[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council] page 173

London County Council 1952

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

This page requires JavaScript

Table: Table 2—Vital statistics folr the Metropolitan Boroughs and the Administrative County of London in the year 1952 (b)

Download table as:

Table 2—Vital statistics folr the Metropolitan Boroughs and the Administrative County of London in the year 1952 (b)

Metropolitan boroughs arranged in divisional order	Estimated home population mid 1952	Live births	Death.rate*											Notifications of infectious disease
			Deaths	Infant mortality (per r,ooo live births)	Heart disease	Other circulatory	Cerebral vascular lesions	Peptic ulcer	Pulmonary tuberculosis	Pneu monia	Other respiratory diseases	Cancer	Violence	Scarlet fever	Diphtheria	Poliomyelitis		Meningococcal infection	Acute pneumonia	Measles	Whooping cough	Tuberculosis
																Paralytic	Non Paralytic					Pulmonary	Non pul- monary
																Division 1 Chelsea	52,140					15.1	12.8	20	3.53	0.90	1.76	0.12	0.23	0.92	0.71	2.55	0.56	1.17	—	0.23	0.02	0.02	0.31	6.81	1.96	1.59	0.15
Fulham	122,800	14.0	11.9	26	3.26	0.55	1.29	0.20	0.27	0.74	1.31	2.28	0.46	1.11	—	0.10	0.02	0.02	0.21	5.86	0.41	1.56	0.24
Hammersmith	118,800	15.0	11.4	21	3.38	0.47	1.35	0.13	0.33	0.56	1.09	2.52	0.26	1.75	—	0.06	0.03	0.05	0.72	12.63	1.99	1.51	0.12
Kensington	172,800	16.3	11.2	27	3.27	0.50	1.33	0.14	0.17	0.57	0.75	2.20	0.50	0.63	—	0.10	0.02	0.02	0.41	4.86	1.32	1.31	0.14
Division 2 Hampstead	97,700	14.9	11.2	24	3.46	0.49	1.47	0.14	0.15	0.34	0.75	2.21	0.53	MS	—	0.07	0.04	0.01	0.38	5.74	1.98	1.06	0.10
Paddington	124,800	16.7	11.6	27	3.42	0.68	1.07	0.21	0.26	0.50	1.03	2.16	0.60	0.84	_	006	0.02	0.06	0.62	8.75	0.91	1.93	0.21
St. Marylebone	74,290	12.5	15.3	25	4.72	1.10	2.13	0.16	0.19	0.63	1.08	2.79	0.61	0.86	—	0.05	0.04	0.01	0.24	6.00	1.51	1.05	0.11
St. Pancras	139,600	15.7	11.9	26	3.14	0.55	1.33	0.11	0.31	0.56	1.20	2.53	0.52	1.01	0.02	0.06	0.11	0.03	0.74	8.45	1.80	1.63	0.20
Westminster, City of	100,800	12.3	10.9	25	2.99	0.56	1.06	0.17	0.46	0.53	0.73	2.43	0.51	0.45	—	0.07	0.03		0.31	7.75	2.31	1.37	0.12
Division 3 Finsbury	35,740	191	13.4	16	3.53	0.64	0.81	0.20	0.53	0.67	1.76	2.74	0.56	2.27	0.03		0.03		1.23	13.54	2.24	1.90	0.14
Holborn	23,950	12.2	11.5	34	4.01	0.33	0.75	0.25	0.25	0.50	0.67	2.51	0.58	0.75	—	0.25	—	—	0.17	5.55	1.34	1.92	0.08
Islington	235,300	16.6	12.2	23	3.57	0.59	1.29	0.20	0.30	0.68	1.38	2.39	0.37	1.91	—	0.03	0.03	0.03	1.01	11.75	2.07	1.74	0.23
Division 4 Hackney	171,000	14.8	11.5	20	3.47	0.45	1.01	0.25	0.25	0.74	1.22	2.37	0.24	2.29	—	0.05	0.04	0.02	0.40	10.22	1.35	0.98	0.09
Shoreditch	45,800	181	12.2	28	2.97	0.74	0.96	0.24	0.28	0.74	1.79	2.31	0.37	1.86	0.02	0.04	0.04	0.02	0.72	15.55	2.21	1.22	0.13
Stoke Newington	50,610	16.2	11.0	13	2.92	0.45	0.87	0.30	0.24	0.63	1.17	2.41	0.34	2.21	0.02	0.04	0.02	0.04	0.18	11.05	2.17	0.91	0.08
Division 5 Bethnal Green	57,040	17.4	12.0	29	2.81	0.72	0.88	0.23	0.33	0.68	1.58	2.52	0.37	3.24	0.04		0.04	0.02	0.56	9.66	1.67	1.24	0.14
City of London (a)	5,220	7.1	11.9	54	3.07	1.15	1.34	—	0.96	0.96	0.38	2.11	0.57	0.38	—	—	—	—	—	6.13	—	1.72	—
Poplar	72,670	16.8	11.9	24	3.11	0.66	1.10	0.21	0.23	0.65	1.61	2.26	0.43	2.86	—	0.01	0.01	0.03	1.17	11.12	2.49	1.25	0.10
Stepney	99,000	19.1	13.8	18	4.10	0.72	1.15	0.19	0.49	1.01	1.61	2.43	0.54	2.09	—	0.06	0.03	0.03	0.65	12.98	1.57	1.38	0.12
Division 6 Deptford	75,910	17.4	12.0	32	3.66	0.70	1.13	0.14	0.36	0.62	1.42	2.13	0.28	1.84	—	0.01		0.03	0.18	11.18	1.84	1.77	0.17
Greenwich	90,880	14.3	10.5	15	3.16	0.84	1.11	0.14	0.32	0.53	0.94	1.85	0.39	2.33	0.04	0.07	0.01	0.03	0.20	10.10	2.09	1.07	0.18
Woolwich	151,800	14.5	11.0	21	3.41	0.44	1.33	0.14	0.24	0.56	1.00	2.13	0.37	1.71	—	0.16	0.03	0.01	0.81	9.33	2.14	1.14	0.14
Division 7 Camberwell	181,200	16.1	12.2	24	3.68	0.57	1.31	0.20	0.26	0.40	1.54	2.16	0.37	1.46	—	0.03		0.01	0.44	9.74	2.03	2.08	0.13
Lewisham	227,100	13.9	11.4	23	3.80	0.38	1.32	0.13	0.15	0.45	1.08	2.13	0.35	1.67	—_	0.04	0.03	0.02	0.39	9.61	2.25	1.17	0.18
Division 8 Bermondsey	59,780	16.7	12.2	19	3.56	1.02	0.99	0.20	0.37	0.74	1.44	2.02	0.45	1.37	0.02	0.02		0.03	0.42	11.98	0.67	0.99	0.13
Lambeth	230,200	15.8	12.3	25	3.81	0.64	1.31	0.14	0.26	0.65	1.24	2.16	0.31	1.12	—_	0.06	0.02	0.03	0.54	10.28	1.32	1.40	0.15
Southwark	97,970	17.7	14.1	28	3.89	1.04	1.48	0.17	0.46	0.91	1.86	2.16	0.41	2.98	0.04	0.04	0.04	0.06	0.59	10.15	1.81	1.68	0.20
Division 9 Battersea	116,400	15.2	11.9	18	3.76	0.57	1.32	0.21	0.29	0.55	1.33	2.09	0.43	1.05	0.01	0.07	0.05	0.02	0.97	8.65	1.21	1.47	0.15
Wandsworth	331,700	13.2	12.6	20	3.83	0.71	1.34	0.16	0.24	0.54	1.20	2.49	0.34	1.61	—	0.06	0.04	0.01	0.67	6.90	1.21	1.15	0.15
London, 1952	3,363,000	15.3	12.0	23	3.55	0.62	1.27	0.17	0.28	0.61	1.21	2.30	0.41	1.56	0.01	0.06	0.03	0.02	0.57	9.23	1.66	1.40	0.15
London, 1951	3,358,000	15.6	12.6	25	3.87	0.46	1.22	0.19	0.34	0.64	1.26	2.27	0.46	1.10	0.01	0.02	0.02	0.03	0.72	14.64	3.11	1.46	0.15

Text

Copy text to clipboard

(a) Including Inner and Middle Temple.
(b) Rates are per 1,000 home population.

London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

View report page

London County Council 1952

Table: Table 2—Vital statistics folr the Metropolitan Boroughs and the Administrative County of London in the year 1952 (b)

Text