NHS reveals the number of pregnant smokers in south London

South east London has some of the lowest numbers, while south west London has some of the highest.

Between April and June last year, the percentage of women known to be smokers when their babies were delivered in south east London was 4.7 per cent.

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In south west London this figure was 6.1 per cent.

This means that in south east London, among the 4,795 deliveries recorded by the NHS, 225 of these people were known to be smokers at their time of delivery.

In south west London though, of the 2,492 babies delivered, 145 were to mothers who were known to smokers.

This makes south west London the region of the city with the highest number of women known to be smokers during their pregnancies.

The part of London with the lowest percentage is north west London where only 3.6 per cent of women were known to be smokers at the time that they gave birth.

Here are the statistics across all of London:

North west London
Maternities: 5,326
Women known to be smokers at time of delivery: 190
Percentage: 3.6

North central London
Maternities: 3,891
Women known to be smokers at time of delivery: 203
Percentage: 5.3

North east London
Maternities: 6,716
Women known to be smokers at time of delivery: 319
Percentage: 4.8

South east London
Maternities: 4,795
Women known to be smokers at time of delivery: 225
Percentage: 4.7

South west London

Maternities: 2,492

Women known to be smokers at time of delivery: 145

Percentage: 6.1