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London County Council 1956

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Table: T able 3 — Vital statistics—Metropolitan Boroughs and the Administrative County of London, 1956 (a)

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T able 3 — Vital statistics—Metropolitan Boroughs and the Administrative County of London, 1956 (a)

Metropolitan Boroughs	Estimated home population mid1956	Live birth rate.	Death-rates											Notifications of infectious disease
			Deaths (all causes)	Infant mortality (per i.ooo live births)	Heart disease	Other circulatory	Cerebral vascular lesions	Peptic ulcer	Pulmonary tuberculosis	Pneumonia	Other respiratory diseases (inc. Bronchitis)	Cancer	Violence	Scarlet fever	Dysen-tery	Poliomyelitis		Food Poisoning	Acute pneumonia	Measles	Whooping cough	Tuberculosis
			Deaths (all causes)	Infant mortality (per i.ooo live births)	Heart disease	Other circulatory	Cerebral vascular lesions	Peptic ulcer	Pulmonary tuberculosis	Pneumonia	Other respiratory diseases (inc. Bronchitis)	Cancer	Violence	Scarlet fever	Dysen-tery	Paralytic	Nov Paralytic	Food Poisoning	Acute pneumonia	Measles	Whooping cough	Pulmonary	Nonr pulmonary
Division 1
Chelsea	51,070	16.1	16.0	26	4.35	1.33	21.3	0.22	0.02	1.23	0.96	3.19	0.51	0.74	6.83	0.16	0.12	1.66	0.70	3.58	1.41	0.69	0.08
Fulham	117,100	15.0	11.3	26	3.18	0.65	1.21	0.14	0.10	0.57	1.04	2.30	0.49	0.38	1.00	0.09	0.05	0.12	0.16	0.46	1.76	1.11	0.09
Hammersmith	113,300	16.1	11.3	21	3.24	0.60	1.41	0.07	0.15	0.64	1.09	2.10	0.61	0.49	1.24	0.03	—	0.26	0.58	1.45	1.93	1.38	0.08
Kensington	168,800	16.6	10.5	21	3.06	0.53	1.13	0.19	0.11	0.63	0.80	2.16	0.57	0.27	0.52	0.08	0.04	0.37	0.39	2.12	1.40	1.38	0.14
Division 2
Hampstead	97,580	15.2	10.5	23	3.40	0.59	1.31	0.17	0.04	0.46	0.56	2.21	0.46	0.33	0.36	0.02	—	0.15	0.55	2.49	0.96	0.90	0.12
Paddington	121,200	18.9	10.4	24	2.77	0.47	1.25	0.19	0.12	0.54	0.84	1.91	0.74	0.21	0.71	0.02	0.05	0.42	0.35	2.80	0.84	1.82	0.18
St. Marylebone	73,040	11.1	15.6	15	5.94	0.58	1.90	0.15	0.11	0.49	1.23	2.81	0.68	0.42	0.75	0.01	0.01	0.18	0.12	1.59	0.59	0.90	0.07
St. Pancras	133,100	17.7	11.5	22	2.83	0.59	1.19	0.21	0.18	0.74	1.17	2.46	0 .59	0.51	0.68	0.03	0.01	0.47	0.52	6.31	1.31	1.32	0.11
Westminster,
City of	96,100	11.9	9.9	23	2.68	0.41	1.04	0.16	0.17	0.42	0.57	2.35	0.81	0.30	0.96	0.06	0.01	0.47	0.12	2.13	0.56	1.07	0.07
Division 3
Finsbury	34,870	20.1	10.2	30	3.27	0.29	0.80	0.20	0.14	0.60	1.18	2.12	0.26	0.80	5.82	0.06	—	0.95	1.66	8.89	4.16	1.03	0.14
Holborn	22,640	11.3	11.5	51	3.27	0.35	1.15	0.13	0.09	0.75	0.71	2.65	0.49	0.18	0.31	0.18	0.09	0.04	0.13	3.14	0.97	1.46	0.13
Islington	228,300	18.9	11.2	21	3.31	0.53	1.04	0.20	0.15	0.78	1.12	2.26	0.50	0.71	1.55	0.04	0.00	0.65	0.40	8.76	2.32	1.31	0.15
Division 4
Hackney	165,800	15.1	11.1	18	3.62	0.47	1.12	0.14	0.11	0.51	1.14	2.36	0.43	0.78	1.15	0.02	0.01	0.19	0.33	2.75	2.38	0.69	0.05
Shoreditch	44,520	16.1	15.5	17	3.46	0.88	1.98	0.38	0.09	1.64	2.27	2.83	0.43	0.72	2.07	0.04	0.11	0.40	0.74	5.21	2.40	0.90	0.09
Stoke Newington	50,420	17.0	10.6	21	3.29	0.52	1.23	0.20	0.06	0.56	1.05	2.22	0.36	0.56	0.85	0.06	0.02	0.26	0.22	2.08	4.58	1.01	0.08
Division 5
Bethnal Green	52,280	17.2	10.7	25	2.70	0.65	1.15	0.25	0.10	0.61	1.22	2.31	0.38	0.52	0.48	0.10	—	0.13	0.15	3.90	2.77	1.15	0.08
City of London (b)	5,180	8.9	12.9	65	3.28	0.77	0.58	0.19	0.39	0.97	0.97	3.28	0.77	0.58	1.16	—	—	0.19	0.19	3.67	0.77	0.77	0.39
Poplar	68,620	17.3	10.7	25	2.74	0.60	0.90	0.22	0.13	0.58	1.41	2.30	0.41	0.48	1.38	0.10	0.06	0.35	0.68	5.71	2.54	0.85	0.09
Stepney	98,160	19.4	12.1	23	3.49	0.56	1.09	0.15	0.17	0.78	1.31	2.38	0.57	0.35	0.17	0.02	0.01	0.22	0.80	5.85	2.39	1.18	0.11
Division 6
Deptford	71,840	14.8	13.3	25	4.26	0.67	1.22	0.17	0.21	0.88	1.17	3.10	0.26	0.85	3.73	—	—	0.13	0.46	0.53	1.10	1.43	0.13
Greenwich	88,780	14.9	9.8	15	2.92	0.34	0.96	0.09	0.14	0.89	0.89	2.15	0.34	0.65	5.41	0.06	0.05	0.26	0.16	0.50	1.37	0.81	0.10
Woolwich	147,500	13.4	10.3	19	2.81	0.47	1.10	0.14	0.12	0.66	1.08	2.15	0.41	0.77	3.55	0.03	0.01	0.05	0.53	1.59	1.41	0.98	0.07
Division 7
Camberwell	177,800	15.4	10.8	24	2.98	0.64	1.19	0.19	0.13	0.51	1.18	2.26	0.47	0.87	1.39	0.02	—	0.49	0.30	0.82	1.99	1.73	0.13
Lewisham	222,100	14.4	11.3	19	3.63	0.51	1.35	0.17	0.13	0.60	1.06	2.18	0.36	0.85	2.70	0.12	0.09	0.23	0.40	0.93	1.09	0.88	0.08
Division 8
Bermondsey	56,200	16.4	10.1	22	2.63	0.87	0.78	0.18	0.18	0.71	1.12	2.08	0.30	1.44	2.92	0.04	—	0.34	0.53	2.65	0.77	1.07	0.11
Lambeth	223,900	17.8	10.7	21	3.06	0.58	1.26	0.12	0.10	0.75	0.96	2.15	0.35	0.70	1.35	0.04	0.03	0.27	0.55	2.55	1.54	0.80	0.08
Southwark	92,300	17.7	13.0	16	3.65	0.66	1.40	0.18	0.23	0.86	1.31	2.55	0.46	2.84	7.76	0.04	_	0.09	0.56	4.84	1.56	1.52	0.17
Division 9
Battersea	112,900	16.0	10.8	23	3.26	0.55	1.25	0.11	0.12	0.51	1.20	2.13	0.43	0.64	1.39	0.15	0.05	0.22	0.40	2.43	1.58	0.90	0.05
Wandsworth	337,600	14.4	15.6	17	5.03	0.78	1.71	0.15	0.13	0.68	1.08	3.49	0.46	0.60	2.22	0.07	0.04	1.07	1.05	2.01	1.63	0.83	0.07
London, 1956	3,273,000	15.9	11.7	21	3.46	0.59	1.27	016	.13	0.67	1.07	2.42	0.47	0.67	1.95	0.06	0.03	0.41	0.50	2.95	1.67	1.10	0.10
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

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(a) Rates are per 1,000 home population.
(b) Including Inner and Middle Temple.

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Table: T able 3 — Vital statistics—Metropolitan Boroughs and the Administrative County of London, 1956 (a)

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