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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 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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VITAL STATISTICS OF THE METROPOLITAN BOROUGHS
Table No. 25
| Metropolitan Boroughs | Estimated Resident Population (mid-1938) | Birth rate | Death rate— | Infantile Mortality per 1,000 births | Maternal Mortality | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rate per 1,000 live births | Rate per 1,000 live and still births | ||||||||||
| Crude | Adjusted | ||||||||||
| Puerperal Sepsis | Other causes | Total | Puerperal Sepsis | Other causes | Total | ||||||
| West Districts: Paddington | 137,400 | 13.7 | 11.3 | 11.2 | 66 | 0.53 | 1.06 | 1.59 | 0.51 | 1.02 | 1.53 |
| Kensington | 174,100 | 12.8 | 11.7 | 10.9 | 78 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 2.2 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 2.2 |
| Hammersmith | 125,100 | 15.5 | 11.3 | 11.6 | 61 | o.oo | 1.07 | 1.07 | o.oo | 1.04 | 1.04 |
| Fulham | 137,700 | 14.2 | 11.6 | 11.7 | 51 | 0.51 | o.oo | 0.51 | 0.49 | 0.00 | 0.49 |
| Chelsea | 56,050 | 10.2 | 13.5 | 11.5 | 80 | 3.5 | 1.7 | 5.2 | 3.4 | 1.7 | 5.1 |
| Westminster | 124,400 | 8.3 | 10.4 | 10.7 | 55 | 1.9 | 4.8 | 6.7 | 1.8 | 4.6 | 6.5 |
| North Districts: St. Marylebone | 90,680 | 8.8 | 11.1 | 11.0 | 60 | 0.00 | 2.49 | 2.49 | 2.41 | 2.41 | 2.41 |
| Hampstead | 90,480 | 11.7 | 11.4 | 10.7 | 57 | 0.00 | 0.94 | 0.94 | o.oo | 0.91 | 0.91 |
| St. Pancras | 179,400 | 13.5 | 11.5 | 11.7 | 64 | o.oo | 0.8 | 0.8 | o.oo | 0.8 | 0.8 |
| Islington | 292,300 | 15.3 | 11.9 | 12.0 | 65 | 1.12 | 1.56 | 2.68 | 1.08 | 1.52 | 2.60 |
| Stoke Newington | 50,480 | 13.8 | 11.0 | 10.5 | 43 | o.oo | 1.4 | 1.4 | o.oo | 1.4 | 1.4 |
| Hackney | 205,200 | 13.4 | 10.7 | 11.2 | 56 | 0.36 | o.oo | 0.36 | 0.35 | o.oo | 0.35 |
| Central Districts: Holborn | 34,350 | 7.3 | 10.5 | 11.2 | 84 | o.oo | 4.00 | 4.00 | o.oo | 3.76 | 3.76 |
| Finsbury | 56,960 | 13.0 | 12.9 | 14.1 | 73 | 0.00 | 4.05 | 4.05 | o.oo | 3.84 | 3.84 |
| City of London | 8,780 | 6.6 | 10.7 | 11.8 | 52 | o.co | 0.00 | o.oo | o.oo | 0.00 | o.oo |
| East Districts: Shoreditch | 80,360 | 14.7 | 11.4 | 12.5 | 64 | 0.85 | 1.69 | 2.54 | 0.82 | 1.64 | 2.46 |
| Bethnal Green | 92,910 | 14.2 | 11.3 | 12.8 | 59 | 0.76 | 0.76 | 1.52 | 0.74 | 0.74 | 1.47 |
| Stepney | 200,500 | 13.1 | 11.0 | 12.9 | 61 | 11.45 | 1.145 | 2.29 | 1.11 | 1.11 | 2.22 |
| Poplar | 134,400 | 14.9 | 11.4 | 12.7 | 60 | 1.50 | 1.00 | 2.50 | 1.45 | 0.97 | 2.42 |
| South Districts: Southwark | 145,300 | 14.0 | 12.5 | 13.4 | 57 | 0.00 | 0.98 | 0.98 | o.oo | 0.95 | 0.95 |
| Bermondsey | 97,420 | 14.8 | 11.0 | 12.5 | 45 | 0.00 | 2.75 | 2.75 | o.oo | 2.71 | 2.71 |
| Lambeth | 272,800 | 14.1 | 11.9 | 11.7 | 51 | 0.52 | 1.30 | 1.82 | 0.50 | 1.26 | 1.76 |
| Battersea | 141,700 | 14.9 | 11.8 | 11.7 | 53 | 2.37 | 0.47 | 2.84 | 2.30 | 0.46 | 2.76 |
| Wandsworth | 340,100 | 11.9 | 11.2 | 10.4 | 46 | 0.49 | 2.71 | 3.20 | 0.47 | 2.63 | 3.11 |
| Camberwell | 222,400 | 14.0 | 12.3 | 12.3 | 61 | 0.32 | 2.25 | 2.57 | 0.31 | 2.18 | 2.49 |
| Deptford | 95,460 | 14.4 | 11.8 | ... | 54 | 0.00 | 1.45 | 1.45 | o.oo | 1.40 | 1.40 |
| Greenwich | 95,770 | 13.6 | 10.9 | 11.1 | 42 | 0.00 | 1.5 | 1.5 | o.oo | 1.4 | 1.4 |
| Lewisham | 229,000 | 13.9 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 47 | 1.56 | 0.62 | 2.19 | 1.52 | 0.61 | 2.13 |
| Woolwich | 150,900 | 13.6 | 10.4 | 11.0 | 50 | o.oo | 0.48 | 0.48 | o.oo | 0.47 | 0.47 |
| London | 4,062,800 | 13.4 | 1 1.4 | - | 57 | 0.71 | 1.17 | 1.88 | 0.69 | 1.12 | 1.81 |