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London County Council 1959

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

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Table: 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.

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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
		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
		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	Paralytic	Nonparalytic	Scarlet fever	Whooping cough	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

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(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.

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Table: 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.

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