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Poplar 1930
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE V. (1930).
| Cities and Boroughs. | Estimated population to the middle of year. | Live Births. Annual rate per 1,000 persons living. | Death-rate per 1,000 living. | Deaths of Infants under one year to 1,000 births. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LONDON | 4,417,900 | 15.7 | 11.4 | 59 |
| Paddington | 142,800 | 15.12 | 12.64 | 78 |
| Kensington | 176,000 | 14.6 | 12. 7 | 69 |
| Hammersmith | 136,900 | 15.9 | 11.7 | 64 |
| Fulham | 153,700 | 15.3 | 10.8 | 57 |
| Chelsea | 62,680 | 12.7 | 12.5 | 40 |
| City of Westminster | 125,800 | 10.5 | 11.7 | 59.21 |
| St. Marylebone | 102,400 | 12.1 | 10.6 | 62 |
| Hampstead | 84,830 | 11.8 | 11.5 | 58 |
| St. Pancras | 203,900 | 15.4 | 11.9 | 60 |
| Islington | 319,800 | 17.4 | 12.1 | 70 |
| Stoke Newington | 50,040 | 14.6 | 12.2 | 54.6 |
| Hackney | 214,400 | 16.4 | 11.1 | 49 |
| Holborn | 38,380 | 10.5 | 12.7 | 89 |
| Finabury | 66,860 | 19.4 | 13.8 | 63 |
| City of London | 10,700 | 8.3 | 12.0 | 89 |
| Shoreditch | 99,710 | 20.1 | 12.2 | 65 |
| Bethnal Green | 110,500 | 17.7 | 11.1 | 60.3 |
| Stepney | 241,800 | 17.4 | 11.2 | 76 |
| Poplar | 160,000 | 19.1 | 10.5 | 55 |
| Southwark | 178,500 | 16.8 | 12.5 | 67 |
| Bermondsey | 113,800 | 18.1 | 13.1 | 63 |
| Lambeth | 294,400 | 15.76 | 12.04 | 56.83 |
| Batteries | 161,800 | 16.4 | 11.4 | 54.7 |
| Wandsworth | 355,864 | 13.17 | 10.59 | 55 |
| Camberwell | 256,900 | 14.8 | 10.9 | 51 |
| Deptford | 111,000 | 15.9 | 11.3 | 61 |
| Greenwich | 104,430 | 15.38 | 9.99 | 45 |
| Lewisham | 207,900 | 15.1 | 9.7 | 42 |
| Woolwich | 141,600 | 15.5 | 10.9 | 42 |
Note.—The information relating to London supplied by the Registrar-General
And that for individual Boroughs by the Medical Officers of Health.