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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
Poplar 1894
Report on the sanitary condition of the parishes of Poplar and Bromley within the Poplar District with vital statistics
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The following Table is of great general interest:—
| Sanitary Areas. | Estimated Population in the middle of 1894. | Notifications. Annual rate per 1000 persons living | Zymotic Deaths. Annual rate per 1000 persons living. | From all Causes. Death.rate per 1000 living. | Deaths of Infants under one year to 1000 births. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LONDON | 4,349,166 | 9.4 | 2.6 | 17.7 | 143 |
| West Districts. | |||||
| Paddington | 121,583 | 7.4 | 2.4 | 15.1 | 137 |
| Kensington | 167,350 | 5.8 | 2 1 | 15.9 | 173 |
| Hammersmith | 105,696 | 6.5 | 2.4 | 16.2 | 147 |
| Fulham | 110,993 | 9.8 | 3.8 | 17.1 | 149 |
| Chelsea | 99,052 | 8.4 | 2.3 | 16.4 | 131 |
| St. George Hanover Square | 75,033 | 6.6 | 1.4 | 14.5 | 115 |
| Westminster | 54,414 | 5.6 | 2.0 | 18.3 | 138 |
| St. James Westminster | 23,571 | 6.4 | 2.2 | 16.7 | 144 |
| North Districts. | |||||
| Marylebone | 138,554 | 11.5 | 2.4 | 19.3 | 130 |
| Hampstead | 75,443 | 6.2 | 1.4 | 10.6 | 113 |
| St. Pancras | 233,739 | 11.0 | 2.2 | 18.3 | 145 |
| Islington | 331,900 | 9.6 | 2.6 | 15.9 | 130 |
| Stoke Newington | 34,172 | 5.5 | 0.9 | 9.8 | 86 |
| Hackney | 211,493 | 10.1 | 2.6 | 15.4 | 127 |
| Central Districts. | |||||
| St. Giles | 38,144 | 6.2 | 2.1 | 19.9 | 132 |
| St. Martin-in-the-Fields | 13,783 | 5.1 | 2.0 | 19.4 | 210 |
| Strand | 23,179 | 5.1 | 2.7 | 22.7 | 179 |
| Holborn | 32,438 | 8.2 | 2.5 | 20.4 | 180 |
| Clerkenwell | 65,312 | 8.7 | 2.7 | 19.1 | 145 |
| St. Luke | 41,168 | 7.7 | 2.1 | 23.5 | 123 |
| City of London | 34,832 | 5.7 | 1.1 | 19.5 | 160 |
| East Districts. | |||||
| Shoreditch | 123,186 | 9.0 | 2.8 | 19.9 | 160 |
| Bethnal Green | 129,840 | 12.2 | 3.5 | 20.4 | 151 |
| Whitechapel | 75,498 | 8.0 | 3.1 | 21.4 | 154 |
| St. George in-the-East | 45,360 | 12.6 | 5.0 | 26.4 | 185 |
| Limehouse | 57,000 | 12.5 | 4.3 | 24.7 | 174 |
| Mile End Old Town | 108,242 | 11.3 | 4.1 | 21.1 | 156 |
| Poplar (Parish) | 57,226 | 10.6 | 2.2 | 19.4 | 152 |
| Bromley (Parish) | 72,026 | 12.5 | 3.2 | 18.6 | 152 |
| South Districts. | |||||
| St. Saviour Southwark | 26,712 | 8.9 | 3.3 | 21.0 | 145 |
| St. George Southwark | 60,060 | 9.8 | 3.6 | 23.1 | 186 |
| Newington | 118,512 | 9.8 | 2.8 | 20.0 | 158 |
| St. Olave Southwark | 12,984 | 6.6 | 2.8 | 20.7 | 128 |
| Bermondsey | 84,053 | 9.7 | 3.3 | 20.7 | 146 |
| Rotherhithe | 40,365 | 15.9 | 3.3 | 19.0 | 161 |
| Lambeth | 282,574 | 8.8 | 2.4 | 17.2 | 133 |
| Battersea | 161,558 | 11.2 | 3.1 | 16.0 | 146 |
| Wandsworth | 179,518 | 8.1 | 1.8 | 12.4 | 114 |
| Camberwell | 248,893 | 8.6 | 2.8 | 16.3 | 148 |
| Greenwich | 173,128 | 12.1 | 3.1 | 17.2 | 138 |
| Lewisham (excluding Penge) | 79,903 | 7.3 | 1.9 | 13.8 | 128 |
| Woolwich | 42,309 | 8.3 | 2.6 | 17.8 | 136 |
| Lee | 38,172 | 7.5 | 1.7 | 12.4 | 94 |
| Plumstead | 59,233 | 11.7 | 2.1 | 12.5 | 94 |
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