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London County Council 1950

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Table: Table 2—Vital statistics for the metropolitan boroughs and the County of London in the year 1950 (6)

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Table 2—Vital statistics for the metropolitan boroughs and the County of London in the year 1950 (6)

Metropolitan boroughs arranged in divisional order	Estimated home population 1950	Lire births	Death.Rates											Notifications of infectious disease
			Deaths	Infant mortality (per 1,000 live births)	Heart disease	Other circulatory	Cerebral vascular lesions	Peptic ulcer	Pulmonary tuberculosis	Pneumonia	Other respiratory diseases	Cancer	Violence	Scarlet fever	Diphtheria	Poliomyelitis		Meningococcal infection	Acute pneumonia	Measles	Whooping cough	Tuberculosis
																Paralytic	Non Paralytic					Pulmonary	NonPulmonary
																Division 1
																Chelsea	52,490					15.8	12.2	25	3.66	0.59	1.45	0.08	0.27	0.69	0.76	2.44	0.55	1.05	—	0.02	0.04	—	0.48	6.06	3.24	1.43	0.06
			Fulham	123,400	14.4	11.5	25	3.69	0.45	0.92	0.18	0.28	0.62	1.12	2.27	0.43	1.02	—	0.05	0.04	0.02	0.26	4.27	3.47	1.69	0.15
			Hammersmith	119,200	16.7	10.9	17	3.17	0.43	1.34	0.10	0.32	0.45	0.94	2.19	0.44	1 .21	0.03	0.04	0.07	0.01	0.49	6.33	3.39	1.39	0.18
			Kensington	177,400	15.5	10.4	28	2.89	0.50'	1.19	0.15	0.29	0.46	0.64	2.03	0.55	0.56	0.01	0.04	0.04	0.03	0.39	3.92	1.78	1.40	0.17
Division 2
Hampstead	97,400	15.5	10.0	19	3.08	0.52	1.06	012	0.25	0.41	0.53	2.00	0.52	0.79	—	0.09	0.05	0.01	0.45	6.04	1.94	0.98	0.10
Paddington	130,600	16.5	10.7	29	3.25	0.44	1.05	0.15	0.41	0.48	0.68	2.08	0.48	1.20	—	0.05	0.05	0.02	0.40	7.20	1.94	1.96	0.18
St. Marylebone	78,260	11.0	11.6	22	4.09	0.54	1.24	0.18	0.26	0.41	0.56	2.29	0.65	0.83	—	0.05	0.04	0.01	0.52	4.13	2.17	105	0.08
St. Pancras	141,300	15.5	11.5	31	3 41	0.46	0.96	0.25	0.49	0.62	0 85	2.46	0.55	1.27	—	0.08	0.06	0.04	0.67	7.46	2.99	1.70	0.16
Westminster,City of	105,100	11.9	10.2	35	2.92	0.35	0.94	0.14	0.35	0.43	0.59	2.39	0.62	0.71	0.03	0.08	0.05	0.04	0.11	3.39	2.30	1.47	0.12
Division 3
Finsbury	35,810	17.3	11.7	19	3.38	0.64	1.03	0.20	0.34	0.75	0.87	2.54	0.50	1.34	0.03	0.14	—	0.03	1.20	8.32	5.11	2.01	0.11
Holborn	25,930	11.6	11.0	23	3.16	0.46	1.04	0.15	0.39	0.81	0.58	2.28	0.66	0.62	0.08	0.08	—	—	0.23	5.28	3.47	1.50	0.19
Islington	238,200	17.2	11.6	29	3 43	0.58	1.10	0.18	0.37	0.61	1.00	2.25	0.45	1.13	0.08	0.07	0.04	0.04	0.55	10.34	3.16	1.80	0.18
Division 4
Hackney	172,100	15.0	11.0	23	3.46	0.34	1.11	0.18	0.32	0.64	0.85	2.07	0.31	1.60	0.05	008	0.06	—	0.37	6.35	3.24	1 .22	0.19
Shoreditch	44,800	17.7	12.4	30	3.12	0.54	1.23	0.16	0.38	0.62	1.58	2.19	0.38	1 .21	0.45	0.07	0.02	0.04	0.67	7.21	5.11	1 .36	0.18
Stoke	48,510	17.6	10.5	25	2.91	0.31	0.87	0.25	0.31	0.68	1.11	2.02	0.41	2.10	0.06	0.08	0.14	—	0.54	8.06	2.39	1.30	0.08
Newington Division 5
Bethnal Green	58,730	16.7	12.3	28	3.87	0.44	1.11	0.17	0.31	0.77	1 .28	2.21	0.32	1.07	0.02	0.05	0.05	0.02	0.49	4.04	3.44	1.35	0.12
City of London (a)	4,870	7.8	12.7	26	4.72	—	0.41	—	0.62	0 41	1.03	3.49	—	0.41	—	0.21	—	—	—	0.41	0.41	2.67	—
Poplr	74,050	16.7	10.8	28	2.93	0.43	1.08	0.16	0.42	0.42	1.05	2.19	0.47	1.34	0.03	0.03	0.03	0.05	1.34	5.66	6.48	1.00	0.11
Stepney	99,730	18.5	12.6	27	4.00	0.46	0.98	0.20	0.50	0.46	1.14	2.56	0.55	1.06	0.06	0.09	0.09	0.04	0.61	5.04	2.94	1.60	0.16
Division 6
Deptford	76,580	16.4	11.8	29	3.49	0.59	1.07	0.17	0.34	0.67	1.10	2.29	0.46	1.18	0.01	0.10	0.01	—	0.57	11.57	3.64	3.15	0.22
Greenwich	89,570	16.7	10.4	27	3.27	0.59	0.90	0.12	0.46	0.36	0.76	1.92	0.33	1.79	0.01	0.17	0.09	0.01	0.33	10.44	3.45	1.32	0.19
Woolwich	149,000	14.6	11.2	24	3.70	0.40	1.14	0.21	0.36	0.44	0.64	2.27	0.33	1.24	—	0.25	0.10	0.06	0.81	5.06	3.37	1.23	0.15
Division 7
Camberwell	178,900	16.2	11.3	27	3.94	0.34	1.04	0.16	0.32	0.42	1.07	2.08	0.33	1.13	0.04	0.07	0.03	0.02	0.45	8.04	3.92	1.62	0.20
Lewisham	228,300	15.3	10.6	26	3.50	0.35	1.09	0.14	0.29	0.37	0.72	2.07	0.35	1.53	—	0.11	0.05	0.03	0.47	9.13	3.56	1.58	0.20
Division 8
Bermondsey	59,810	19.2	12.0	20	3.51	0.42	1.25	0.23	0.37	0.59	1.37	2.36	0.33	1.22	—	002	0.02	0.02	0.27	6.12	4.43	1.76	0.17
Lambeth	231,000	16.8	11.8	29	3.97	0.37	1.19	0.16	0.38	0.47	0.94	2.10	0.40	0.96	—	0.07	0.03	0.03	0.32	7.10	3.13	1.73	0.13
Southwark	97,080	18.6	12. 3	20	3.85	0.36	1.04	0.23	0.53	0.59	1.16	2.28	0.58	1.53	_	0.10	0.04	0.08	0.24	8.30	3.65	1.84	0.28
Division 9
Battersea	117,700	16.1	11.2	27	3.88	0.39	1.26	0.14	0.37	0.42	0.76	2.07	0.35	1.29	—	0 04	0.02	0.03	0.69	1.96	2.87	1.14	0.13
Wandsworth	333,800	13.8	12.0	22	3.88	0.55	1.20	0.16	0.41	0.40	0.87	2.32	0.46	1.69	0.00	0.06	0.05	0.02	0.59	5.16	3.26	1.36	0.10
London, 1950	3,389,620	15.7	11.3	26	3.54	0.45	1.11	0.17	0.36	0.50	0.88	2.20	0 44	1.23	0.02	0.08	0.05	0.03	0.50	6.57	3.21	1.53	0.16
London, 1949	1 3,389.850	16.7	11.7	27	3.31	0.65	1.07	0.17	0.47	0.61	1.05	2.10	0.46	1.46	0.07	0.20		0.02	0.55	8.54	1.70	1.68	0.16

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Table: Table 2—Vital statistics for the metropolitan boroughs and the County of London in the year 1950 (6)

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