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Poplar 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE V. (1934).
| Cities and Boroughs. | Estimated Resident population (Mid-1934) | 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 | 4,230,200 | 13.2 | 11.9 | 67 | |
| Paddington | 139,790 | 13.7 | 12.4 | 12.3 | 95 |
| Kensington | 179,080 | 12.3 | 13.3 | 12.5 | 93 |
| Hammersmith | 129,170 | 13.8 | 12.9 | 13.3 | 77 |
| Fulham | 145,400 | 13.7 | 12.6 | 12.7 | 59 |
| Chelsea | 58,160 | 10.8 | 13.4 | 11.4 | 65 |
| City of Westminster | 124,050 | 9.4 | 11.8 | 12.1 | 66 |
| St. Marylebone | 92,320 | 9.00 | 12.7 | 12.6 | 61 |
| Hampstead | 90,000 | 10.4 | 11.3 | 10.6 | 53 |
| St. Fancras | 187,540 | 13.1 | 12.84 | 13.19 | 65 |
| Islington | 314,200 | 14.7 | 11.8 | 11.9 | 62 |
| Stoke Newington | 50,620 | 13.7 | 11.5 | 11.0 | 60.6 |
| Hackney | 211,120 | 14.2 | 11.7 | 12.2 | 56 |
| Holborn | 36,000 | 8.58 | 12.2 | — | 71 |
| Finsbury | 64,970 | 15.1 | 13.4 | 14.6 | 51 |
| City of London | 9,660 | 6.8 | 10.5 | 11.6 | 121 |
| Shoreditch | 90,630 | 16.1 | 13.1 | 14.4 | 84 |
| Bethnal Green | 102,060 | 14.3 | 11.8 | 13.3 | 72.6 |
| Stepney | 214,990 | 15.3 | 12.3 | 14.3 | 87.2 |
| Poplar | 146,370 | 15.5 | 12.3 | 13.7 | 62 |
| Southwark | 159,930 | 14.9 | 13.5 | 14.4 | 77 |
| Bermondsey | 105,060 | 14.8 | 12.4 | 14.1 | 64 |
| Lambeth | 283,900 | 14.21 | 12.78 | 12.65 | 63.38 |
| Battersea | 150,870 | 14.3 | 12.5 | 12.3 | 61.3 |
| Wandsworth | 345,250 | 10.98 | 11.18 | 10.39 | 57 |
| Camberwell | 238,360 | 13. 22 | 12.31 | 12.31 | 67 |
| Deptford | 101,380 | 15.8 | 13.1 | 13.6 | 68 |
| Greenwich | 97,250 | 13.7 | 12.23 | 12.47 | 87 |
| Lcwisham | 222,180 | 12.2 | 10.0 | 10.1 | 43 |
| Woolwich | 145,520 | 13.7 | 11.3 | 12.0 | 63 |
Note.—The information relating to London supplied by the Rogistrar-General
and that for individual Boroughs by the Medical Officers of Health.