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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| Period | Annuo t 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) | Meningococcal infection | Diphtheria | Enteric fever | Scarlet lever | Smallpox | Whooping cough | Measles | Influenza | Tuberculosis | Infants 0—1 | Diarrhoea and enteritis 0—2 | Puerperal fever | Other child.birth. | ||||||||
| Pulmonary | Non.pulmonary | Pneumonia (all forms) | Bronchitis | Other resp. diseases | Heart disease | Cancer | Diabetes | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 | 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 | 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 | 1.04 | 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 | 0.09 | 92 | 15.4 | 1 .04 | 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 | 0.19 | 1.14 | 0.97 | 0.16 | 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 | 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 | 0.99 | 1.38 (d) |
| 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 | 0.49 | 0.97 |
| 1941.45 | 15.4 | 23 .3 | 16.0 | 0.02 | 0 .02 | 0.003 | 0.002 | — | 0.04 | 0.01 | 0.14 | 0.90 | 0.91 | 1.14 | 0.16 | 3.99 | 2.38 | 0.11 | 48 | 8.0 | 0.28 | 1.08 | |
| 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 | 0.12 | 0.80 |
| 1947 | 20.9 | 23.2 | 12.5 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 | — | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.09 | 0.62 | 0.03 | 0.75 | 1.03 | 0.15 | 3.37 | 2.06 | 0.07 | 34 | 4.5 | 0.12 | 0.55 |
| 1948 | 17.9 | 22.7 | 11.1 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 000 | 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 | 0.13 | 0.37 |
| 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 | 0.02 | 0.38 |
| 1950 | 15.7 | 20.2 | 11.3 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0. 00 | 0.00 | — | 0.01 | 0 00 | 0.08 | 0.36 | 0.04 | 0.50 | 0.78 | 0.10 | 3.54 | 2.20 | 0.08 | 26 | 1.2 | — | 0.53 |