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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Table A.(i)—
| Total population (Census 1961) | Age—years | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0-4 | 5-14 | 15-24 | 25-44 | 45-64 | 65-74 | 75-84 | 85+ | ||
| Chelsea | 47,256 | 2,475 | 4,424 | 7,242 | 13,108 | 13,036 | 3,998 | 2,423 | 550 |
| Fulham | 111,791 | 7,116 | 12,525 | 16,139 | 29,629 | 31,906 | 9,097 | 4,615 | 764 |
| Hammersmith | 110,333 | 7,668 | 12,417 | 17,573 | 30,959 | 29,074 | 8,245 | 3,795 | 602 |
| Kensington | 171,272 | 10,305 | 14,325 | 33,387 | 55,028 | 40,213 | 11,191 | 5,571 | 1,252 |
| Hampstead | 98,844 | 5,544 | 8 807 | 16,946 | 30,402 | 25,584 | 7,199 | 3,643 | 719 |
| Paddington | 116,923 | 7,743 | 10,436 | 19,072 | 36,834 | 30,289 | 8,278 | 3,649 | 622 |
| St. Marylebone | 69,045 | 2,626 | 4,937 | 9,536 | 18,672 | 22,451 | 6,976 | 3,198 | 649 |
| St. Pancras | 124,855 | 8,644 | 13,608 | 19,122 | 36,526 | 32,209 | 9,533 | 4,433 | 780 |
| Westminster, City of | 85,735 | 3,690 | 6,568 | 12,390 | 24,560 | 27,013 | 7,768 | 3,193 | 553 |
| Finsbury | 32,887 | 2,736 | 4,634 | 4,187 | 9,586 | 8,076 | 2,428 | 1,049 | 191 |
| Holborn | 22,008 | 988 | 1,678 | 3,668 | 6,699 | 6,323 | 1,783 | 763 | 106 |
| Islington | 228,345 | 18,850 | 28,234 | 34,341 | 67,040 | 55,379 | 15,340 | 7,760 | 1,401 |
| Hackney | 164,766 | 12,488 | 20,783 | 23,413 | 44,829 | 44,351 | 12,201 | 5,761 | 940 |
| Shoreditch | 40,455 | 3,047 | 6,895 | 5,233 | 11,216 | 9,520 | 2,805 | 1,476 | 263 |
| Stoke Newington | 52,301 | 4,243 | 6,920 | 7,916 | 15,107 | 13,067 | 3,269 | 1,519 | 260 |
| Bethnal Green | 47,078 | 3,684 | 6,576 | 6,072 | 12,909 | 12,101 | 3,673 | 1,773 | 290 |
| City of London | 4,767 | 151 | 266 | 764 | 1,123 | 1,874 | 413 | 159 | 17 |
| Poplar | 66,604 | 5,278 | 10,369 | 9,648 | 18,517 | 15,876 | 4,414 | 2,199 | 303 |
| Stepney | 92,000 | 7,349 | 13,002 | 13,051 | 26,298 | 22,640 | 6,466 | 2,773 | 421 |
| Deptford | 68,829 | 5,196 | 9,340 | 9,887 | 18,487 | 17,902 | 4,865 | 2,733 | 419 |
| Greenwich | 85,546 | 5,746 | 12,479 | 12,816 | 22,493 | 22,100 | 6,153 | 3,128 | 631 |
| Woolwich | 146,603 | 10,102 | 23,050 | 19,319 | 37,792 | 38,735 | 11,379 | 5,264 | 962 |
| Camberwell | 175,304 | 12,952 | 25,423 | 24,727 | 47,514 | 44,599 | 12,373 | 6,570 | 1,146 |
| Lewisham | 221,753 | 15,614 | 31,176 | 30,193 | 58,194 | 59,030 | 17,553 | 8,334 | 1,659 |
| Bermondsey | 51,860 | 3,905 | 7,780 | 6,748 | 14,308 | 13,172 | 3,778 | 1,881 | 288 |
| Lambeth | 223,763 | 18,232 | 29,445 | 31,770 | 63,473 | 55,726 | 15,986 | 7,793 | 1,338 |
| Southwark | 86,249 | 7,037 | 12,839 | 11,445 | 23,717 | 21,523 | 6,069 | 3,121 | 498 |
| Battersea | 105,870 | 7,928 | 13,825 | 15,061 | 28,512 | 27,838 | 7,767 | 4,127 | 812 |
| Wandsworth | 347,442 | 22,333 | 45,389 | 47,425 | 93,253 | 93,437 | 27,528 | 14,988 | 3,089 |
| London County | 3,200,484 | 223,670 | 398,150 | 469,091 | 896,785 | 835,044 | 238,528 | 117,691 | 21,525 |