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 3—
Metropolitan Boroughs | Estimated home population mid 1955 | Live birth rate. | Death-rates | Notifications of infectious disease | |||||||||||||||||||
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Deaths {all causes) | Infant mentality (pet l,ooo live births) | Heart disease | Other circulatory | Cerebral vascular lesions | Peptic ulcer | Pulmonary tuberculosis | Pneumonia | Other respiratory diseases (inc. Bronchitis) | Cancer | Vio-Itnce | Scarlet fever | Dysentery | Poliomyelitis | Food Poisoning | Acute pneumonia | Measles | Whooping cough | Tuberculosis | |||||
Paralytic | Son Paralytic | Pulmonary | Non-pulmonary | ||||||||||||||||||||
Chelsea | 51,450 | 14.8 | 160 | 33 | 4.22 | 1.63 | 1.90 | 0.25 | 0.16 | 1.03 | 0.80 | 3.03 | 0.76 | 0.84 | 4.20 | 0.04 | 0.08 | 0.52 | 0.47 | 14.3 | 1.65 | 0.78 | 0.14 |
Fulham | 118,600 | 14.3 | 11.1 | 27 | 2.88 | 0.45 | 1.30 | 0.22 | 0.23 | 0.46 | 0.98 | 2.32 | 0.49 | 0.62 | 0.73 | 0.09 | 0.10 | 0.29 | 0.39 | 14.6 | 1.59 | 0.85 | 0.10 |
Hammersmith | 114,700 | 14.9 | 10.9 | 30 | 2.80 | 0.54 | 1.22 | 0.15 | 0.14 | 0.57 | 1.07 | 2.40 | 0.40 | 0.77 | 0.69 | 0.17 | 0.16 | 0.22 | 1.00 | 14.3 | 1.71 | 1.18 | 0.13 |
Kensington | 169,400 | 15.9 | 10.3 | 31 | 3.05 | 0.47 | 1.28 | 0.16 | 0.07 | 0.60 | 0.75 | 1.88 | 0.61 | 0.30 | 0.58 | 0.06 | 0.12 | 0.31 | 0.62 | 8.4 | 0.68 | 1.14 | 0.15 |
Hampstead | 97,710 | 14.1 | 10.0 | 17 | 2.81 | 0.71 | 1.19 | 0.13 | 0.13 | 0.41 | 0.62 | 2.25 | 0.59 | 0.24 | 0.33 | 0.09 | 0.29 | 0.57 | 0.54 | 10.5 | 1.17 | 0.86 | 0.04 |
Paddington | 121,500 | 17.4 | 10.7 | 25 | 2.75 | 0.53 | 1.23 | 0.18 | 0.12 | 0.53 | 0.84 | 2.37 | 0.64 | 0.32 | 0.24 | 0.10 | 0.12 | 0.57 | 0.42 | 13.1 | 0.98 | 1.46 | 0.15 |
St. Marylebone | 73,440 | 11.1 | 15.5 | 15 | 6.09 | 0.75 | 2.19 | 0.10 | 0.12 | 0.41 | 1.21 | 2.51 | 0.49 | 0.26 | 0.16 | 0.11 | 0.08 | 1.59 | 0.16 | 8.0 | 0.50 | 1.02 | 0.03 |
St. Pancras | 134,500 | 16.5 | 10.7 | 23 | 2.77 | 0.62 | 0.89 | 0.13 | 0.23 | 0.45 | 1.14 | 2.48 | 0.43 | 0.38 | 1.26 | 0.12 | 0.18 | 0.74 | 0.43 | 120 | 0.79 | 1.55 | 0.16 |
Westminster, City of | 97,630 | 11.0 | 10.1 | 27 | 2.67 | 0.52 | 112 | 0.10 | 0.23 | 0.60 | 0.57 | 2.31 | 0.60 | 0.31 | 0.70 | 0.10 | 0.05 | 0.09 | 0.16 | 9.4 | 1.30 | 1.13 | 0.15 |
Finsbury | 35,100 | 19.8 | 10.2 | 30 | 2.76 | 0.17 | 0.68 | 0.14 | 0.43 | 0.57 | 1.34 | 211 | 0.66 | 0.83 | 3.30 | 0.09 | 0.03 | 0.54 | 0.97 | 15.6 | 2.91 | 1.17 | 0.17 |
Holborn | 23,060 | 110 | 10.4 | 28 | 2.60 | 0.26 | 1 04 | 009 | 0.35 | 0.56 | 0.69 | 2.47 | 0.74 | 0.17 | 0.17 | 0.35 | 0.17 | 0.52 | — | 7.5 | 0.04 | 1.78 | 0.17 |
Islington | 228,800 | 17.5 | 11.3 | 25 | 3.26 | 0.62 | 105 | 0.17 | 0.20 | 0.86 | 1.11 | 2.18 | 0.50 | 0.93 | 1.78 | 0.16 | 0.07 | 1.32 | 0.52 | 12.6 | 1.57 | 1.34 | 0.18 |
Hackney | 167,200 | 140 | 10.4 | 23 | 318 | 0.47 | 1.06 | 0.25 | 0.09 | 0.44 | 1.08 | 2.26 | 0.32 | 0.48 | 2.67 | 0.11 | 0.10 | 0.26 | 0.39 | 12.8 | 1.77 | 0.66 | 0.11 |
Shoreditch | 45,480 | 16.8 | 12.9 | 20 | 3.43 | 0.62 | 1.54 | 018 | 0.33 | 0.73 | 1.41 | 2.51 | 0.35 | 0.77 | 5.54 | 0.15 | 0.09 | 0.13 | 0.29 | 10.3 | 3.32 | 0.79 | 0.13 |
Stoke Newington | 50,470 | 15.7 | 10.7 | 18 | 311 | 0.53 | 115 | 0.14 | 008 | 0.67 | 0.95 | 2.66 | 0.40 | 0.55 | 0.75 | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.73 | 0.71 | 14.9 | 1.60 | 0.63 | 0.08 |
Bethnal Green | 53,860 | 160 | 10.3 | 20 | 2.58 | 0.46 | 0.87 | 0.24 | 015 | 0.87 | 1.21 | 2.30 | 0.35 | 0.52 | 1.21 | 0.20 | 0.02 | 0.41 | 0.09 | 15.3 | 1.75 | 0.85 | 0.09 |
City of London (b) | 5,180 | 6.4 | 10.6 | 30 | 212 | 0.39 | 0.39 | 0.39 | 0.39 | 0.77 | 0.39 | 3.28 | 1.16 | 0.39 | — | 0.39 | 0.19 | — | 0.77 | 3.9 | — | 1.16 | 0.19 |
Poplar | 70,260 | 16.8 | 10.9 | 29 | 2.48 | 0.81 | 1.02 | 0.20 | 0.23 | 0.73 | 1.22 | 2.33 | 0.44 | 0.58 | 0.51 | 0.28 | 0.13 | 0.56 | 0.80 | 22.2 | 2.73 | 0.84 | 0.14 |
Stepney | 98,180 | 18.6 | 120 | 23 | 3.04 | 0.66 | 105 | 0.18 | 0.17 | 0.86 | 1.48 | 2.52 | 0.48 | 0.26 | 1.50 | 0.25 | 0.21 | 0.18 | 0.55 | 18.7 | 1.50 | 1.52 | 0.23 |
Deptford | 72,890 | 14.4 | 11.8 | 11 | 3.55 | 0.71 | 1.34 | 019 | 019 | 0.71 | 1.10 | 2.54 | 0.33 | 0.54 | 0.12 | 0.07 | 0.01 | 0.07 | 0.56 | 14.2 | 1.56 | 2.25 | 0.05 |
Greenwich | 89,490 | 14.5 | 9.3 | 16 | 2.82 | 0.55 | 0.94 | 009 | 008 | 0.49 | 0.74 | 1.93 | 0.28 | 0.64 | 01.9 | 0.26 | 0.36 | 0.16 | 0.16 | 18.8 | 1.84 | 0.99 | 0.08 |
Woolwich | 148,500 | 13.3 | 10.4 | 20 | 3.04 | 0.50 | 1.08 | 0.17 | 0.15 | 0.66 | 0.78 | 2.20 | 0.41 | 0.30 | 0.22 | 0.40 | 0.40 | 0.16 | 0.92 | 20.1 | 1.19 | 0.95 | 0.07 |
Camberwell | 178,400 | 14.9 | 10.5 | 20 | 2.80 | 0.82 | 0.95 | 0.14 | 016 | 0.62 | 1.07 | 2.31 | 0.41 | 0.54 | 0.54 | 0.07 | 0.02 | 0.29 | 0.36 | 15.0 | 0.77 | 1.70 | 0.08 |
Lewisham | 223,400 | 14.0 | 10.8 | 17 | 3.55 | 0.51 | 1.33 | 0.13 | 0.10 | 0.47 | 0.92 | 2.37 | 0.32 | 0.71 | 0.49 | 0.40 | 0.31 | 0.24 | 0.54 | 17.5 | 1.84 | 1.14 | 0.07 |
Bermondsey | 57,580 | 15.9 | 10.0 | 23 | 2.78 | 0.54 | 1.15 | 0.24 | 0.14 | 0.43 | 1.04 | 2.15 | 0.42 | 1.95 | 0.50 | 0.17 | 0.07 | 0.21 | 0.40 | 22.1 | 0.87 | 0.94 | 0.10 |
Lambeth | 224,200 | 1.60 | 10.6 | 21 | 2.98 | 0.58 | 1.24 | 0.18 | 0.14 | 0.65 | 0.98 | 2.07 | 0.37 | 0.62 | 0.36 | 0.08 | 0.05 | 0.37 | 0.60 | 16.9 | 1.28 | 1.03 | 0.09 |
Southwark | 93,820 | 17.4 | 13.9 | 28 | 3.41 | 0.80 | 1.82 | 0.20 | 0.25 | 1.13 | 1.16 | 2.34 | 0.37 | 1.97 | 2.39 | 0.30 | 0.18 | 0.29 | 1.33 | 22.9 | 1.50 | 1.56 | 0.10 |
Battersea | 113,700 | 15.3 | 11.4 | 25 | 3.55 | 0.42 | 1.51 | 0.16 | 0.12 | 0.52 | 0.95 | 2.23 | 0.48 | 0.55 | 0.26 | 008 | 0.08 | 018 | 0.50 | 170 | 1.56 | 101 | 012 |
Wandsworth | 336,500 | 13.8 | 15.5 | 24 | 5.52 | 0.80 | 1.59 | 018 | 0.15 | 0.75 | 1.01 | 3.25 | 0.49 | 0.82 | 0.26 | 006 | 009 | 0.75 | 0.95 | 15.5 | 160 | 0.91 | 008 |
London,1955 | 3,295,000 | 15.1 | 11.5 | 23 | 3.37 | 0.61 | 1.25 | 0.17 | 0.16 | 0.63 | 0.99 | 2.39 | 0.45 | 0.63 | 0.92 | 0.16 | 0.14 | 0.46 | 0.58 | 14.9 | 1.43 | 1.14 | 0.11 |
3,322,000 | 15.3 | 10.7 | 21 | 3.22 | 0.57 | 1.20 | 0.16 | 0.18 | 0.48 | 0.76 | 2.31 | 0.44 | 0.74 | 1.28 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.32 | 0.45 | 2.24 | 1.41 | 1.27 | 0.12 |
(a) Rates are per 1,000 home population. (b) Including Inner and Middle Temple.