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 V.l—
Metropolitan Boroughs | Estimated home population mid 1962 | 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 | Pneumonia | Other respiratory (excluding tuberculosis) | Violence | Dysentery | Food poisoning | Measles | Pneumonia | Poliomyelitis | Scarlet fever | Whooping cough | Tuberculosis | |||||||||
Crude | Adjusted | Crude | Adjusted | ||||||||||||||||||||
Paralytic | Nonparalytic | Pulmonary | Non-pulmonary | ||||||||||||||||||||
48,550 | 12.9 | 9.8 | 14.6 | 9.8 | 26 | 2.66 | 1.75 | 4.74 | 0.72 | 1.42 | 1.15 | 0.58 | 1.38 | 0.04 | 1.30 | 0.02 | 0.021 | - | 0.06 | 0.12 | 0.52 | 0.02 | |
Fulham | 110,570 | 17.3 | 17.1 | 12.4 | 11.9 | 26 | 2.58 | 1.50 | 3.59 | 0.75 | 0.67 | 1.17 | 0.52 | 1.25 | 0.47 | 1.49 | 0.09 | - | - | 0.14 | 0.29 | 0.64 | 0.07 |
Hammersmith | 108,120 | 21.6 | 20.5 | 11.9 | 12.1 | 22 | 2.63 | 1.17 | 3.60 | 0.53 | 0.68 | 1.10 | 0.52 | 0.41 | 0.20 | 1.78 | 0.20 | 0.009 | - | 0.23 | 0.13 | 0.62 | 0.10 |
Kensington | 172,020 | 19.4 | 14.0 | 10.2 | 10.2 | 23 | 2.10 | 1.17 | 2.88 | 0.60 | 0.63 | 0.62 | 0.78 | 0.33 | 0.11 | 1.56 | 0.12 | 0.017 | 0.006 | 0.09 | 0.13 | 0.87 | 0.06 |
98,240 | 18.1 | 13.8 | 10.7 | 10.7 | 16 | 2.34 | 0.99 | 3.67 | 0.46 | 0.64 | 0.70 | 0.61 | 0.63 | 0.12 | 1.96 | 0.22 | - | 0.010 | 0.20 | 0.17 | 0.44 | 0.11 | |
Paddington | 113,600 | 23.8 | 19.3 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 26 | 2.39 | 1.09 | 3.05 | 0.65 | 0.65 | 0.85 | 0.69 | 0.28 | 0.90 | 3.02 | 0.11 | 0.009 | 0.09 | 0.08 | 0.13 | 1.27 | 0.18 |
St. Marylebone | 68,070 | 11.3 | 8.9 | 16.7 | 12.2 | 22 | 3.01 | 2.39 | 5.80 | 0.84 | 0.69 | 1.47 | 0.72 | 1.19 | 0.09 | 1.57 | 0.04 | 0.015 | - | 0.13 | 0.03 | 0.62 | 0.15 |
St. Pancras | 124,470 | 20.4 | 18.2 | 11.5 | 11.3 | 23 | 2.40 | 0.97 | 3.31 | 0.52 | 1.00 | 0.96 | 0.71 | 1.74 | 0.41 | 4.72 | 0.29 | 0.008 | 0.008 | 0.19 | 0.11 | 0.84 | 0.12 |
Westminster, City of | 86,110 | 12.2 | 10.2 | 12.0 | 11.8 | 25 | 2.75 | 1.03 | 3.48 | 0.77 | 0.60 | 0.78 | 0.92 | 0.23 | 0.19 | 1.03 | 0.05 | - | - | 0.06 | 0.07 | 0.99 | 0.05 |
32,540 | 17.6 | 16.0 | 11.9 | 11.7 | 28 | 2.43 | 1.20 | 3.13 | 0.55 | 1.04 | 1.41 | 0.43 | 1.32 | 1.32 | 5.26 | 1.84 | - | - | 0.52 | 0.46 | 0.65 | 0.06 | |
Holborn | 20,640 | 9.1 | 6.5 | 13.1 | 13.9 | 69 | 3.44 | 0.92 | 3.25 | 0.78 | 0.78 | 0.82 | 0.82 | 0.34 | 0.10 | 1.07 | 0.10 | 0.048 | 0.048 | 0.05 | 0.10 | 0.78 | 0.05 |
Islington | 227,870 | 25.4 | 23.4 | 11.3 | 11.0 | 19 | 2.37 | 1.08 | 3.15 | 0.73 | 0.86 | 1.19 | 0.48 | 1.06 | 0.29 | 5.84 | 0.12 | 0.009 | - | 0.29 | 0.22 | 0.98 | 0.09 |
163,400 | 23.3 | 21.9 | 11.7 | 12.4 | 20 | 2.50 | 1.05 | 3.69 | 0.70 | 0.61 | 1.21 | 0.41 | 2.45 | 0.13 | 7.27 | 0.15 | 0.006 | - | 0.43 | 0.36 | 0.48 | 0.05 | |
Shoreditch | 39,580 | 16.8 | 16.0 | 13.4 | 11.3 | 21 | 2.37 | 1.34 | 3.56 | 0.45 | 1.01 | 2.12 | 0.58 | 0.88 | 0.10 | 3.16 | 0.35 | - | - | 0.43 | 0.15 | 0.61 | 0.08 |
Stoke Newington | 52,950 | 24.4 | 21.7 | 10.6 | 12.3 | 18 | 2.12 | 1.00 | 3.64 | 0.53 | 0.62 | 0.93 | 0.40 | 0.47 | 0.17 | 6.59 | 0.06 | 0.019 | - | 0.15 | 0.11 | 0.26 | 0.08 |
46,230 | 18.1 | 17.6 | 12.2 | 11.4 | 14 | 2.70 | 0.87 | 3.72 | 0.48 | 1.15 | 1.54 | 0.32 | 0.20 | 0.07 | 12.11 | 0.04 | - | - | 0.80 | 0.43 | 0.43 | 0.13 | |
City of London(b) | 4,610 | 6.5 | 6.0 | 8.5 | 8.4 | - | 3.04 | 0.22 | 0.87 | - | 1.74 | 0.87 | 0.87 | - | - | 0.87 | 0.22 | - | - | 0.87 | - | 0.87 | 0.22 |
Poplar | 67,340 | 20.8 | 19.8 | 11.5 | 13.0 | 24 | 2.40 | 1.01 | 3.22 | 0.50 | 0.92 | 1.23 | 0.53 | 0.46 | 0.25 | 3.45 | 0.55 | - | - | 0.45 | 0.34 | 0.42 | 0.10 |
Stepney | 90,480 | 20.4 | 18.6 | 12.5 | 12.6 | 18 | 2.37 | 0.88 | 3.68 | 0.56 | 1.35 | 1.68 | 0.53 | 0.34 | 0.11 | 4.84 | 1.05 | 0.011 | - | 0.27 | 0.20 | 1.00 | 0.10 |
68,980 | 23.1 | 22.6 | 11.7 | 11.8 | 18 | 2.12 | 1.15 | 3.86 | 0.49 | 0.81 | 1.13 | 0.49 | 1.04 | 0.09 | 1.75 | 0.19 | - | - | 0.26 | 0.19 | 1.17 | 0.10 | |
Greenwich | 84,730 | 15.9 | 15.3 | 11.4 | 12.4 | 33 | 2.47 | 1.13 | 3.71 | 0.31 | 0.83 | 1.18 | 0.54 | 0.34 | 0.08 | 0.67 | 0.06 | - | - | 0.39 | 0.15 | 0.34 | 0.05 |
Woolwich | 148,140 | 15.8 | 15.6 | 10.7 | 11.4 | 19 | 2.11 | 1.03 | 3.51 | 0.53 | 0.87 | 0.77 | 0.52 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.45 | 0.49 | - | - | 0.16 | 0.14 | 0.39 | 0.05 |
173,720 | 20.2 | 19.0 | 11.4 | 11.2 | 24 | 2.49 | 1.17 | 3.34 | 0.64 | 0.97 | 1.00 | 0.48 | 0.64 | 0.15 | 1.94 | 0.23 | - | - | 0.33 | 0.31 | 0.79 | 0.09 | |
Lewisham | 222,170 | 17.5 | 16.8 | 11.6 | 11.4 | 19 | 2.47 | 1.30 | 3.64 | 0.50 | 0.61 | 1.09 | 0.46 | 0.87 | 0.08 | 1.90 | 0.10 | - | - | 0.24 | 0.19 | 0.37 | 0.09 |
51,000 | 17.2 | 16.9 | 11.5 | 11.9 | 15 | 2.57 | 1.04 | 3.47 | 0.86 | 0.45 | 1.14 | 0.55 | 0.90 | 0.63 | 4.69 | 0.16 | - | - | 0.37 | 0.14 | 0.53 | 0.08 | |
Lambeth | 223,370 | 23.9 | 22.0 | 11.1 | 11.1 | 19 | 2.15 | 1.07 | 3.26 | 0.61 | 0.90 | 1.08 | 0.54 | 0.77 | 0.07 | 2.34 | 0.16 | - | 0.004 | 0.29 | 0.29 | 0.55 | 0.05 |
Southwark | 86,440 | 19.2 | 17.5 | 14.3 | 12.0 | 21 | 2.65 | 1.23 | 4.86 | 0.71 | 1.10 | 1.53 | 0.60 | 4.40 | 0.28 | 5.36 | 0.65 | 0.012 | - | 0.82 | 0.19 | 0.72 | 0.06 |
104,020 | 20.9 | 20.7 | 12.9 | 11.9 | 21 | 2.47 | 1.76 | 3.96 | 0.47 | 0.97 | 1.13 | 0.64 | 0.90 | 0.19 | 1.59 | 0.29 | - | - | 0.16 | 0.09 | 0.66 | 0.06 | |
Wandsworth | 347,810 | 18.2 | 17.5 | 14.4 | 11.2 | 20 | 2.65 | 1.61 | 5.34 | 0.64 | 0.90 | 0.94 | 0.51 | 0.50 | 0.20 | 2.06 | 0.42 | 0.006 | - | 0.31 | 0.16 | 0.50 | 0.04 |
London, 1962 | 3,185,770 | 19.6 | 17.6 | 12.0 | 11.7 | 21 | 2.44 | 1.22 | 3.75 | 0.60 | 0.83 | 1.07 | 0.56 | 0.88 | 0.21 | 2.99 | 0.26 | 0.005 | 0.002 | 0.27 | 0.19 | 0.66 | 0.08 |
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 |
(à) Rates are per 1,000 home population, figures in italics are based upon fewer than 20 births, deaths or notifications. |