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Poplar 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE V. (1933). Live Deaths Estimated Births, Death- of Cities Resident Annual rate Infants and population rate per per under Boroughs. (Mid-1933) 1,000 1,000 one year persons persons to 1,000 living. living, births.
| Cities and Boroughs. | Estimated resident population(Mid-1933) | Live births, Annual rate per 1,000 persons living. | Death rate per 1,000 persons living. | Deaths of Infants under one year to 1,000 births. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LONDON West Districts. | 4,298,600 | 13.2 | 12.2 | 59 |
| Paddington | 141,900 | 13.41 | 13.36 | 85 |
| Kensington | 181,100 | 1.20 | 12.9 | 72 |
| Hammersmith | 131,400 | 13.9 | 12.9 | 65 |
| Fulham | 148,200 | 13.07 | 13.00 | 65 |
| Chelsea | 58,850 | 10.6 | 13.6 | 78 |
| City of Westminster | 126,300 | 8.7 | 12.4 | 68 |
| St. Marylebone | 94,080 | 9.71 | 12.2 | 56 |
| Hampstead | 90,380 | 9.6 | 11.0 | 38 |
| St. Pancras | 190,900 | 13.6 | 13.7 | 58 |
| *Islington | 319,100 | 14.35 | 12.40 | 63 |
| Stoke Newington | 51,120 | 12.6 | 12.3 | 46 |
| Hackney | 214,300 | 14.0 | 11.5 | 50.6 |
| Holborn | 36,050 | 9.49 | 13.48 | 70 |
| Finsbury | 66,640 | 15.1 | 12.8 | 50 |
| City of London | 9,830 | 7.7 | 10.9 | 65 |
| Shoreditch | 93,550 | 16.0 | 13.0 | 74 |
| Bethnal Green | 104,200 | 14.3 | 12.5 | 66 |
| Stepney | 219,100 | 15.1 | 12.9 | 65.3 |
| Poplar | 149,300 | 15.4 | 12.4 | 54 |
| Southwark | 164,700 | 14.2 | 13.9 | 63 |
| Bermondsey | 107,300 | 14.0 | 12.5 | 61 |
| Lambeth | 289,000 | 13.6 | 13.1 | 63 |
| Battersea | 154,000 | 14.7 | 12.49 | 49.49 |
| Wandsworth | 350,200 | 10.93 | 11.49 | 50 |
| Camberwell | 243,700 | 13.32 | 12.33 | 49 |
| Deptford | 102,800 | 14.8 | 12.1 | 54 |
| Greenwich | 97,830 | 13.7 | 11.9 | 66 |
| Lewisham | 221,100 | 12.2 | 10.2 | 39 |
| Woolwich | 146,200 | 12.6 | 11.18 | 62 |
Note.—The information relating to London supplied by the Registrar-General
and that for individual Boroughs by the Medical Officers of Health.
*Estimated population for 1932 on which the birth and death rates have been
calculated. These figures will appear in the annual report for 1933.