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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
Shoreditch 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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Vital Statistics for the Metropolitan Boroughs.
| Metropolitan Boroughs. | Estimated Resident Population. (mid-1936). | Birth rate. | Death rate— | Infantile Mortality per 1,000 births. | Maternal Mortality. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crude. | Adjusted. | Rate per 1,000 live births. | Rate per 1,000 live and still births. | ||||||||
| Puerperal Sepsis. | Other causes. | Total. | Puerperal Sepsis. | Other causes. | Total. | Puerperal Sepsis. | Total. | ||||
| West Districts. | |||||||||||
| Paddington | 139,200 | 13.8 | 13.0 | 12.8 | 72 | 2.60 | 2.60 | 5.20 | 2.50 | 2.50 | 5.00 |
| Kensington | 176,100 | 12.7 | 12.5 | 11.7 | 73 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.8 |
| Hammersmith | 127,700 | 15.1 | 12.5 | 12.9 | 60 | 0.52 | 1.04 | 1.56 | 0.50 | 1.01 | 1.51 |
| Fulham | 141,300 | 14.9 | 12.6 | 12.7 | 64 | 0.95 | 0.95 | 1.89 | 0.92 | 0.92 | 1.85 |
| Chelsea | 56,500 | 11.3 | 13.7 | 11.6 | 53 | 0.00 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 0.00 | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| Westminster | 124,100 | 8.5 | 11.1 | 11.4 | 66 | 0.00 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.00 | 0.9 | 0.9 |
| North Districts. | |||||||||||
| St. Marylebone | 92,400 | 9.8 | 12.6 | 12.5 | 75 | 0.00 | 2.21 | 2.21 | 0.00 | 2.15 | 2.15 |
| Hampstead | 90,700 | 10.4 | 10.2 | 9.6 | 66 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 1.8 | 0.91 | 2.7 |
| St. Pancras | 183,900 | 13.0 | 13.5 | 13.8 | 79 | 2.1 | 0.8 | 2.9 | 2.0 | 0.8 | 2.8 |
| Islington | 304,100 | 15.2 | 12.4 | 12.6 | 61 | 0.63 | 1.06 | 1.69 | 0.62 | 1.03 | 1.65 |
| Stoke Newington | 50,350 | 13.7 | 11.4 | 10.9 | 45 | 0.00 | 5.8 | 5.8 | 0.00 | 5.5 | 5.5 |
| Hackney | 209,100 | 14.4 | 12.0 | 12.6 | 63 | 0.33 | 0.99 | 1.32 | 0.32 | 0.96 | 1.28 |
| Central Districts. | |||||||||||
| Holborn | 34,850 | 8.3 | 12.0 | 12.8 | 62 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Finsbury | 60,800 | 13.8 | 14.0 | 15.3 | 81 | 1.19 | 2.38 | 3.57 | 1.15 | 2.30 | 3.45 |
| City of London | 9,100 | 7.5 | 11.4 | 12.6 | 147 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| East Districts. | |||||||||||
| Bethnal Green | 96,900 | 13.5 | 12.7 | 14.3 | 98 | 1.52 | 0.76 | 2.28 | 1.46 | 0.73 | 2.19 |
| Stepney | 207,800 | 14.7 | 12.6 | 14.7 | 100 | 0.97 | 0.65 | 1.62 | 0.94 | 0.62 | 1.56 |
| Poplar | 140,300 | 15.0 | 12.5 | 13.8 | 72 | 0.47 | 1.42 | 1.89 | 0.46 | 1.38 | 1.84 |
| South Districts | |||||||||||
| Southwark | 152,200 | 14.8 | 131 | — | 59 | 0.44 | 1.33 | 1.77 | 0.43 | 1.29 | 1.72 |
| Bermondsey | 100,400 | 15.4 | 12.8 | 14.6 | 60 | 1.28 | 4.49 | 5.77 | 1.26 | 4.40 | 5.66 |
| Lambeth | 277,500 | 13.9 | 12.5 | 12.4 | 59 | 0.26 | 0.52 | 0.77 | 0.25 | 0.50 | 0.75 |
| Battersea | 145,500 | 14.6 | 13.1 | 12.9 | 59 | 1.41 | 0.94 | 2.35 | 1.37 | 0.91 | 2.29 |
| Wandsworth | 343,000 | 11.5 | 11.8 | 11.0 | 58 | 0.25 | 1.52 | 1.77 | 0.24 | 1.48 | 1.72 |
| Camberwell | 229,300 | 13.9 | 12.6 | 12.6 | 59 | 0.31 | 1.88 | 2.19 | 0.30 | 1.82 | 2.12 |
| Deptford | 98,900 | 15.7 | 12.2 | 12.6 | 50 | 0.00 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.00 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
| Greenwich | 95,900 | 13.8 | 11.4 | 11.6 | 49 | 0.00 | 0.75 | 0.75 | 0.00 | 0.73 | 0.73 |
| Lewisham | 224,000 | 13.0 | 10.8 | 10.9 | 55 | 0.34 | 1.70 | 2.04 | 0.32 | 1.64 | 1.97 |
| Woolwich | 146,500 | 13.8 | 11.2 | 11.8 | 59 | 0.99 | 1.48 | 2.47 | 0.96 | 1.44 | 2.40 |
| London | 4,141,100 | 13.6 | 12.3 | — | 66 | 0.75 | 1.17 | 1.92 | 0.72 | 1.14 | 1.86 |