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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It would not be unreasonable to associate this decline in some degree with whooping cough immunisation, in view of the fact that during the last few years about two-thirds of infants under the age of one year have been given a course of whooping cough vaccine.
Metropolitan Boroughs | Estimated home population mid 1959 | Live birth rate | Death rate (all causes) | Infant Mortality (per 1,000 live births) | Death rates | Notifications of infectious disease | |||||||||||||||||
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Crude | Adjusted | Crude | Adjusted | Cancer | Vascular lesions of C.N.S. | Heart disease | Other circulatory | Pneumonia | Other respiratory (excluding tuberculosis) | Violence | Dysentery | Food poisoning | Measles | Pneumonia | Poliomyelitis | Scarlet fever | Whooping cough | Tuberculosis | |||||
Paralytic | Nonparalytic | Pulmonary | Non-pulmonary | ||||||||||||||||||||
Division 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Chelsea | 49,520 | 14.6 | 11.1 | 14.7 | 11.0 | 17 | 2.69 | 1.64 | 4.42 | 1.19 | 1.35 | 1.15 | 0.65 | 1.25 | 0.10 | 8.40 | 0.36 | 0.040 | 0.020 | 0.63 | 0.67 | 0.73 | 0.06 |
Fulham | 113,300 | 15.8 | 15.3 | 12.2 | 12.1 | 22 | 2.65 | 1.41 | 3.20 | 0.76 | 0.63 | 1.54 | 0.42 | 0.62 | 0.17 | 7.93 | 0.40 | 0.018 | 0.009 | 0.36 | 0.61 | 0.73 | 0.05 |
Hammersmith | 108,900 | 18.3 | 17.2 | 11.4 | 12.0 | 28 | 2.41 | 1.27 | 2.99 | 0.55 | 0.62 | 1.23 | 0.53 | 1.36 | 2.92 | 7.58 | 0.84 | 0.018 | — | 0.93 | 0.54 | 1.24 | 0.07 |
Kensington | 166,500 | 18.2 | 13.1 | 9.9 | 10.0 | 25 | 2.12 | 1.15 | 2.49 | 0.66 | 0.65 | 0.88 | 0.60 | 0.66 | 0.39 | 4.43 | 0.36 | 0.042 | 0.006 | 0.32 | 0.50 | 1.03 | 0.13 |
Division 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Hampstead | 96,810 | 16.4 | 12.3 | 10.9 | 10.9 | 23 | 2.31 | 0.92 | 3.34 | 0.49 | 0.53 | 0.96 | 0.57 | 0.82 | 0.27 | 3.55 | 0.49 | 0.020 | 0.031 | 0.38 | 0.38 | 0.92 | 0.06 |
Paddington | 113,400 | 20.0 | 16.0 | 10.8 | 11.1 | 22 | 2.48 | 1.03 | 2.73 | 0.58 | 0.64 | 0.89 | 0.80 | 0.22 | 0.77 | 3.42 | 0.33 | 0.026 | 0.009 | 0.33 | 0.43 | 1.28 | 0.12 |
St. Marylebone | 70,430 | 9.7 | 7.6 | 16.2 | 11.3 | 16 | 3.08 | 2.19 | 5.31 | 0.78 | 0.75 | 1.66 | 0.64 | 0.65 | 0.14 | 3.55 | 0.09 | 0.014 | - | 0.27 | 0.07 | 0.81 | 0.01 |
St. Pancras | 128,700 | 18.0 | 15.7 | 11.0 | 11.3 | 26 | 2.43 | 1.10 | 2.64 | 0.44 | 1.06 | 1.06 | 0.59 | 1.05 | 0.90 | 4.63 | 1.12 | 0.070 | 0.047 | 0.47 | 0.36 | 1.47 | 0.09 |
Westminster, City of | 94,640 | 10.0 | 8.2 | 10.7 | 111 | 20 | 2.40 | 1.00 | 3.01 | 0.61 | 0.59 | 1.10 | 0.68 | 0.22 | 0.15 | 4.70 | 0.20 | 0.011 | - | 0.31 | 0.15 | 0.90 | 0.06 |
Division 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Finsbury | 34,030 | 18.3 | 16.3 | 11.0 | 11.2 | 16 | 2.29 | 0.76 | 2.85 | 0.44 | 0.85 | 1.59 | 0.85 | 1.32 | 0.85 | 17.20 | 2.20 | 0.059 | 0.029 | 2.03 | 0.50 | 0.73 | 0.03 |
Holborn | 21,370 | 10.0 | 7.1 | 11.7 | 12.5 | 66 | 2.48 | 1.08 | 2.99 | 0.47 | 0.98 | 1.12 | 0.61 | 1.31 | 0.89 | 6.50 | 0.28 | 0.094 | — | 0.33 | 0.19 | 1.26 | — |
Islington | 223,400 | 22.1 | 20.1 | 11.5 | 11.2 | 22 | 2.32 | 1.13 | 3.10 | 0.65 | 0.79 | 1.44 | 0.56 | 1.41 | 0.71 | 6.19 | 0.48 | 0.170 | 0.094 | 1.08 | 0.71 | 1.14 | 0.06 |
Division 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Hackney | 163,200 | 19.2 | 17.9 | 11.7 | 12.6 | 21 | 2.48 | 1.15 | 3.56 | 0.48 | 0.70 | 1.37 | 0.41 | 1.03 | 0.31 | 9.75 | 0.32 | 0.037 | 0.012 | 1.02 | 0.22 | 0.60 | 0.12 |
Shoreditch | 43,330 | 13.8 | 12.6 | 12.7 | 11.8 | 27 | 2.42 | 0.67 | 2.95 | 0.74 | 1.48 | 2.05 | 0.46 | 1.29 | 0.05 | 10.27 | 0.51 | 0.046 | 0.023 | 1.11 | 0.07 | 0.81 | 0.12 |
Stoke Newington | 50,200 | 21.1 | 18.8 | 11.2 | 12.7 | 18 | 2.55 | 1.10 | 3.15 | 0.54 | 0.60 | 1.12 | 0.50 | 0.66 | 0.32 | 10.40 | 0.36 | 0.040 | — | 1.55 | 0.56 | 0.90 | 0.08 |
Division 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Bethnal Green | 48,960 | 16.9 | 15.9 | 11.6 | 11.5 | 23 | 2.41 | 1.23 | 2.49 | 0.51 | 0.88 | 1.86 | 0.43 | 0.71 | 0.10 | 14.89 | 0.25 | 0.123 | 0.041 | 1.00 | 0.06 | 0.80 | 0.06 |
City of London(A) | 4,900 | 5.7 | 5.1 | 9.2 | 9.4 | - | 2.65 | 0.20 | 2.24 | 1.02 | 0.82 | 0.82 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.82 | 4.29 | 0.20 | - | — | 0.20 | — | 0.82 | 0.20 |
Poplar | 63,540 | 17.7 | 17.0 | 11.8 | 13.0 | 19 | 2.47 | 1.07 | 2.80 | 0.46 | 1.05 | 1.72 | 0.39 | 0.98 | 0.85 | 18.35 | 1.04 | 0.016 | — | 1.23 | 0.24 | 0.90 | 0.09 |
Stepney | 94,900 | 18.9 | 16.8 | 13.1 | 14.0 | 25 | 2.55 | 1.37 | 3.42 | 0.58 | 0.94 | 1.79 | 0.57 | 0.92 | 0.08 | 14.16 | 1.38 | 0.063 | 0.011 | 0.62 | 0.80 | 1.42 | 0.15 |
Division 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Deptford | 69,660 | 17.7 | 17.2 | 11.9 | 12.0 | 19 | 2.63 | 1.11 | 3.65 | 0.53 | 0.85 | 1.22 | 0.42 | 1.64 | — | 11.56 | 0.62 | 0.014 | — | 0.92 | 2.07 | 1.31 | 0.10 |
Greenwich | 88,970 | 15.0 | 14.1 | 9.9 | 11.2 | 18 | 1.98 | 1.02 | 3.12 | 0.39 | 0.85 | 0.93 | 0.33 | 2.80 | 0.48 | 7.16 | 0.22 | 0.022 | — | 0.76 | 0.38 | 0.46 | 0.02 |
Woolwich | 144,800 | 13.5 | 13.4 | 10.6 | 11.2 | 21 | 2.09 | 1.30 | 3.45 | 0.55 | 0.88 | 0.77 | 0.41 | 0.52 | 0.10 | 12.44 | 0.97 | - | 0.007 | 0.70 | 0.24 | 0.55 | 0.06 |
Division 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Camberwell | 176,100 | 17.7 | 16.5 | 11.4 | 11.3 | 27 | 2.50 | 1.14 | 2.82 | 0.62 | 1.07 | 1.24 | 0.43 | 0.63 | 0.61 | 7.51 | 0.33 | - | — | 0.81 | 0.52 | 0.81 | 0.09 |
Lewisham | 221,000 | 15.7 | 14.9 | 11.8 | 11.8 | 18 | 2.41 | 1.48 | 3.76 | 0.53 | 0.82 | 1.05 | 0.38 | 1.24 | 0.30 | 11.82 | 0.49 | 0.054 | 0.018 | 1.37 | 1.04 | 0.57 | 0.08 |
Division 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Bermondsey | 54,120 | 15.9 | 15.1. | 11.4 | 12.3 | 20 | 2.20 | 0.98 | 2.96 | 0.59 | 0.83 | 1.88 | 0.54 | 1.87 | 0.87 | 11.73 | 0.85 | - | - | 1.16 | 0.26 | 0.89 | 0.04 |
Lambeth | 223,300 | 20.9 | 19.0 | 11.1 | 11.3 | 25 | 2.17 | 1.17 | 3.22 | 0.47 | 0.76 | 1.14 | 0.50 | 0.94 | 0.18 | 10.71 | 0.50 | 0.036 | 0.036 | 0.79 | 0.54 | 0.69 | 0.07 |
Southwark | 88,720 | 16.9 | 15.2 | 13.6 | 11.6 | 29 | 2.29 | 1.35 | 4.17 | 0.72 | 1.15 | 1.80 | 0.50 | 3.84 | 0.30 | 11.60 | 0.90 | 0.56 | 0.022 | 1.09 | 0.68 | 1.04 | 0.07 |
Division 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Battersea | 108,500 | 18.7 | 18.0 | 12.2 | 11.6 | 22 | 2.29 | 1.47 | 3.75 | 0.54 | 0.82 | 1.47 | 0.42 | 1.54 | 0.23 | 6.47 | 0.76 | 0.101 | 0.018 | 0.65 | 0.29 | 0.65 | 0.05 |
Wandsworth | 338,800 | 15.8 | 15.2 | 14.8 | 10.5 | 19 | 2.59 | 1.41 | 4.98 | 0.71 | 1.06 | 1.35 | 0.59 | 1.19 | 0.77 | 9.48 | 0.79 | 0.038 | 0.018 | 0.97 | 0.33 | 0.71 | 0.06 |
London, 1959 | 3,204,000 | 17.2 | 15.5 | 11.9 | 11.7 | 22 | 2.40 | 1.24 | 3.44 | 0.59 | 0.85 | 1.27 | 0.52 | 1.12 | 0.51 | 8.73 | 0.60 | 0.046 | 0.020 | 0.82 | 0.50 | 0.87 | 0.08 |
London, 1958 | 3,225,000 | 16.8 | 15.0 | 11.8 | 11.6 | 22 | 2.47 | 1.29 | 3.52 | 0.59 | 0.70 | 1.03 | 0.50 | 1.40 | 0.40 | 5.17 | 0.54 | 0.025 | 0.008 | 0.84 | 0.50 | 0.96 | 0.10 |
(a) Rates 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.