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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Islington 1897
Forty-second annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Parish of St. Mary, Islington
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Table VI.
| District. | Estimated Population, 1897. | Areain Acres. | Persons to each Acre. | Death Rates. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AllCauses. | Zymotic Diseases. | ||||
| London | 4,463,169 | 74,672 | 59.8 | 18.19 | 2.58 |
| Lee | 39,215 | 7,006 | 5.6 | 13.2 | 1.43 |
| Lewisham | 86,152 | 5,773 | 14.9 | 12.8 | 1.71 |
| Plumstead | 61,057 | 3,383 | 18.0 | 13.7 | 1.97 |
| Wandsworth | 195,612 | 9,285 | 21.1 | 13.4 | 1.91 |
| Hampstead | 77,275 | 2,248 | 34.4 | 11.8 | 1.16 |
| Woolwich | 41,409 | 1,126 | 36.8 | 17.8 | 2.54 |
| St. Martin-in-the-Fields | 12,711 | 286 | 44.4 | 16.3 | 1.19 |
| Hammersmith | 105,959 | 2,286 | 46.3 | 16.7 | 1.99 |
| City of London | 30,228 | 654 | 46.2 | 21.3 | 1.66 |
| Greenwich | 178,367 | 3,425 | 52.1 | 17.2 | 2.27 |
| Stoke Newington | 34,136 | 638 | 53.5 | 14.3 | 2.12 |
| Rotherhithe | 40,643 | 754 | 53.9 | 18.9 | 3.26 |
| Camberwell | 257,675 | 4,450 | 57.9 | 16.6 | 2.91 |
| Westminster | 53,027 | 813 | 65.2 | 19.0 | 2.47 |
| Hackney | 216,698 | 3,299 | 65.7 | 16.5 | 2.90 |
| Fulham | 120,040 | 1,701 | 70.5 | 17.0 | 3.04 |
| St. George, Hanover Square | 80,330 | 1,117 | 71.9 | 13.2 | 1.10 |
| Poplar | 169,811 | 2,333 | 72.8 | 19.8 | 3.07 |
| Lambeth | 300,048 | 3,941 | 76.1 | 17.5 | 2.65 |
| Battersea | 168,877 | 2,169 | 77.8 | 16.2 | 2.79 |
| Kensington | 171,427 | 2,188 | 78.3 | 15.7 | 1.78 |
| St. Pancras | 242,255 | 2,672 | 90.6 | 18.7 | 2.47 |
| St. Olave, Southwark | 11,480 | 125 | 91.8 | 18.7 | 2.47 |
| Marylebone | 140,808 | 1,506 | 93.5 | 22.1 | 2.96 |
| Paddington | 126,161 | 1,256 | 100.4 | 18.3 | 1.61 |
| Chelsea | 96,692 | 794 | 121.7 | 17.8 | 2.55 |
| St. Saviour, Southwark | 24,919 | 204 | 122.1 | 24.6 | 3.66 |
| Limehouse | 58,508 | 465 | 125.8 | 25.1 | 3.54 |
| Bermondsey | 85,629 | 627 | 136.5 | 22.1 | 4.35 |
| St. James', Westminster | 22,576 | 163 | 138.5 | 17.5 | 1.87 |
| Strand | 23,552 | 166 | 141.8 | 21.3 | 2.06 |
| St. Giles | 37,840 | 244 | 155.0 | 18.4 | 1.63 |
| Mile End Old Town | 111,883 | 677 | 165.2 | 18.7 | 2.97 |
| Bethnal Green | 129,098 | 755 | 171.0 | 21.4 | 3.41 |
| Clerkenwell | 66,162 | 380 | 174.1 | 22.1 | 3.61 |
| St. Luke | 41,279 | 237 | 174.2 | 25.7 | 3.82 |
| Holborn | 30,493 | 168 | 181.5 | 23.1 | 2.79 |
| Shoreditch | 121,883 | 648 | 188.0 | 21.6 | 4.07 |
| Newington | 122,191 | 631 | 193.6 | 21.2 | 3.59 |
| St. George-in-the-East | 47,917 | 244 | 196.3 | 26.4 | 4.27 |
| St. George, Southwark | 60,388 | 284 | 212.6 | 23.7 | 4.35 |
| Whitechapel | 79,724 | 357 | 223.3 | 20.4 | 2.16 |
In this Table it is seen that there are 25 Metropolitan Sanitary
Districts with a lesser, and 17 with a greater density than Islington.