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
Hackney 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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| Estimated Population. | Birth-rate. | Crude Death-rate. | Adjusted Death-rate. | Infantile Mortality-rate. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wandsworth | 345,250 | Shoreditch | 16.1 | Lewisham | 10.0 | Lewisham | 10.1 | Lewisham | 43 |
| Islington | 308,170 | Deptford | 15.8 | City of London | 10.5 | Wandsworth | 10.3 | Finsbury | 51 |
| Lambeth | 283,900 | Poplar | 15.5 | Wandsworth | 11.1 | Hampstead | 10.6 | Hampstead | 53 |
| Camberwell | 238,360 | Stepney | 15.3 | Hampstead | 11.3 | Stoke Newington | 11.0 | Hackney | 56 |
| Lewisham | 222,180 | Finsbury | 15.1 | Woolwich | 11.3 | Chelsea | 11.4 | Wandsworth | 57 |
| Stepney | 214,990 | Southwark | 14.9 | Stoke Newington. | 11.5 | City of London | 11.6 | Fulham | 59 |
| Hackney | 211,120 | Bermondsey | 14.8 | Hackney | 11.7 | Islington | 11.9 | Stoke Newington | 60 |
| St. Pancras | 187,540 | Islington | 14.7 | Bethnal Green | 11.8 | Woolwich | 12.0 | Battersea | 61 |
| Kensington | 179,080 | Battersea | 14.3 | Islington | 11.8 | Westminster | 12.1 | St. Marylebone | 61 |
| Southwark | 159,930 | Bethnal Green | 14.3 | Westminster | 11.8 | Hackney | 12.2 | Islington | 62 |
| Battersea | 150,870 | Hackney | 14.2 | Greenwich | 12.2 | Battersea | 12.3 | Poplar | 62 |
| Poplar | 146.370 | Lambeth | 14.2 | Holborn | 12.2 | Camberwell | 12.3 | Lambeth | 63 |
| Woolwich | 145,520 | Hammersmith | 13.8 | Camberwell | 12.3 | Paddington | 12.3 | Woolwich | 63 |
| Fulham | 145,400 | Fulham | 13.7 | Poplar | 12.3 | Greenwich | 12.4 | Bermondsey | 64 |
| Paddington | 139,790 | Greenwich | 13.7 | Stepney | 12.3 | Kensington | 12.5 | Chelsea | 65 |
| Hammersmith | 129,170 | Paddington | 13.7 | Bermondsey | 12.4 | Lambeth | 12.6 | St. Pancras | 65 |
| Westminster | 124,050 | Stoke Newington | 13.7 | Paddington | 12.4 | St. Marylebone . | 12.6 | Westminster | 66 |
| Bermondsey | 105,060 | Woolwich | 13.7 | Battersea | 12.5 | Fulham | 12.7 | Camberwell | 67 |
| Bethnal Green | 102,060 | Camberwell | 13.2 | Fulham | 12.6 | St. Pancras | 13.1 | Deptford | 68 |
| Deptford | 101,380 | St. Pancras | 13.1 | Lambeth | 12.7 | Bethnal Green | 13.3 | Holborn | 71 |
| Greenwich | 97,250 | Kensington | 12.3 | St. Marylebone . | 12.7 | Hammersmith | 13.3 | Bethnal Green | 72 |
| St. Marylebone | 92,320 | Lewisham | 12.2 | St. Pancras | 12.8 | Deptford | 13.6 | Hammersmith | 77 |
| Shoreditch | 90,630 | Wandsworth | 10.9 | Hammersmith | 12.9 | Holborn | 13.7 | Southwark | 77 |
| Hampstead | 90,000 | Chelsea | 10.8 | Deptford | 13.1 | Poplar | 13.8 | Shoreditch | 84 |
| Finsbury | 64,970 | Hampstead | 10.4 | Shoreditch | 13.1 | Bermondsey | 14.1 | Greenwich | 87 |
| Chelsea | 58,160 | Westminster | 9.4 | Kensington | 13.3 | Stepney | 14.3 | Stepney | 87 |
| Stoke Newington | 50,620 | St. Marylebone | 9.0 | Chelsea | 13.4 | Shoreditch | 14.4 | Kensington | 93 |
| Holborn | 36,000 | Holborn | 8.5 | Finsbury | 13.4 | Southwark | 14.4 | Paddington | 95 |
| City of London | 10,060 | City of London | 6.8 | Southwark | 13.5 | Finsbury | 14.6 | City of London | 121 |
| County of London. | 4,230,200 | 13.2 | 11.9 | 13.4 | 67 | ||||
The adjusted death-rate is for comparative purposes, the adjustment being for the purpose of equalising the differences in sex-age groups.