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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 1898
Forty-third annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Parish of St. Mary, Islington
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1898]
Table VI.
| District. | Estimated Population, 1898. | Area in Acres. | Persons to each Acre. | Death Rates. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Causes. | Zymotic Diseases. | ||||
| London | 4,504,766 | 74,672 | 60.3 | 18.3 | 2.77 |
| Lee | 39,717 | 7,01)6 | 5.7 | 14.9 | 1.97 |
| Lewisham | 88,562 | 6,773 | 16.3 | 15.3 | 2.50 |
| Plumstead | 62,531 | 3,383 | 18.5 | 16.3 | 2.85 |
| Wandsworth | 202,526 | 9,285 | 21.8 | 14.4 | 2.40 |
| Hampstead | 78,755 | 2,248 | 35.0 | 11.7 | 1.40 |
| Woolwich | 41,478 | 1,126 | 36.8 | 20.4 | 4.13 |
| St. Martin.in.the.Fields | 12,424 | 654 | 43.4 | 15 5 | 0.88 |
| City of London | 29,088 | 286 | 45.5 | 19.1 | 1.17 |
| Hammersmith | 107,370 | 2,286 | 47.0 | 18.3 | 3.19 |
| Greenwich | 180,441 | 3,425 | 52.7 | 18.5 | 3 .08 |
| Stoke Newington | 34,660 | 638 | 54.3 | 13.7 | 1 .56 |
| Kotherhitho | 40,849 | 754 | 54.2 | 190 | 2.24 |
| Camherwell | 261,189 | 4,450 | 58.8 | 16.4 | 2.41 |
| Westminster | 52,574 | 813 | 64.7 | 20.8 | 3.00 |
| Hackney St. George, Hanover Square | 219,630 | 3,299 | 66.5 | 16.4 | 2.64 |
| 80,608 | 1,117 | 72.1 | 13.2 | 1.29 | |
| Poplar | 170,220 | 2,333 | 73.0 | 21.2 | 3.72 |
| Fulham | 125,275 | 1,701 | 73.6 | 17.2 | 3.16 |
| Lambeth | 304,073 | 3,941 | 77.1 | 17.9 | 2.50 |
| Kensington | 172,174 | 2,188 | 78.7 | 16.4 | 2.02 |
| Battersea | 171,921 | 2,169 | 79.2 | 16.9 | 2.93 |
| St. Olave, Southwark | 11,288 | 125 | 90.3 | 20.6 | 2.31 |
| St. Pancras | 243,416 | 2,672 | 91.1 | 19.2 | 2.49 |
| Marylebone | 140,483 | 1,506 | 93.3 | 18.3 | 2.36 |
| Paddington | 127,480 | 1,256 | 101.5 | 16.1 | 2.41 |
| Islington | 345,008 | 3,109 | 111.0 | 16.5 | 2.69 |
| St. Saviour, Southwark | 24,562 | 204 | 120.4 | 23.6 | 3.09 |
| Chelsea | 96,713 | 794 | 122.0 | 18.2 | 2.73 |
| Limehouse | 58,661 | 465 | 126.1 | 23.8 | 4.26 |
| Bermondsey St. James', Westminster | 85,738 | 627 | 136.7 | 20.7 | 3.02 |
| 22,200 | 163 | 136.2 | 18.6 | 1.51 | |
| Strand | 23,284 | 166 | 140.2 | 22.9 | 1.76 |
| St. Giles | 37,519 | 244 | 153.7 | 20.2 | 1.88 |
| Mile End Old Town | 112,528 | 677 | 166.2 | 19.9 | 3.51 |
| Bethnal Green | 129,027 | 755 | 170.8 | 22.3 | 3.90 |
| St. Luke | 11,076 | 237 | 173.3 | 21.7 | 3.75 |
| Clerkenwell | 66,120 | 380 | 174.0 | 25.7 | 4.04 |
| Holborn | 30,056 | 168 | 178.9 | 24.9 | 3.37 |
| Shoreditch | 121,485 | 648 | 187.4 | 22.3 | 3.95 |
| Newington | 123,183 | 631 | 195.2 | 20.5 | 3.17 |
| St. George.in.the.East | 48,241 | 244 | 197.7 | 24.8 | 3.31 |
| St. George, Southwark | 60,466 | 284 | 212.8 | 24.4 | 3.99 |
| Whitechapel | 80,559 | 357 | 225.6 | 20.2 | 2.10 |
In this Table it is seen that there are 25 Metropolitan Sanitary
Districts with a lesser, and 17 with a greater, density than Islington.