[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council] page 166

London County Council 1955

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

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Table: TableI—Populations of Boroughs

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TableI—Populations of Boroughs

Borough	Populations (thousands)					Intercensus Variations (per cent.)				Percentage of Males in Population
Borough	1901	1911	1921	1931	1951	1901-11	1911-21	1921-31	1931-51	1901	1911	1921	1931	1951
City	27	20	14	11	5	-27.0	- 30.3	- 19.8	- 51.6	51.4	51.3	49.0	50.7	49.7
Battersea	169	168	168	160	117	- 0.7	- 0.0	- 4.9	- 26.6	48.4	48.2	46.9	47.3	46.8
Bermondsey	131	126	119	112	61	- 3.7	- 5.1	- 6.6	- 45.6	49.8	50.0	48.8	49.2	49.2
Bethnal Green	130	128	117	108	58	- 1.2	- 8.5	- 7.7	- 46.1	48.9	48.9	48.4	48.3	47.3
Camberwell	259	261	267	251	179	0.8	2.2	- 5.9	- 28.5	47.4	47.5	47.0	47.2	47.1
Chelsea	74	66	64	59	51	-10.1	- 4.0	- 7.3	- 13.7	44.4	42.9	40.5	40.6	41.6
Deptford	110	109	113	107	75	- 0.8	2.8	- 5.0	- 29.4	48.6	48.4	48.1	48.3	47.1
Finsbury	101	88	76	70	35	-13.3	- 13.6	- 8.0	- 49.4	49.2	48.5	47.6	48.1	47.8
Fulham	137	153	158	151	122	11.7	3.0	- 4.4	- 19.1	47.1	47.4	46.4	46.7	46.4
Greenwich	96	96	100	101	90	0.2	4.7	0.5	- 11.0	49.7	49.2	48.6	49.1	48.7
Hackney	219	223	222	215	171	1.6	- 0.2	- 3.1	- 20.4	46.1	46.3	45.9	46.3	47.2
Hammersmith	112	122	130	136	119	8.3	7.2	4.0	- 11.9	47.0	47.8	48.0	48.0	47.9
Hampstead	82	85	86	89	95	4.3	0.8	3.2	7.0	38.7	38.4	38.6	39.3	41.8
Holborn	59	49	43	39	25	- 16.9	-12.5	- 10.0	- 36.2	49.6	48.8	48.0	46.8	45.4
Islington	335	327	331	322	236	– 2.3	1.0	- 2.7	- 26.8	47.6	47.6	46.8	47.2	47.2
Kensington	177	172	176	181	168	– 2.4	2.1	2.7	- 6.9	39.1	38.6	38.6	39.3	42.9
Lambeth	302	298	303	296	230	– 1.3	1.6	- 2.2	- 22.3	47.3	47.7	46.7	47.2	47.6
Lewisham	127	161	174	220	228	26.1	8.3	26.3	3.5	44.5	45.3	45.4	46.3	46.9
Paddington	144	143	144	145	125	- 1.0	1.2	0.5	- 13.4	42.8	42.4	41.9	42.4	45.7
Poplar	169	162	163	155	74	- 3.8	0.1	- 4.6	- 52.6	50.2	49.8	49.5	49.4	49.2
St. Marylebone	133	118	104	98	76	-11.4	- 11.8	- 6.3	- 22.3	43.4	42.0	39.4	39.7	41.7
St. Pancras	235	218	211	198	138	- 7.2	- 3.2	- 6.3	- 30.2	48.6	48.9	47.1	47.6	47.8
Shoreditch	119	111	104	97	45	- 6.1	- 6.4	- 6.9	- 53.8	49.0	49.2	48.3	48.7	48.2
Southwark	206	192	184	172	97	- 6.9	- 3.9	- 6.9	- 43.4	50.1	49.8	48.6	49.3	48.7
Stepney	299	280	250	225	99	- 6.3	-10.8	- 9.8	- 56.1	50.4	50.1	49.1	48.9	49.4
Stoke Newington	51	51	52	51	49	- 1.1	3.0	- 1.9	- 4.0	44.1	44.7	45.0	45.0	47.6
Wandsworth	232	311	328	353	330	34.3	5.4	7.5	- 6.4	44.7	45.2	44.8	45.2	45.8
Westminster	183	160	142	130	99	- 12.4	- 11.7	- 8.5	- 23.6	46.4	45.8	43.4	43.6	46.4
Woolwich	117	121	140	147	148	3.6	15.7	4.6	0.7	52.3	50.5	49.6	49.8	48.9
London	4,536	4,522	4,485	4,397	3,348	- 0.3	- 0.8	- 2.0	- 23.9	47.2	47.0	46.2	46.5	46.8