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London County Council 1958

[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, 1958 (a)

Metropolitan BoroughsEstimated home population mid 1958Live birth rateDeath rate (all causes)Infant Mortality (per 1,000 live births)Death ratesNotifications of infectious disease ____
CancerVascular lesions of C.X.S.Heart diseaseOther circulatoryPneumoniaOther respiratory (including bronchitis)ViolenceDysenteryFood poisoningMeaslesPneu-moniaPoliomyelitisScarlet feverWhooping coughTuberculosis
CrudeAdjustedCrudeAdjusted
ParalyticNonparalyticPulmonaryNon-pulmonary
Division 1
Chelsea50,19014.711.214.510.4332.751.953.911.000.741.060.762.210.144.320.300.0600.320.400.820.14
Fulham114,70015.514.911611.6182.431.333.370.540.571.190.501.940.164.030.510. 0440.0170.440.440800.10
Hammersmith110,20018.417.111.312.0242.281.232.920.710.661.260.481.110.334.630.930.0090.0090.440.681.120.05
Kensington165,70018.013.010.010.1232.031.152.760.710.510.690.660.710283.950.420.0120.0120.160.560.960.10
Division 2
Hampstead96,48015.911.911.111.1202.661.233.330.550.550.670.640.620.167.320.410.0210.530.220.850.13
Paddington115,70020.416.311.512.1222.491.263.280.550.640.770.810.350916.930.310.0430.700.831.340.13
St. Marylebone71,41010.98.516.411.3333.012135.950.640.601.340.700.620.253-440.290.280.150.850.13
St. Pancras130,80017.615.110.911.3232.451.162.720.500.801.060.571190.9011.511.150.0150.830.321.450.18
Westminster
City95,44010.78.811.011.4192.631.463.030.670.510.750.620.620.175.010.070.0100.360.131.330.07
Division
Finsbury34,96018.216.09.710.1222.060.922.690.370.631.200.439.151.326.662.660.0290.0461.140.830.630.14
Holborn21,8709.87.011.712.8282.831.332.830.500.870.730.911.370.502.560.090.1370.0460.410.141.100.09
Islington225,80020.518.511.511.3232.341.123.410.520.721.130.473.590.7513.020.480.0350.0091.190.501.390.09
Division 4
Hackney163,40017.115.911012.1202.261.093.420.620.491.110.471.590.345.020.380.0121.100.480.690.04
Shoreditch43,33016.515.010.98.8212.521.252.520.420.761.710.282.790.093.050.440.1620.0690.920.390.720.09
Stoke Newington50,48018.716.610.612.0222.080.913.550.810.420.930.483.470.067.920.340.0200.0200.850.220.870.06
Division 5
Bethnal Green49,83017.416.211.511.5192.550.982.990.520921.340.362.490.060.860.080.0801.690.240.76
City of London(b)5,0006.45.811.611.8632.600.803.000.600.801.001.400.401.201.800.801.20
Poplar64,78017.016.211.212.7342.361.162.930.560.791.080.320.650.431.331.190.0151.960.340.760.12
Stepney96,36018.816.512.013.0202.291.333.230.390.871.330.471.500.722.070.930.0311.010.371410.09
Division 6
Deptford70,22016.615.911.911.9282.111.343.940.470.831.220.531.650.071.741.030.840.811.420.13
Greenwich89,18014.813.910.311.7152.041.193.480.370.550.960.360.220.443.430-470.0110.0111.190.620.610.06
Woolwich144,60013.913.910.511.1202.261.163.190.570.810.620.330.130.012.890.670.0070.730.340.640.06
Division 7
Camberwell177,30017.315.911.511.7212.391.313.230.640.841.060.450.450.403.770.280.0340.0060.910.551.000.08
Lewisham221,00014.814.111.011.0242.141.243.480.490.641.090.471.060.163.780.280.0180.0180.950.650.980.09
Division 8
Bermondsey54,45016.415.411.612.6202.721.013.360.680.940.990.463.380.614.920.220.960.590.920 .17
Lambeth223,60020.118.111.311.6252.421.443.250.610.670.990.450.570.232.680.510.0220.0040.680.590.850.09
Southwark89,92017.815.812.810.4272.301.234.250.690.891.110.502.510.426.380.470.0111.750.711.330.10
Division 9
Battersea110,40017.116.211.311.1242.241.573.430.620.670.920.401.770.175.560.510.690.820.610.07
Wandsworth337,90015.314.715.410.8193.521.455.120.670.871.04 1.030.481.000.685.210.640.0360.0210.910.390.690.10
London, 19583,225,00016.815.011.811.6222.471.293.520.590.700.501.400.405.170.540.0250.0080.840.500.960.10
London, 19573,254,00016.214.411.411.3222.441.193.340.560.650.930.460.720.3711.360.670.0620.0380.671.221.060.09

(a) Rales are per 1,000 home population, figures in italics are based upon fewer than 20 births, deaths or notifications.
(b) Including Inner and Middle Temple.