[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council 1898].

  • London County Council (London, England). County of London.
Date:
[1899?]
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Credit: [Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council 1898]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    2 Births. The number of births registered in the Administrative County of London in 1898 (52 weeks) was 132,873, giving a birth rate per annum of 29.4 per 1,000 persons living; this being the lowest birth rate on record in London. The birth-rate in successive periods has been as follows— 1851-60 33.6 1891 31.8* 1895 30.6* 1861-70 35.4 1892 30.9* 1896 30.2* 1871-80 35.4 1893 31.0* 1897 30.0* 1881-90 33.2 1894 30.1* 1898 29.4* The corresponding figures for England and Wales are as follows— 1851-60 34.2 1891 31.4 1895 30.4 1861-70 35.2 1892 30.5 1896 29.7 1871-80 35.5 1893 30.8 1897 29.7 1881-90 32.5 1894 29.6 The accompanying diagram (II.) shows the London birth rate in each year since 1850 in relation to the mean birth rate of the period 1851-98. During the year the eastern group of districts had the highest birth rate (36.7); the western the lowest (24.5); the northern, central and southern groups having birth rates of 27.5, 28.9 and 29-9 respectively. As in the preceding year, the district having the highest birth rate was St. Luke (45.2), and the district having the lowest birth rate was St.Martins in the Fields(14.4). The following table shows the birth rate in each district in 1898, per 1,000 persons living and per 100 females aged 15 to 45 years— Sanitary district. Births. Birth rate per 1,000 living. Births per 100 females aged 15-45. Paddington 2,967 23.3 7.0 Kensington 3,633 21.2 6.0 Hammersmith 3,026 28.3 10.5 Fulham 4,307 34.5 13.2 †Chelsea 2,332 24.2 9.0 St. George, Hanover-square 1,411 17.6 5.0 Westminster 1,081 20.6 7.8 St. James 446 20.1 7.0 †Marylebone 4,061 28.9 9.3 Hampstead 1,516 19.3 5.3 Pancras 6,857 28.2 10.9 Islington 9,442 27.5 10.4 Stoke Newington 839 24.3 8.0 Hackney 6,445 29.4 11.0 †St. Giles 1,026 27.4 9.7 St.Martin-in-the-Fields 179 14.4 5.0 Strand 496 21.4 7.8 Holborn 807 26.9 10.7 Clerkenwell 2,072 31.4 12.9 †St. Luke 1,853 45.2 18.7 London, City of 469 16.2 6.1 Shoreditch 4,266 35.2 14.8 Bethnal-green 4,779 37.1 16.1 Whitechapel 3,123 38.9 16.6 St. George-in-the-East 2,083 43.3 19.0 Limehouse 1,912 32.7 14.6 †Mile-end Old-town 4,294 38.3 16.1 Poplar 5,907 34.8 15.9 St. Saviour, Southwark 739 30.2 13.6 St. George, South wark 2,138 35.5 14.9 Newington 4,165 33.9 14.4 St. Olave 357 31.7 13.5 Bermondsey 3,090 36.1 16.0 Rotherhithe 1,298 31.9 14.9 †Lambeth 9,266 30.6 11.8 Battersea 5,157 30.1 12.6 Wandsworth 5,186 25.7 8.8 Camberwell 7,425 28.5 11.4 Greenwich 5,625 31.3 13.0 Lewisham 2,758 25.1 8.5 Woolwich 1,253 30.3 15.1 Lee 891 22.5 7.4 Plumstead 1,896 30.4 13.6 London # 132,873 29.4 11.1 * The rates for these years relates to the Administrative County of London, the rates shown for years previous to 1891 relate to the Registration County of London. † Lying-in hospitals are miuated in ther e districts.