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London County Council 1957

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

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Table V.l—Vital statistics—Metropolitan Boroughs and the Administrative County of London, 1957 (a)

Metropolitan BoroughsEstimated home population mid if) 57Live birth rateDeath rate (all causes)Infant Mortality (per t,ooo live births)Death-ratesNotifications of infectious disease
CancerVascular lesions of C.N.S.Heart diseaseOther circulatoryPneumoniaOther respiratory (including bronchitis)ViolenceDysenteryFood poisoningMeaslesPneumoniaPoliomyelitisScarlet feverwhoop- ing coughTuberculosis
CrudeAdjustedCrudeAdjusted
ParalyticNonparalyticPulmonaryNon-pulmonary
Division 1
Chelsea50,60014.611.114.810.2222.592.1541.11.501.070.850.651.400.268.020.850.060.671.360.890.12
Fulham116,20015.314.711.011.2262031023.240.530.561140.450.920.1513.180.500.030.020.281.201.040.07
Hammersmith111,70016.915.711.011.9252.651.302.900.470.521.050.451.230.4511.340.820.100.341171130.14
Kensington167,90016.511.910.410.7282.171.282.760.640.560.740.580.460.315.850.450.080.010.200.771.140.10
Division 2
Hampstead97,13015.111.310.510.7182.371.242.980.670.530.650.450.270.108.530.490.110.040.571.111.110.09
Paddington120,50018.714.810.010.8242.151.022.820.410.480.610.770.270.469.980.460.020.020.420.771.590.15
St. Marylebone72,53010.98.515.511.4322.791.975.740.630.471.140.510.250.126.980.110060.060.390.840.900.08
St. Pancras132,00016.814.410.911.4212.471.053080.390.700.980.590.940.987.701130050.040.782.141.800.12
Westminster City of95,93011.19.19.610.0222.181012.680.460.390.660.570.130.255.750.110.050.140.651.060.08
Division 3
Finsbury34,83020.518.010.010.6222.100.723.040.320.631.060.553.420.269.881.640.090.031.121.351.090.03
Holborn22,23011.48.111.813.2362.340.813.460.540.760.720.900.720.094.450.180.360.130.360.271.44
Islington227,80020.118.110.810.8212.270.913.170.620.701.060.431.710.587.710.750.100.020.871.871.120.13
Division 4
Hackney165,00015.814.711.012.2202.561.153.280.480.491.020.450.780.1913.660.440.030.030.551.080.770.07
Shoreditch43,87016.815.114.010.5222.802.053.100.781.231.460.411.600.1817.550.430.050.020.750.750.710.18
Stoke Ncwington50,48017.615.79.811.3282.101.132.890.420.380.850.321.940.2815.510.420.020.021.050.870.690.08
Division 5
Bethnal Green50,94015.814.511.311.5122.411063120.490.751.330.332080.1815.390.290.100.491.390.800.04
City of London(b)5,1006.35.610.410.6941.961.182.550.780.780.590.781.182.943.530.200.200.390.98
Poplar67,08016.815.610.311.9212.240.952.550.420.521.310.450.790.7615.060.810.070.040.881.740.790.06
Stepney97,81019.016.712.414.0242.551.113.500.610.991.220.500.350.0814.290.790.070.030.470.781.230.18
Division 6
Deptford70,97014.814.212.210.9132.521.323.510.610.931.320.310.230.0811.540.630.831.242.010.11
Greenwich88,91014.113.39.611.0292.150.872.640.480.490.930.400.250.1913.430.310.030.071.151.090.850.02
Woolwich146,20013.713.610.310.9262.201.053.060.490.720.700.340.680.349.471.390.050.010.990.940.900.10
Division 7
Camberwcll177,70016.715.410.610.9242.151.133.150.570.680.840.290.430.3216.130.430.020.020.741.881.250.10
Lewisham220,90014.914.211.011.0162.251.423.390.480.520.880.380.660.2212.350.430.050.120.651021.000.12
Division 8
Bermondsey54,75017.016.011.512.7222.481.103.000.380.601.390.640.070.1320.070.581.262.061.39
Lambeth224,30018.716.810.510.8232.141.073.140.490.710.840.400.300.2613.240.970.060.010.691.150.880.05
Southwark91,14018.016.012.010.8232.390.923.760.681.090.840.380.380.2212.940.670.010.021.572.061.330.08
Division 9
Battersea111,80016.115.110.911.1232.541.233.270.470.450.910.430.290.2312.540.610.030.050.511.060.800.10
Wandsworth337,70014.914.314.710.2163.531.484.610.730.750.840.440.690.7811.260.970.130.080.691.030.770.04
London, 19573,254,00016.214.411.411.3222.441.193.340.560.650.930.460.720.3711.360.670.060.040.671.221.060.09
London, 19563,273,00015.914011.711.7212.421.273.460.590.671.070.471.950.412.950.500.060.030.671.671.100.10

(a) Rales are per 1,000 home population, figures in italics are based upon fewer than 20 births, deaths or notifications as a warning that the smallness of the experiences may a ffect their significance.
(b) Including Inner and Middle Temple.