London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
London County Council 1964
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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| Metropolitan Boroughs | Estimated home population mid 1964 | Live birth rate | Death rate (all causes) | Infant mortality (per 1.000 live births) | Death rates | Notifications of infectious disease | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Chelsea | 46,200 | 13.3 | 9.7 | 15.2 | 13.6 | 26 | 3.42 | 1.77 | 4.16 | 1.04 | 1.19 | 0.95 | 0.84 | 0.19 | — | 1 .08 | — | — | — | ||||
| Fulham | 109,410 | 18 9 | 16.8 | 11.1 | 11.3 | 19 | 2.80 | 1.16 | 3.19 | 0.53 | 0.71 | 0.82 | 0.40 | 0.23 | 1.77 | — | 0.37 | 0 41 | |||||
| Hammersmith | 107,530 | 22.3 | 19.2 | 10.7 | 12.0 | 26 | 2.70 | 0.96 | 3 02 | 0.48 | 0 69 | 0.76 | 0.61 | 114 | 1 .94 | 0.19 | 0.55 | 0.70 | |||||
| Kensington | 172,990 | 18.5 | 10.7 | 8.6 | 10.1 | 25 | 2.02 | 0.97 | 2.29 | 0.50 | 0.40 | 0.57 | 0.61 | 0.18 | 0.23 | 2.19 | — | 0.20 | 0.56 | ||||
| Hampstead | 101,060 | 17.9 | 11.5 | 9.1 | 10.1 | 16 | 2.26 | 0.94 | 2.74 | 0.50 | 0.52 | 0.37 | 0.50 | 0.24 | 3.24 | 0.21 | 0.34 | 0.44 | |||||
| Paddington | 117,050 | 21.3 | 15.5 | 9.3 | 11.2 | 14 | 2.14 | 0.79 | 2.87 | 0.51 | 0.42 | 0.62 | 0.72 | 0.49 | 5.27 | — | 0.21 | 0.37 | 0.79 | ||||
| St. Marylebone | 67,250 | 10.9 | 8.3 | 13.2 | 9.8 | 23 | 2.87 | 1.89 | 4.51 | 0.61 | 0.59 | 0.77 | 0.61 | 2.08 | — | 0.52 | |||||||
| St. Pancras | 121,870 | 18.5 | 15.0 | 10.2 | 11.2 | 26 | 2.53 | 1.01 | 2.80 | 0.61 | 0.76 | 0.74 | 0.44 | 0.59 | 0.24 | 5.28 | — | — | 0.31 | 0.35 | 0.83 | ||
| Westminster, City of | 85,840 | 11.7 | 9.7 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 23 | 2.50 | 1.05 | 3.13 | 0.48 | 0.47 | 0.56 | 0.86 | 0.43 | 4.53 | — | - | 0.51 | |||||
| Finsbury | 32,070 | 17.3 | 15.2 | 9.4 | 10.8 | 24 | 1.96 | 1 .06 | 2.56 | 0.97 | 0.72 | 0.65 | 2.34 | 1.31 | 7.64 | 1.37 | — | - | 0.62 | 0.72 | |||
| Holborn | 20,430 | 8.1 | 5.3 | 10.5 | 11.6 | 54 | 2.94 | 2.94 | — | 1.62 | — | - | |||||||||||
| Islington | 227,090 | 25.4 | 20.8 | 10.7 | 12.0 | 20 | 2.24 | 1.06 | 3.37 | 0.81 | 0.70 | 0.71 | 0.51 | 0.73 | 0.37 | 7.49 | 0.09 | — | - | 0.66 | 0.60 | 0.79 | 0.12 |
| Hackney | 164,350 | 24.5 | 22.1 | 11.1 | 12.5 | 17 | 2.80 | 1.07 | 3.18 | 1.20 | 0.46 | 0.69 | 0.46 | 2.11 | 0.15 | 6.02 | — | - | 1.00 | 0.57 | 0.56 | ||
| Shoreditch | 37,040 | 15.2 | 14.9 | 12.5 | 13.0 | 23 | 2.83 | 1.40 | 3.19 | 0.54 | 1.21 | 1.24 | 0.70 | 5.08 | — | - | 1.40 | 0.97 | |||||
| Stoke Newington | 53,330 | 26.8 | 23.0 | 10.3 | 12.8 | 24 | 2.21 | 1.16 | 3.21 | 0.62 | 0.51 | 0.71 | 0.47 | 0.62 | 7.05 | — | - | 0.41 | 0.41 | 0.71 | |||
| Bethnal Green | 46,420 | 17.7 | 16.6 | 10.5 | 11.4 | 17 | 2.43 | 1.01 | 2.84 | 0.45 | 0.95 | 1 .03 | 0.50 | 1 .34 | 7.56 | — | - | 0.99 | 0.73 | 0.47 | |||
| City of London(fc) | 4,580 | 7.0 | 5.7 | 8.3 | 8.3 | — | — | — | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||
| Poplar | 68,530 | 20.1 | 19.1 | 10.4 | 12.7 | 24 | 2.55 | 0.83 | 2.79 | 0.60 | 0.77 | 0.98 | 0.53 | 2.61 | 6.07 | 0.51 | — | - | 1.62 | 0.38 | 0.47 | ||
| Stepney | 91,130 | 19.9 | 18.1 | 11.6 | 13.2 | 25 | 2.70 | 1.10 | 3.03 | 0.59 | 0.87 | 1.00 | 0.52 | 0.33 | 6.69 | 0.57 | — | - | 0.65 | 0.55 | 0.88 | ||
| Deptford | 68,500 | 24.4 | 22.7 | 11.0 | 11.9 | 29 | 2.29 | 1 .05 | 3.04 | 0.42 | 0.92 | 1.09 | 0.42 | 1 .68 | 5.45 | 0.29 | — | - | 0.74 | 0.54 | 0.91 | - | |
| Greenwich | 83,630 | 17.3 | 16.6 | 10.8 | 11.6 | 19 | 2.80 | 1.05 | 3.41 | 0.41 | 0.60 | 0.80 | 0.39 | 0.98 | 2.87 | — | - | - | 0.62 | 0.39 | 0.36 | ||
| Woolwich | 149,810 | 16.5 | 17.8 | 10.6 | 11.4 | 17 | 2.44 | 1.03 | 3.39 | 0.52 | 0.88 | 0.65 | 0.41 | — | 3.04 | 0.23 | — | - | 0.48 | 0.53 | 0.31 | ||
| Camberwell | 175,740 | 20.8 | 19.1 | 10.3 | 11.1 | 20 | 2.22 | 1.03 | 2.86 | 0.61 | 0.94 | 0.82 | 0.38 | 0.22 | 0.16 | 4.52 | 0.18 | - | - | 0.61 | 0.25 | 0.60 | |
| Lewisham | 223,170 | 18.7 | 18.1 | 11.5 | 11.2 | 20 | 2.55 | 1.51 | 3.35 | 0.51 | 0.81 | 0.81 | 0.47 | 0.56 | 0.11 | 5.29 | — | - | 0.65 | 0.69 | 0.56 | ||
| Bermondsey | 50,340 | 18.4 | 18.0 | 11.0 | 12.2 | 23 | 2.94 | 1.11 | 2.62 | 0.66 | 0.70 | 0.74 | 0.44 | 0.70 | 3.56 | — | - | 0.74 | 0.87 | ||||
| Lambeth | 223,140 | 25.0 | 22.0 | 10.8 | 12.1 | 22 | 2.33 | 1.13 | 3.16 | 0.54 | 0.66 | 0.96 | 0.55 | 0.31 | 4.21 | 0.18 | — | - | 0.41 | 0.27 | 0.35 | ||
| Southwark | 84,830 | 18.5 | 17.2 | 12.9 | 12.5 | 21 | 3.05 | 1.19 | 3.97 | 0.53 | 0.83 | 1.12 | 0.59 | 3.69 | 0.25 | 4.89 | 0.46 | - | - | 1.10 | 0.38 | 0.71 | |
| Battersea | 102,820 | 21.9 | 19.9 | 11.2 | 11.4 | 23 | 2.41 | 1.33 | 3.21 | 0.74 | 0.52 | 0.95 | 0.59 | 0.40 | 5.37 | — | - | 0.28 | 0.34 | 0.57 | |||
| Wandsworth | 348,450 | 19.0 | 18.2 | 13.0 | 10.3 | 23 | 2.58 | 1.43 | 4.45 | 0.75 | 0.81 | 0.75 | 0.53 | 0.54 | 0.08 | 2.96 | 0.23 | — | - | 0.39 | 0.63 | 0.41 | 0.06 |
| London, 1964 | 3,184,600 | 19.9 | 17.1 | 11.0 | 11.7 | 21 | 2.50 | 1.15 | 3.27 | 0.62 | 0.71 | 0.78 | 0.52 | 0.71 | 0.17 | 4.40 | 0.17 | — | 0.50 | 0.44 | 0.56 | 0.07 | |
| 3,178,870 | 20.0 | 17.2 | 12.5 | 13.1 | 22 | 2.44 | 1.27 | 3.80 | 0.69 | 0.97 | 1.16 | 0.57 | 1.55 | 0.17 | 9.19 | 0.30 | 0.0003 | 0.0006 | 0.32 | 0.82 | 0.63 | 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.