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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Metropolitan Boroughs | Estimated home population mid 1961 | 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.N.S. | Heart disease | Other circulatory | Pneu-monia | Other respiratory (excluding tuberculosis) | Violence | Dysentery | Food poisoning | Measles | Pneumonia | Poliomyelitis | Scarlet fever | Whooping cough | Tuberculosis | |||||||||
Crude | Adjusted | Crude | Adjusted | ||||||||||||||||||||
Paralytic | Nonparalytic | Pulmonary | Nonpulmonary | ||||||||||||||||||||
Chelsea | 48,490 | 13.5 | 10.3 | 15.0 | 10.8 | 24 | 2.80 | 1.84 | 4.39 | 0.99 | 0.76 | 0.95 | 0.78 | 0.80 | 0.02 | 11.63 | 0.16 | 0.021 | — | 0.08 | 0.49 | 0.39 | 0.04 |
Fulham | 111,500 | 16.8 | 16.5 | 11.3 | 11.0 | 19 | 2.68 | 1.06 | 3.43 | 0.64 | 0.48 | 1.09 | 0.51 | 0.05 | 0.18 | 12.27 | 0.14 | 0.027 | 0.009 | 0.14 | 0.22 | 0.57 | 0.05 |
Hammersmith | 108,010 | 21.3 | 20.2 | 11.5 | 11.8 | 17 | 2.56 | 1.20 | 3.59 | 0.57 | 0.55 | 0.98 | 0.60 | 1.06 | 0.37 | 10.99 | 0.41 | — | 0.009 | 0.23 | 0.19 | 0.81 | 0.14 |
Kensington | 169,080 | 19.6 | 14.1 | 10.2 | 10.2 | 21 | 2.11 | 1.15 | 2.87 | 0.66 | 0.66 | 0.72 | 0.65 | 0.59 | 0.25 | 8.83 | 0.14 | 0.035 | 0.006 | 0.18 | 0.20 | 0.99 | 0.16 |
Hampstead | 96,990 | 17.8 | 13.5 | 10.1 | 10.0 | 16 | 2.31 | 1.05 | 3.20 | 0.55 | 0.63 | 0.62 | 0.53 | 0.16 | 0.13 | 11.27 | 0.20 | 0.041 | 0.031 | 0.39 | 0.26 | 0.56 | 0.16 |
Paddington | 113,980 | 21.9 | 17.7 | 11.0 | 11.2 | 22 | 2.24 | 1.09 | 2.88 | 0.61 | 0.70 | 0.89 | 0.82 | 0.34 | 0.59 | 7.35 | 0.26 | 0.018 | — | 0.22 | 0.25 | 1.30 | 0.12 |
St. Marylebone | 67,690 | 11.2 | 8.8 | 16.4 | 12.1 | 26 | 3.28 | 2.17 | 5.64 | 0.90 | 0.66 | 1.27 | 0.49 | 0.13 | 0.12 | 6.23 | 0.04 | — | — | 0.19 | 0.16 | 0.59 | 0.03 |
St. Pancras | 125,340 | 18.5 | 16.3 | 11.2 | 11.1 | 24 | 2.49 | 1.08 | 2.95 | 0.62 | 0.80 | 0.99 | 0.69 | 1.07 | 0.32 | 12.94 | 0.39 | — | — | 0.42 | 0.31 | 1.09 | 0.08 |
Westminster, City of | 86,680 | 11.9 | 10.0 | 11.2 | 11.1 | 22 | 2.58 | 0.90 | 3.43 | 0.76 | 0.61 | 0.78 | 0.72 | 0.31 | 0.23 | 9.17 | 0.05 | - | - | 0.14 | 0.06 | 0.84 | 0-01 |
Finsbury | 33,020 | 18.8 | 17.1 | 10.7 | 10.6 | 31 | 2.70 | 0.94 | 3.24 | 0.30 | 0.42 | 1.15 | 0.42 | 2.45 | 0.85 | 12.51 | 1.61 | - | - | 2.21 | 0.85 | 1.03 | 0.09 |
Holborn | 20,520 | 10.5 | 7.5 | 11.8 | 12.4 | 46 | 2.68 | 1.12 | 3.36 | 0.63 | 0.97 | 0.58 | 0.63 | 0.10 | 0.19 | 5.95 | 0.10 | 0.049 | — | 0.24 | 0.34 | 1.07 | 0.10 |
Islington | 227,170 | 24.0 | 21.8 | 11.4 | 11.1 | 21 | 2.32 | 1.13 | 2.93 | 0.72 | 0.87 | 1.32 | 0.53 | 1.10 | 0.49 | 14.55 | 0.19 | 0.004 | — | 0.67 | 0.29 | 1.05 | 0.10 |
Hackney | 163,180 | 22.4 | 21.1 | 11.8 | 12.6 | 23 | 2.59 | 1.13 | 3.58 | 0.66 | 0.55 | 1.24 | 0.38 | 0.32 | 0.17 | 15.39 | 0.29 | 0.006 | — | 0.57 | 0.21 | 0.61 | 0.07 |
Shoreditch | 40,530 | 16.7 | 15.7 | 12.7 | 11.4 | 27 | 1.92 | 1.73 | 3.23 | 0.67 | 1.11 | 1.85 | 0.54 | 0.17 | 0.12 | 16.01 | 0.35 | — | — | 0.59 | 0.30 | 0.64 | 0.02 |
Stoke Newington | 52,180 | 24.9 | 22.2 | 10.9 | 12.5 | 27 | 2.20 | 1.19 | 2.99 | 0.54 | 0.57 | 1.11 | 0.54 | 0.67 | 0.29 | 17.50 | 0.21 | — | 0.019 | 0.38 | 0.29 | 0.88 | 0.06 |
Bethnal Green | 46,490 | 17.7 | 17.0 | 12.2 | 11.5 | 19 | 2.43 | 1.18 | 3.27 | 0.45 | 1.05 | 1.53 | 0.41 | 0.22 | 0.04 | 20.0 | 0.34 | — | — | 0.77 | 0.28 | 0.71 | 0.09 |
City of London(b) | 4,600 | 5.9 | 5.4 | 12.4 | 12.2 | 37 | 3.26 | 1.09 | 4.13 | 0.43 | 1.30 | 0.43 | 0.65 | 0.43 | - | 5.0 | 0.22 | 0.217 | — | 0.43 | 0.43 | 1.09 | — |
Poplar | 65,850 | 20.7 | 19.7 | 10.8 | 12.2 | 28 | 2.07 | 1.12 | 3.01 | 0.56 | 0.64 | 1.23 | 0.56 | 0.35 | 0.46 | 20.24 | 1.02 | 0.030 | — | 0.91 | 0.23 | 0.61 | 0.11 |
Stepney | 91,710 | 20.4 | 18.6 | 13.1 | 13.4 | 22 | 2.56 | 1.06 | 4.00 | 0.56 | 1.06 | 1.56 | 0.60 | 0.52 | 0.26 | 20.70 | 1.28 | — | — | 0.58 | 0.34 | 1.08 | 0.10 |
Deptford | 68,220 | 20.3 | 19.9 | 11.6 | 11.7 | 22 | 2.46 | 0.86 | 3.78 | 0.44 | 1.07 | 1.13 | 0.53 | 0.34 | 0.12 | 20.52 | 0.34 | — | — | 0.51 | 0.67 | 1.42 | 0.04 |
Greenwich | 85,240 | 15.4 | 14.8 | 10.9 | 11.9 | 23 | 2.43 | 1.06 | 3.48 | 0.42 | 0.77 | 0.87 | 0.46 | 0.41 | 0.26 | 21.35 | 0.06 | — | — | 0.35 | 0.31 | 0.38 | 0.05 |
Woolwich | 146,850 | 14.8 | 14.8 | 11.0 | 11.7 | 17 | 2.38 | 1.07 | 3.51 | 0.59 | 0.93 | 0.84 | 0.33 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 20.82 | 0.52 | 0.007 | — | 0.31 | 0.33 | 0.36 | 0.02 |
Camberwell | 173,980 | 19.4 | 18.2 | 11.8 | 11.6 | 19 | 2.41 | 1.40 | 3.39 | 0.69 | 0.74 | 1.10 | 0.53 | 0.17 | 0.18 | 15.74 | 0.20 | — | — | 0.28 | 0.54 | 0.85 | 0.10 |
Lewisham | 220,910 | 17.2 | 16.5 | 11.7 | 11.2 | 19 | 2.18 | 1.43 | 3.94 | 0.56 | 0.64 | 1.07 | 0.45 | 0.58 | 0.14 | 19.37 | 0.28 | 0.009 | 0.005 | 0.43 | 0.29 | 0.51 | 0.05 |
Bermondsey | 51,770 | 17.6 | 17.1 | 11.7 | 12.2 | 20 | 2.34 | 1.35 | 3.30 | 0.99 | 0.62 | 1.08 | 0.46 | 1.45 | 0.91 | 17.00 | 0.31 | — | — | 0.66 | 0.37 | 0.70 | 0.06 |
Lambeth | 221,960 | 22.1 | 20.1 | 11.6 | 11.6 | 22 | 2.61 | 1.18 | 3.23 | 0.55 | 0.81 | 1.09 | 0.52 | 0.57 | 0.07 | 15.60 | 0.28 | 0.009 | — | 0.52 | 0.54 | 0.57 | 0.08 |
Southwark | 86,270 | 19.7 | 17.9 | 14.5 | 12.2 | 22 | 2.69 | 1.45 | 4.76 | 0.77 | 1.10 | 1.41 | 0.53 | 3.13 | 0.28 | 19.38 | 0.78 | — | 0.012 | 0.92 | 0.46 | 0.93 | 0.08 |
Battersea | 104,980 | 19.6 | 19.2 | 11.7 | 10.9 | 21 | 2.43 | 1.39 | 3.54 | 0.57 | 0.57 | 0.99 | 0.57 | 0.30 | 0.11 | 18.16 | 0.41 | 0.010 | 0.010 | 0.35 | 0.60 | 0.56 | 0.05 |
Wandsworth | 346,790 | 17.1 | 16.4 | 14.0 | 10.5 | 20 | 2.53 | 1.50 | 4.91 | 0.72 | 0.94 | 0.95 | 0.50 | 0.27 | 0.26 | 14.21 | 0.62 | 0.003 | 0.003 | 0.31 | 0.55 | 0.49 | 0.06 |
London,1961 | 3,179,980 | 18.9 | 17.0 | 11.9 | 11.4 | 21 | 2.45 | 1-25 | 3-62 | 0.64 | 0.76 | 1-06 | 0-53 | 0.57 | 0.25 | 15.00 | 0.37 | 0.009 | 0.003 | 0.43 | 0.36 | 0.74 | 0.08 |
3,194,480 | 18.0 | 16.2 | 11.4 | 11.2 | 21 | 2.53 | 1-28 | 3-51 | 0.57 | 0.65 | 0-83 | 0-49 | 1.62 | 0.38 | 2.68 | 0.28 | 0.020 | 0.007 | 0.47 | 1.50 | 0.79 | 0.08 |
(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.