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 V.l—Vital statistics—Metropolitan Boroughs and the Administrative County of London, 1958 (a)
Metropolitan Boroughs | Estimated home population mid 1958 | Live birth rate | Death rate (all causes) | Infant Mortality (per 1,000 live births) | Death rates | Notifications of infectious disease ____ | |||||||||||||||||
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Cancer | Vascular lesions of C.X.S. | Heart disease | Other circulatory | Pneumonia | Other respiratory (including bronchitis) | Violence | Dysentery | Food poisoning | Measles | Pneu-monia | Poliomyelitis | Scarlet fever | Whooping cough | Tuberculosis | |||||||||
Crude | Adjusted | Crude | Adjusted | ||||||||||||||||||||
Paralytic | Nonparalytic | Pulmonary | Non-pulmonary | ||||||||||||||||||||
Chelsea | 50,190 | 14.7 | 11.2 | 14.5 | 10.4 | 33 | 2.75 | 1.95 | 3.91 | 1.00 | 0.74 | 1.06 | 0.76 | 2.21 | 0.14 | 4.32 | 0.30 | 0.060 | – | 0.32 | 0.14 | ||
Fulham | 114,700 | 15.5 | 14.9 | 116 | 11.6 | 18 | 2.43 | 1.33 | 3.37 | 0.54 | 0.57 | 1.19 | 0.50 | 1.94 | 0.16 | 4.03 | 0.51 | 0.44 | 0.44 | 080 | 0.10 | ||
Hammersmith | 110,200 | 18.4 | 17.1 | 11.3 | 12.0 | 24 | 2.28 | 1.23 | 2.92 | 0.71 | 0.66 | 1.26 | 0.48 | 1.11 | 0.33 | 4.63 | 0.93 | 0.009 | 0.009 | 0.44 | 0.68 | 1.12 | |
Kensington | 165,700 | 18.0 | 13.0 | 10.0 | 10.1 | 23 | 2.03 | 1.15 | 2.76 | 0.71 | 0.51 | 0.69 | 0.66 | 0.71 | 028 | 3.95 | 0.42 | 0.012 | 0.012 | 0.16 | 0.56 | 0.96 | 0.10 |
Hampstead | 96,480 | 15.9 | 11.9 | 11.1 | 11.1 | 20 | 2.66 | 1.23 | 3.33 | 0.55 | 0.55 | 0.67 | 0.64 | 0.62 | 7.32 | 0.41 | – | 0.53 | 0.22 | 0.13 | |||
Paddington | 115,700 | 20.4 | 16.3 | 11.5 | 12.1 | 22 | 2.49 | 1.26 | 3.28 | 0.55 | 0.64 | 0.77 | 0.81 | 0.35 | 091 | 6.93 | 0.31 | — | 0.70 | 0.83 | 1.34 | 0.13 | |
St. Marylebone | 71,410 | 10.9 | 8.5 | 16.4 | 11.3 | 33 | 3.01 | 213 | 5.95 | 0.64 | 0.60 | 1.34 | 0.70 | 0.62 | 3-44 | 0.29 | — | — | 0.28 | 0.85 | 0.13 | ||
St. Pancras | 130,800 | 17.6 | 15.1 | 10.9 | 11.3 | 23 | 2.45 | 1.16 | 2.72 | 0.50 | 0.80 | 1.06 | 0.57 | 119 | 0.90 | 11.51 | 1.15 | 0.015 | – | 0.83 | 0.32 | 1.45 | 0.18 |
Westminster | |||||||||||||||||||||||
City | 95,440 | 10.7 | 8.8 | 11.0 | 11.4 | 19 | 2.63 | 1.46 | 3.03 | 0.67 | 0.51 | 0.75 | 0.62 | 0.62 | 0.17 | 5.01 | 0.07 | 0.010 | — | 0.36 | 1.33 | ||
Division | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Finsbury | 34,960 | 18.2 | 16.0 | 9.7 | 10.1 | 22 | 2.06 | 0.92 | 2.69 | 0.63 | 1.20 | 0.43 | 9.15 | 1.32 | 6.66 | 2.66 | 1.14 | 0.83 | 0.63 | ||||
Holborn | 21,870 | 9.8 | 7.0 | 11.7 | 12.8 | 28 | 2.83 | 1.33 | 2.83 | 0.87 | 0.91 | 1.37 | 2.56 | 0.09 | 0.137 | 0.046 | 0.41 | 0.14 | 1.10 | 0.09 | |||
Islington | 225,800 | 20.5 | 18.5 | 11.5 | 11.3 | 23 | 2.34 | 1.12 | 3.41 | 0.52 | 0.72 | 1.13 | 0.47 | 3.59 | 0.75 | 13.02 | 0.48 | 0.035 | 1.19 | 0.50 | 1.39 | 0.09 | |
Division 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Hackney | 163,400 | 17.1 | 15.9 | 110 | 12.1 | 20 | 2.26 | 1.09 | 3.42 | 0.62 | 0.49 | 1.11 | 0.47 | 1.59 | 0.34 | 5.02 | 0.38 | 0.012 | — | 1.10 | 0.48 | 0.69 | |
Shoreditch | 43,330 | 16.5 | 15.0 | 10.9 | 8.8 | 21 | 2.52 | 1.25 | 2.52 | 0.42 | 0.76 | 1.71 | 2.79 | 0.09 | 3.05 | 0.44 | 0.162 | 0.069 | 0.92 | 0.72 | |||
Stoke Newington | 50,480 | 18.7 | 16.6 | 10.6 | 12.0 | 22 | 2.08 | 0.91 | 3.55 | 0.81 | 0.42 | 0.93 | 0.48 | 3.47 | 0.06 | 7.92 | 0.34 | 0.020 | 0.020 | 0.85 | 0.87 | ||
Division 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Bethnal Green | 49,830 | 17.4 | 16.2 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 19 | 2.55 | 0.98 | 2.99 | 0.52 | 092 | 1.34 | 0.36 | 2.49 | 0.86 | – | 1.69 | 0.76 | – | ||||
City of London(b) | 5,000 | 6.4 | 5.8 | 11.6 | 11.8 | 63 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||
Poplar | 64,780 | 17.0 | 16.2 | 11.2 | 12.7 | 34 | 2.36 | 1.16 | 2.93 | 0.56 | 0.79 | 1.08 | 0.32 | 0.65 | 0.43 | 1.33 | 1.19 | — | 1.96 | 0.34 | 0.76 | ||
Stepney | 96,360 | 18.8 | 16.5 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 20 | 2.29 | 1.33 | 3.23 | 0.39 | 0.87 | 1.33 | 0.47 | 1.50 | 0.72 | 2.07 | 0.93 | — | 1.01 | 0.37 | 141 | ||
Division 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Deptford | 70,220 | 16.6 | 15.9 | 11.9 | 11.9 | 28 | 2.11 | 1.34 | 3.94 | 0.47 | 0.83 | 1.22 | 0.53 | 1.65 | 1.74 | 1.03 | — | — | 0.84 | 0.81 | 1.42 | ||
Greenwich | 89,180 | 14.8 | 13.9 | 10.3 | 11.7 | 15 | 2.04 | 1.19 | 3.48 | 0.37 | 0.55 | 0.96 | 0.36 | 0.22 | 0.44 | 3.43 | 0-47 | 1.19 | 0.62 | 0.61 | |||
Woolwich | 144,600 | 13.9 | 13.9 | 10.5 | 11.1 | 20 | 2.26 | 1.16 | 3.19 | 0.57 | 0.81 | 0.62 | 0.33 | 2.89 | 0.67 | — | 0.73 | 0.34 | 0.64 | ||||
Camberwell | 177,300 | 17.3 | 15.9 | 11.5 | 11.7 | 21 | 2.39 | 1.31 | 3.23 | 0.64 | 0.84 | 1.06 | 0.45 | 0.45 | 0.40 | 3.77 | 0.28 | 0.91 | 0.55 | 1.00 | |||
Lewisham | 221,000 | 14.8 | 14.1 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 24 | 2.14 | 1.24 | 3.48 | 0.49 | 0.64 | 1.09 | 0.47 | 1.06 | 0.16 | 3.78 | 0.28 | 0.95 | 0.65 | 0.98 | 0.09 | ||
Bermondsey | 54,450 | 16.4 | 15.4 | 11.6 | 12.6 | 20 | 2.72 | 1.01 | 3.36 | 0.68 | 0.94 | 0.99 | 0.46 | 3.38 | 0.61 | 4.92 | — | — | 0.96 | 0.59 | 0.92 | ||
Lambeth | 223,600 | 20.1 | 18.1 | 11.3 | 11.6 | 25 | 2.42 | 1.44 | 3.25 | 0.61 | 0.67 | 0.99 | 0.45 | 0.57 | 0.23 | 2.68 | 0.51 | 0.68 | 0.59 | 0.85 | 0.09 | ||
Southwark | 89,920 | 17.8 | 15.8 | 12.8 | 10.4 | 27 | 2.30 | 1.23 | 4.25 | 0.69 | 0.89 | 1.11 | 0.50 | 2.51 | 0.42 | 6.38 | 0.47 | — | 1.75 | 0.71 | 1.33 | ||
Battersea | 110,400 | 17.1 | 16.2 | 11.3 | 11.1 | 24 | 2.24 | 1.57 | 3.43 | 0.62 | 0.67 | 0.92 | 0.40 | 1.77 | 5.56 | 0.51 | — | — | 0.69 | 0.82 | 0.61 | ||
Wandsworth | 337,900 | 15.3 | 14.7 | 15.4 | 10.8 | 19 | 3.52 | 1.45 | 5.12 | 0.67 | 0.87 | 1.04 1.03 | 0.48 | 1.00 | 0.68 | 5.21 | 0.64 | 0.91 | 0.39 | 0.69 | 0.10 | ||
London, 1958 | 3,225,000 | 16.8 | 15.0 | 11.8 | 11.6 | 22 | 2.47 | 1.29 | 3.52 | 0.59 | 0.70 | 0.50 | 1.40 | 0.40 | 5.17 | 0.54 | 0.025 | 0.008 | 0.84 | 0.50 | 0.96 | 0.10 | |
3,254,000 | 16.2 | 14.4 | 11.4 | 11.3 | 22 | 2.44 | 1.19 | 3.34 | 0.56 | 0.65 | 0.93 | 0.46 | 0.72 | 0.37 | 11.36 | 0.67 | 0.062 | 0.038 | 0.67 | 1.22 | 1.06 | 0.09 |
(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.