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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 1954
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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| Lung cancer D.R. per 1,000 aged 75+ 1950-4 (Average) | Percentage of persons living at a density of more than 2 per room 1951 | Percentage of social classes IV & V 1951 | Existing open space per 1,000 persons (Acres) 1951 | Atmospheric pollution | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solid deposit to 1954 | Sulphur dioxide concentration (b) 1954 | |||||
| Division 1 | ||||||
| Chelsea | 0.53 | 1.9 | 23.2 | 1.20 | 19.8 | 2.73 |
| Fulham | 0.60 | 2.7 | 27.3 | 0.92 | 28.8 | 2.76 |
| Hammersmith | 0.61 | 3.9 | 30.0 | 2.30 | 14.0 | 1.76 |
| Kensington | 0.47 | 4.6 | 23.1 | 0.95 | 16.1 | 2.32 |
| Division 2 | ||||||
| Hampstead | 0.51 | 2.7 | 15.4 | 3.75 | 20.5 | 1.18 |
| Paddington | 0.63 | 5.2 | 26.9 | 1.13 | 18.8 | 2.31 |
| St. Marylebone | 0.55 | 2.2 | 21.7 | 4.88 | 21.1 | 3.40 |
| St. Pancras | 0.76 | 4.4 | 32.0 | 3.98 | 21.3 | 1.80 |
| Westminster, City of | 0.48 | 2.3 | 26.7 | 7.15 | 28.9 | 3.67 |
| Division 3 | ||||||
| Finsbury | 0.72 | 3.4 | 39.0 | 0.43 | 20.7 | 3.20 |
| Holborn | 0.61 | 2.3 | 29.9 | 1.17 | 19.8 | 3.95 |
| Islington | 0.68 | 3.8 | 31.0 | 0.26 | 26.3 | 2.64 |
| Division 4 | ||||||
| Hackney | 0.59 | 1.5 | 26.0 | 3.68 | 14.4 | 2.49 |
| Shoreditch | 0.78 | 3.5 | 38.5 | 0.22 | (c) | 3.25 |
| Stoke Newington | 0.53 | 1.7 | 22.0 | 1.19 | 15.5 | 1.65 |
| Division 5 | ||||||
| Bethnal Green | 0.79 | 2.8 | 38.0 | 1.75 | (c) | 3.55 |
| City of London | 0.52 | 0.8 | 43.4 | 1.90 | 24.0 | 3.82 |
| Poplar | 0.69 | 3.5 | 44.0 | 1.45 | 35.2 | 3.60 |
| Stepney | 0.64 | 3.4 | 46.0 | 0.44 | 20.3 | 3.31 |
| Division 6 | ||||||
| Deptford | 0.64 | 1.7 | 34.7 | 0.46 | (c) | (c) |
| Greenwich | 0.53 | 1.9 | 31.5 | 4.85 | 38.0 | 2.65 |
| Woolwich | 0.56 | 1.3 | 25.0 | 7.00 | 18.9 | 2.89 |
| Division 7 | ||||||
| Camberwell | 0.58 | 1.6 | 29.7 | 1.47 | 15.8 | 1.76 |
| Lewisham | 0.48 | 1.4 | 21.8 | 2.83 | 16.3 | 1.86 |
| Division 8 | ||||||
| Bermondsey | 0.64 | 2.7 | 45.1 | 1.29 | (c) | 2.47 |
| Lambeth | 0.58 | 2.1 | 28.7 | 1.25 | 17.6 | 2.73 |
| Southwark | 0.73 | 2.9 | 41.8 | 0.36 | 35.8 | 3.58 |
| Division 9 | ||||||
| Battersea | 0.57 | 2.1 | 29.7 | 3.30 | 28.8 | 1.99 |
| Wandsworth | 0.63 | 1.3 | 21.1 | 3.77 | (c) | 1.64 |
| London County | 0.60 | 2.5 | 28.8 | 2.47 | 22.4 | 2.67 |
(a) In tons per square mile per month.
(b) As measured by the mean rate of sulphuration of a standard lead peroxide candle expressed in milligrammes of sulphur
trioxide fixed per day per 100 cms. of Batch A standard lead peroxide.
(c) Not recorded.
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