 2.31 | 94 | 1.34 | 76 | 2.12 | 14 | 0.39 | 35,810 |
Holborn | 46,949 | 186 | 3.96 | 100 | 2.13 | 97 | 2.23 | 48 | 1.10 | 66 | 1.91 | 38 | 1.10 | 44 | 1.70 | 11 | 0.42 | 25,930 |
Islington | 325,585 | 1,661 | 5.10 | 554 | 1.70 | 973 | 2.92 | 417 | 1.25 | 588 | 1.81 | 333 | 1.03 | 471 | 1.98 | 96 | 0.40 | 238,200 |
Hackney | 223,353 | 993 | 4.45 | 334 | 1.50 | 338 | 1.51 | 274 | 1.22 | 299 | 1.38 | 184 | 0.85 | 242 | 1.41 | 63 | 0.37 | 172,100 |
Shoreditch | 109,654 | 893 | 8.14 | 254 | 2.32 | 397 | 3.77 | 177 | 1.68 | 200 | 2.04 | 106 | 1.08 | 69 | 1.54 | 20 | 0.45 | 44,800 |
Stoke Newington | 50,518 | 184 | 3.64 | 62 | 1.23 | 59 | 1.12 | 50 | 0.95 | 87 | 1.69 | 59 | 1.15 | 67 | 1.38 | 15 | 0.31 | 48,510 |
Bethnal Green | 127,824 | 901 | 7.05 | 268 | 2.10 | 385 | 3.25 | 183 | 1.55 | 171 | 1.57 | 132 | 1.21 | 86 | 1.46 | 20 | 0.34 | 58,730 |
City of London | 17,916 | 54 | 3.01 | 30 | 1.67 | 33 | 2.39 | 16 | 1.16 | 23 | 2.37 | 7 | 0.72 | 13 | 2.67 | 4 | 0.82 | 4,870 |
Poplar | 160,913 | 1,383 | 8.59 | 314 | 1.95 | 738 | 4.50 | 221 | 1.35 | 308 | 1.97 | 170 | 1.09 | 82 | 1.11 | 32 | 0.43 | 74,050 |
Stepney | 275,300 | 2,195 | 7.97 | 581 | 2.11 | 570 | 2.26 | 367 | 1.46 | 484 | 2.14 | 259 | 1.14 | 176 | 1.76 | 56 | 0.56 | 99,730 |
Deptford | 109,280 | 533 | 4.88 | 190 | 1.74 | 289 | 2.55 | 152 | 1.34 | 198 | 1.85 | 114 | 1.06 | 258 | 3.37 | 29 | 0.38 | 76,580 |
Greenwich | 96,015 | 418 | 4.35 | 136 | 1.42 | 345 | 3.40 | 140 | 1.38 | 158 | 1.57 | 114 | 1.13 | 135 | 1.51 | 44 | 0.49 | 89,570 |
Woolwich | 122,382 | 601 | 4.91 | 218 | 1.78 | 363 | 2.64 | 207 | 1.50 | 280 | 1.90 | 168 | 1.14 | 205 | 1.38 | 58 | 0.39 | 149,000 |
Camberwell | 261,805 | 1,833 | 7.00 | 376 | 1.44 | 791 | 2.93 | 366 | 1.36 | 414 | 1.64 | 268 | 1.06 | 325 | 1.82 | 64 | 0.36 | 178,900 |
Lewisham | 168,822 | 463 | 2.74 | 181 | 1.07 | 265 | 1.51 | 172 | 0.98 | 359 | 1.63 | 176 | 0.80 | 406 | 1.78 | 72 | 0.32 | 228,300 |
Bermondsey | 124,739 | 881 | 7.06 | 278 | 2.23 | 550 | 4.56 | 185 | 1.54 | 215 | 1.91 | 130 | 1.16 | 115 | 1.92 | 28 | 0.47 | 59,810 |
Lambeth | 297,139 | 2,045 | 6.88 | 491 | 1.65 | 802 | 2.62 | 362 | 1.18 | 561 | 1.90 | 287 | 0.97 | 431 | 1.87 | 100 | 0.43 | 231,000 |
Southwark | 188,487 | 1,285 | 6.82 | 415 | 2.20 | 613 | 3.30 | 311 | 1.67 | 338 | 1.95 | 236 | 1.36 | 206 | 2.12 | 56 | 0.58 | 97,080 |
Battersea | 167,464 | 708 | 4.23 | 248 | 1.48 | 418 | 2.47 | 216 | 1.28 | 257 | 1.61 | 173 | 1.08 | 149 | 1 .27 | 45 | 0.38 | 117,700 |
Wandsworth | 330,395 | 1,277 | 3.87 | 353 | 1.07 | 825 | 2.49 | 393 | 1.19 | 512 | 1.45 | 308 | 0.87 | 488 | 1.46 | 146 | 0.44 | 333,800 |
London County | 4,518,191 | 25,654 | 5.68 | 7,474 | 1.65 | 12,214 | 2.71 | 5,777 | 1.28 | 7,732 | 1.77 | 4,459 | 1.02 | 5,718 | 1.69 | 1,347 | 0.40 | 3,389,620 |