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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Table A —
Age | Sex | 1931 | 1932 | 1933 | 1934 | 1935 | 1936 | 1937 | 1938 | 1939 | 1940 | 1941 | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 | 1946 | 1947 | 1948 | 1949 | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 |
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0— | M | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
5— | M | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
— | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
15— | M | 1 | - | 2 | 2 | - | 1 | - | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | - | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | - | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
— | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | 7 | — | — | ||||
25— | M | 7 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 6 |
6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | |||||||
35— | M | 30 | 29 | 26 | 36 | 36 | 34 | 36 | 41 | 41 | 46 | 34 | 44 | 32 | 38 | 48 | 43 | 75 | 54 | 50 | 60 | 55 | 65 | 75 | 58 |
10 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 13 | ||||||||||
45— | M | 106 | 107 | 123 | 110 | 129 | 154 | 137 | 146 | 138 | 138 | 108 | 129 | 147 | 149 | 159 | 179 | 198 | 192 | 217 | 249 | 250 | 233 | 276 | 272 |
37 | 25 | 27 | 42 | 25 | 34 | 20 | 24 | 25 | 21 | 27 | 25 | 19 | 39 | 36 | 27 | 32 | 34 | 39 | |||||||
55— | M | 147 | 163 | 202 | 208 | 231 | 213 | 236 | 265 | 248 | 262 | 263 | 289 | 271 | 272 | 316 | 325 | 353 | 365 | 384 | 444 | 446 | 440 | 458 | 501 |
33 | 40 | 47 | 42 | 53 | 42 | 36 | 36 | 35 | 52 | 45 | 53 | 61 | 59 | 60 | 54 | 57 | |||||||||
65— | M | 100 | 95 | 108 | 119 | 130 | 148 | 178 | 157 | 189 | 169 | 152 | 181 | 220 | 185 | 240 | 239 | 302 | 313 | 350 | 364 | 401 | 439 | 475 | 468 |
26 | 46 | 46 | 52 | 53 | 50 | 37 | 45 | 59 | 74 | 75 | 91 | 69 | 72 | 95 | |||||||||||
75 and over | M | 39 | 33 | 36 | 36 | 35 | 47 | 42 | 47 | 50 | 44 | 36 | 46 | 59 | 58 | 60 | 61 | 71 | 113 | 107 | 110 | 122 | 141 | 139 | 157 |
23 | 21 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 17 | 27 | 27 | 23 | 36 | 25 | 42 | 45 | 57 | 65 | 53 | 69 | |||||||||
All ages | M F | 418 118 | 431 777 | 511 | 518 136 | 569 137 | 608 166 | 644 765 | 669 768 | 681 | 670 | 601 729 | 696 139 | 740 155 | 709 154 | 828 759 | 856 782 | 1,012 218 | 1,050 224 | 1,119 237 | 1,238 220 | 1,284 253 | 1,329 283 | 1,431 276 | 1,464 321 |