[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council 1958].

  • London County Council (London, England). County of London.
Date:
1959
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    Table (ix)—Lung cancer, males only. Standardised mortality ratio, social class, percentage bom in London, and atmospheric pollution. Boroughs S.M.R. 1950-53 (England and Wales = 100) Percentage of social classes IV and V 1951 Percentage born in London 1951 Atmospheric pollution 1944-54 Solid deposit (a) So4 (b) Chelsea 164 23 45 653 119 Fulham 147 27 64 1,028 188 Hammersmith 161 30 58 (c) (c) Kensington 139 23 39 504 109 Hampstead 155 15 37 (c) (c) Paddington 172 27 44 413 400 St. Marylebone 139 22 42 497 114 St. Pancras 203 32 58 516 (c) Westminster, City of 124 27 36 779 122 Finsbury 206 39 74 503 (c) Holborn 141 30 45 456 (c) Islington 188 31 70 521 (c) Hackney 153 26 75 425 98 Shoreditch 193 39 82 (c) (c) Stoke Newington 154 22 67 374 97 Bethnal Green 222 38 83 (c) (c) City of London 100 43 47 637 170 Poplar 167 44 80 982 210 Stepney 163 46 72 496 119 Deptford 162 35 75 (c) (c) Greenwich 130 32 69 1,300 240 Woolwich 142 25 59 593 138 Camberwell 152 30 75 378 373 Lewisham 127 22 66 432 104 Bermondsey 176 45 84 (c) (c) Lambeth 143 29 65 614 107 Southwark 184 42 76 2,658 188 Battersea 147 30 70 1,145 127 Wandsworth 142 21 60 (c) (c) London County 156 29 63 723 168 (a) Total deposited matter, grams per 100 square metres per month, winter months only. (b) Dissolved sulphate ion (so4) per 100 square metres per month, winter months only. (c) No deposit gauge. The pattern of mortality for the metropolitan boroughs is also shown in Figure 3 on page 12. There is a ' wedge ' of high ratios running from St. Pancras and Islington in the north through Finsbury and Shoreditch to Bermondsey and Southwark in the south ; the City escapes the higher ratios and breaks the continuity of this wedge, but because of the smallness of the experience (only eight deaths in the four years) the ratio for the City is not a reliable measure and in this context and what follows, should be ignored. In general the north side of the river has higher ratios than the south and it should be noted in this connection that the prevailing south-westerly winds will tend to blow atmospheric pollution away from the south to the north. As regards the other items in the table, social class has been included because the Registrar General's census volume on Occupational Mortality‡ shows, in general, a rising gradient of male mortality from cancer of the lung as social class descends from class I to class V (mortality from this cause in males is 45 per cent, higher in social class V than it is in social class I). The percentage born in London is given as a very ‡ Registrar General's Decennial Supplement (1951)—Occupational Mortality. 11