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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
Fulham 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham]
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TABLE 4.—VITAL STATISTICS OF LONDON BOROUGHS, 1936.
| Borough. | Estimated Resident Population (mid1936). | Live Births Rate per 1,000 Population. | Death Rate per 1,000 Population. | Infantile Mortality Rate per 1,000 Live Births- | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crude. | Adjusted. | ||||
| WEST DISTRICTS- | |||||
| Paddington | 139,200 | 13.8 | 12.98 | 12.81 | 72.0 |
| Kensington | 176,100 | 12.7 | 12.5 | 11.7 | 73.0 |
| Hammersmith | 127,700 | 15.1 | 12.5 | 12.9 | 60.0 |
| FULHAM | 141,300 | 14.9 | 12.6 | 12.7 | 64.0 |
| Chelsea | 56,500 | 11.3 | 13.7 | 11.6 | 53.0 |
| Westminster | 124,100 | 8.5 | 11.1 | 11.4 | 65.8 |
| NORTH DISTRICTS- | |||||
| St- Marylebone | 92,400 | 9.8 | 12.6 | 12.5 | 75.0 |
| Hampstead | 90,700 | 10.4 | 10.2 | 9.6 | 65.8 |
| St- Pancras | 183,900 | 13.0 | 13.5 | 13.8 | 79.0 |
| Islington | 304,100 | 15.24 | 12.44 | 12.56 | 61.0 |
| Stoke Newington | 50,350 | 13.7 | 11.4 | 10.9 | 44.6 |
| Hackney | 209,100 | 14.4 | 12.0 | 12.6 | 62.9 |
| CENTRAL DISTRICTS- | |||||
| Holborn | 34,850 | 8.29 | 11.99 | 12.83 | 62.0 |
| Finsbury | 60,800 | 13.8 | 14.0 | 15.3 | 81.0 |
| City of London | 9,100 | 7.5 | 11.4 | 12.65 | 147.0 |
| EAST DISTRICTS- | |||||
| Shoreditch | 85,400 | 14.9 | 12.8 | 14.1 | 75.0 |
| Bethnal Green | 96,900 | 13.5 | 12.7 | 14.3 | 98.0 |
| Stepney | 207,800 | 14.7 | 12.6 | 14.7 | 100.09 |
| Poplar | 140,300 | 15.0 | 12.5 | 13.8 | 72.0 |
| SOUTH DISTRICTS- | |||||
| Southwark | 152,200 | 14.8 | 13.1 | — | 59.0 |
| Bermondsey | 100,400 | 15.4 | 12.8 | 14.6 | 60.0 |
| Lambeth | 277,500 | 13.9 | 12.5 | 12.4 | 59.0 |
| Battersea | 145,500 | 14.63 | 13.06 | 12.93 | 59.21 |
| Wandsworth | 343,000 | 11.46 | 11.79 | 10.96 | 58.0 |
| Camberwell | 229,300 | 13.93 | 12.64 | 12.64 | 58.86 |
| Deptford | 98,900 | 15.7 | 12.2 | 12.6 | 50.0 |
| Greenwich | 95,900 | 13.82 | 11.36 | 11.58 | 49.0 |
| Lewisham | 224,000 | 13.0 | 10.8 | 10.9 | 55.0 |
| Woolwich | 146,500 | 13.8 | 11.2 | 11.8 | 59.0 |
| LONDON, Administrative | |||||
| County | 4,141,100 | 13.6 | 12.3 | — | 66.0 |
| ENGLAND AND WALES | 14.8 | 12.1 | — | 59.0 | |