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London County Council 1961

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

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T able V .l — Vital statistics—Metropolitan Boroughs and the Administrative County of London,1961 (a)

Metropolitan BoroughsEstimated home population mid 1961Live birth rateDeath rate (all causes)Infant mortality (per 1,000 live births)Death ratesNotifications of infectious disease
CancerVascular lesions of C.N.S.Heart diseaseOther circulatoryPneu-moniaOther respiratory (excluding tuberculosis)ViolenceDysenteryFood poisoningMeaslesPneumoniaPoliomyelitisScarlet feverWhooping coughTuberculosis
CrudeAdjustedCrudeAdjusted
ParalyticNonparalyticPulmonaryNonpulmonary
Division 1
Chelsea48,49013.510.315.010.8242.801.844.390.990.760.950.780.800.0211.630.160.0210.080.490.390.04
Fulham111,50016.816.511.311.0192.681.063.430.640.481.090.510.050.1812.270.140.0270.0090.140.220.570.05
Hammersmith108,01021.320.211.511.8172.561.203.590.570.550.980.601.060.3710.990.410.0090.230.190.810.14
Kensington169,08019.614.110.210.2212.111.152.870.660.660.720.650.590.258.830.140.0350.0060.180.200.990.16
Division 2
Hampstead96,99017.813.510.110.0162.311.053.200.550.630.620.530.160.1311.270.200.0410.0310.390.260.560.16
Paddington113,98021.917.711.011.2222.241.092.880.610.700.890.820.340.597.350.260.0180.220.251.300.12
St. Marylebone67,69011.28.816.412.1263.282.175.640.900.661.270.490.130.126.230.040.190.160.590.03
St. Pancras125,34018.516.311.211.1242.491.082.950.620.800.990.691.070.3212.940.390.420.311.090.08
Westminster, City of86,68011.910.011.211.1222.580.903.430.760.610.780.720.310.239.170.05--0.140.060.840-01
Division 3
Finsbury33,02018.817.110.710.6312.700.943.240.300.421.150.422.450.8512.511.61--2.210.851.030.09
Holborn20,52010.57.511.812.4462.681.123.360.630.970.580.630.100.195.950.100.0490.240.341.070.10
Islington227,17024.021.811.411.1212.321.132.930.720.871.320.531.100.4914.550.190.0040.670.291.050.10
Division 4
Hackney163,18022.421.111.812.6232.591.133.580.660.551.240.380.320.1715.390.290.0060.570.210.610.07
Shoreditch40,53016.715.712.711.4271.921.733.230.671.111.850.540.170.1216.010.350.590.300.640.02
Stoke Newington52,18024.922.210.912.5272.201.192.990.540.571.110.540.670.2917.500.210.0190.380.290.880.06
Division 5
Bethnal Green46,49017.717.012.211.5192.431.183.270.451.051.530.410.220.0420.00.340.770.280.710.09
City of London(b)4,6005.95.412.412.2373.261.094.130.431.300.430.650.43-5.00.220.2170.430.431.09
Poplar65,85020.719.710.812.2282.071.123.010.560.641.230.560.350.4620.241.020.0300.910.230.610.11
Stepney91,71020.418.613.113.4222.561.064.000.561.061.560.600.520.2620.701.280.580.341.080.10
Division 6
Deptford68,22020.319.911.611.7222.460.863.780.441.071.130.530.340.1220.520.340.510.671.420.04
Greenwich85,24015.414.810.911.9232.431.063.480.420.770.870.460.410.2621.350.060.350.310.380.05
Woolwich146,85014.814.811.011.7172.381.073.510.590.930.840.330.030.0220.820.520.0070.310.330.360.02
Division 7
Camberwell173,98019.418.211.811.6192.411.403.390.690.741.100.530.170.1815.740.200.280.540.850.10
Lewisham220,91017.216.511.711.2192.181.433.940.560.641.070.450.580.1419.370.280.0090.0050.430.290.510.05
Division 8
Bermondsey51,77017.617.111.712.2202.341.353.300.990.621.080.461.450.9117.000.310.660.370.700.06
Lambeth221,96022.120.111.611.6222.611.183.230.550.811.090.520.570.0715.600.280.0090.520.540.570.08
Southwark86,27019.717.914.512.2222.691.454.760.771.101.410.533.130.2819.380.780.0120.920.460.930.08
Division 9
Battersea104,98019.619.211.710.9212.431.393.540.570.570.990.570.300.1118.160.410.0100.0100.350.600.560.05
Wandsworth346,79017.116.414.010.5202.531.504.910.720.940.950.500.270.2614.210.620.0030.0030.310.550.490.06
London,19613,179,98018.917.011.911.4212.451-253-620.640.761-060-530.570.2515.000.370.0090.0030.430.360.740.08
London, 19603,194,48018.016.211.411.2212.531-283-510.570.650-830-491.620.382.680.280.0200.0070.471.500.790.08

(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.