London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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London County Council 1962
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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these, 131,703 were from the Irish Republic (another 9,236 from Ireland, part not stated),
186,896 from Commonwealth countries, Colonies and Protectorates and 176,642 from
Foreign countries, born at sea or birthplace not stated. Table (ii) gives details of place of
birth for 1951 and 1961, together with the proportions per 1,000 of the enumerated population.
Table (ii)—Birthplace of population, London A.C. Census 1951 and 1961 with proportions per 1,000 enumerated
| Number enumerated | Distribution per 1,000 enumerated | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | 1961 | 1951 | 1961 | |||||
| Males | Females | Males | Females | Males | Females | Males | Females | |
| England | 1,343,392 | 1,527,680 | 1,206,665 | 1,346,944 | 858 | 857 | 792 | 804 |
| Wales | 25,878 | 33,538 | 21,299 | 27,138 | 17 | 19 | 14 | 16 |
| Scotland | 30,275 | 32,705 | 29,883 | 29,821 | 19 | 18 | 20 | 18 |
| Northern Ireland | 8,367 | 8,500 | 10,850 | 10,352 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 6 |
| United Kingdom part not stated | - | - | 4,947 | 5,672 | - | - | 3 | 3 |
| Irish Republic | 39,073 | 50,822 | 62,539 | 69,164 | 25 | 29 | 41 | 41 |
| Ireland part not stated | 2,492 | 2,417 | 4,593 | 4,643 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Isle of Man and Channel Islands | 1,364 | 1,810 | 1,066 | 1,370 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Commonwealth, colonies and protectorates | 33,471 | 31,504 | (a)102,849 | (a)84,047 | 21 | 18 | (a)067 | (a)50 |
| Foreign countries, at sea and birthplace not stated | 81,576 | 93,118 | (b)79,668 | (b)96,974 | 52 | 52 | (b)52 | (b)58 |
| Total | 1,565,888 | 1,782,094 | 1,524,359 | 1,676,125 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 |
| 3,347,982 | 3,200,484 | |||||||
| (a) † Africa | 12,989 | 8,564 | 9 | 5 | ||||
| Canada | 2,762 | 2,664 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Asia | 36,103 | 26,452 | 24 | 16 | ||||
| Oceania | 4,672 | 7,036 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| Gibraltar, Malta and Gozo | 3,735 | 2,870 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| British Guiana and West Indies | 38,405 | 32,118 | 25 | 19 | ||||
| (b) †Europe | 43,883 | 61,025 | 29 | 36 | ||||
| Africa | 3,270 | 2,929 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| America, North and South | 4,676 | 5,380 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| Asia | 5,725 | 5,162 | 4 | 3 | ||||
| U.S.S.R. | 4,757 | 5,367 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| At sea . | 266 | 186 | 0 | 0 | ||||
† Excluding visitors, those with birthplace not stated and country of birth with fewer than 50 enumerated.
The proportion not born in the United Kingdom has increased from 101 per 1,000 for
both males and females in 1951 to 164 per 1,000 for males and 153 for females in 1961.
Principally the increase has been in persons born in the Irish Republic and in the West
Indies; similar details for the year 1961 in the metropolitan boroughs are given in table
A.(iii). Persons born in the Irish Republic are more frequent in the north and west, the
boroughs of Hammersmith, Hampstead, Paddington and St. Pancras; immigrants from
the Commonwealth, mainly Asian and West Indian, are more frequent in the boroughs of
Kensington, Paddington, St. Pancras, Islington, Stoke Newington and Lambeth; foreign
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