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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 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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Table IV—
| Area | Sex | Population | Index of atmospheric Pollution | Standardised mortality ratios (a) London A.C. — 100 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimated number mid-1955 | Percentage in social classes IV& V (census 1951) | Percentage born in London (census 1951) | Smoke | SO, | All causes | Bronchitis | Other respiratory (including respiratory tuberculosis) | Lung cancer | Other cancer | Cardiovascular diseases | ||
| Hampstead | M | 40,900 | 15.4 | 40 | 33 | 7.1 | 91 | 53 | 58 | 69 | 83 | 83 |
| F | 56,810 | 34 | 81 | 67 | 59 | (74) | 76 | 83 | ||||
| St. Pancras North | M | 40,700 | 32.5 | 64 | 33 | 7.1 | 99 | 108 | 120 | 105 | 99 | 94 |
| F | 45,300 | 64 | 92 | 88 | 85 | (113) | 102 | 89 | ||||
| Hackney | M | 78,900 | 26.0 | 76 | 37 | 7.1 | 96 | 133 | 69 | 88 | 103 | 99 |
| F | 88,300 | 75 | 96 | 108 | 83 | 78 | 106 | 99 | ||||
| Greenwich and West Woolwich | M | 82,970 | 28.4 | 63 | 25 | 5.6 | 80 | 71 | 85 | 82 | 85 | 78 |
| F | 87,020 | 65 | 79 | 84 | 89 | (48) | 78 | 77 | ||||
| Bermondsey | M | 28,320 | 45.1 | 81 | 37 | 8.0 | 99 | 93 | 98 | 106 | 99 | 99 |
| F | 29,260 | 85 | 93 | 97 | 71 | (50) | 102 | 95 | ||||
| Deptford and Peckham Division of Camberwell | M | 76,840 | 35.6 | 77 | 37 | 8.0 | 106 | 129 | 107 | 137 | 102 | 100 |
| F | 82,450 | 77 | 104 | 116 | 90 | 103 | 109 | 107 | ||||
| Westminster | M | 45,260 | 26.7 | 35 | 21 | 9.4 | 88 | 49 | 105 | 75 | 99 | 84 |
| F | 52,370 | 35 | 81 | 39 | 87 | 100 | 87 | 74 | ||||
| Vauxhall Division of Lambeth | M | 33,000 | 32.6 | 66 | 30 | 9.2 | 106 | 118 | 144 | 116 | 84 | 106 |
| F | 35,300 | 67 | 99 | 114 | 121 | (131) | 94 | 96 | ||||
| Clapham Division of Wandsworth and Brixton Division of Lambeth | M | 74,650 | 31.0 | 66 | 39 | 9.0 | 110 | 86 | 90 | 166 | 168 | 94 |
| F | 81,600 | 66 | 126 | 106 | 112 | 190 | 223 | 102 | ||||
| Chelsea | M | 21,420 | 23.2 | 49 | 37 | 11.3 | 123 | 67 | 104 | 88 | 146 | 126 |
| F | 30,030 | 41 | 123 | 92 | 143 | (100) | 107 | 125 | ||||
(a) Nine age groups were used in the calculation of the standardised mortality ratios, viz., 0-4 years and ten-year-groups from
5-14 to 75+ years.
Figures in brackets are based on fewer than 20 deaths in either actual or expected mortality and, therefore, ratios are unreliable.