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London County Council 1962

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

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TableA.(iv)—Population and intercensal variations,1951-1961,metropolitan boroughs

PopulationIntercensal increase or decrease (-)
AmountPercentage per year 1951-1961
195119611951-1961NetBy births and deaths (a)By migration (b)
Division 1
Chelsea50,95747,2563,7010.750.080.83
Fulham122,064111,79110,2730.870.36- 1-24
Hammersmith119,367110,3339,0340.780.58- 1-36
Kensington168,160171,2723,1120.180.66- 0-48
Division 2
Hampstead95,13198,8443,7130.380.49- 0-11
Paddington125,463116,9238,5400.700.78- 1-48
St. Marylebone75,82169,0456,7760.930.39- 0-53
St. Pancras138,377124,85513.5221.020.60- 1-62
Westminster, City of99,04885,73513,3131.430.13- 1-55
Division 3
Finsbury35,37032,8872,4830.720.89- 1-61
Holborn24,81022,0082,8021.190.04- 1-15
Islington235,632228,3457,2870.310.78- 1 09
Division 4
Hackney171,342164,7666,5760390.52- 0-91
Shoreditch44,87140,4554,4161.030.40- 1-42
Stoke Newington49,13652,3013,1650.620.72- 0 10
Division 5
Bethnal Green58,35347,07811,2752.110.57- 2-68
City of London5,3244,7675571.090.46- 0-63
Poplar73,57966,6046,9750.990.64- 1-63
Stepney98,85892,0006,8580.710.69- 1 40
Division 6
Deptford75,49568,8296,6660.920.41- 1-33
Greenwich89,84685,5464,3000.490.50- 0 99
Woolwich147,891146,6031,2880.090.36- 0-45
Division 7
Camberwell179,777175,3044,4730.250.52- 0-77
Lewisham227,576221,7535,8230.260.38- 0-64
Division 8
Bermondsey60,64051,8608,7801.550.57- 2-12
Lambeth230,240223,7636,4770.280.71- 1 00
Southwark97,22186,24910,9721.190.49- 1-67
Division 9
Battersea117,140105,87011,2701.000.51- 1-51
Wandsworth (c)330,467347,44216,9750.500.060 56
London County3,347,9563,200,484147,4720.450.46- 0 90

(a) Births exceed deaths except where prefixed by a negative sign.
(b) Net change column increased by excess of births over deaths; where the reverse applies the migration
column is decreased by the excess of deaths over births.
(c) Figures relate as nearly as possible to the area as constituted in 1961; there was a small change in
boundary between London and Surrey Administrative Counties on 1 April, 1957.
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