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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 1902

Forty-seventh annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Borough of Islington

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[1902

Table: Table IIIShowing the Estimated Populations, Areas, Densities and Death-rates of London, and the several Metropolitan Boroughs in 1902, arranged in order of Density.

Table III

Showing the Estimated Populations, Areas, Densities and Death-rates of London, and the several Metropolitan Boroughs in 1902, arranged in order of Density.

Boroughs.Estimated Population, 1902.Area in Acres.(Density) Persons to each AcreDeath Rates.
All Causes.Zymotic Diseases.
Cols.12345
London4,579,10774,83961.217.22.21
Woolwich119,5568,27614.415.11.93
Lewisham132,4327,01418.913.61.79
Greenwich98,0133,85225.415.41.59
Wandsworth241,8109,12926.513.51.62
Hampstead83,7432,26537.010.80.81
City of London ..25,59867138.120.41.38
Hammersmith114,2102,28649.916.31.90
Camberwell262,7754,48058.616.32.23
Stoke NewiDgton ..51,70086359.913.31.16
Hackney221,9263,28867.514.91.96
Deptford111,5771,56271.416.52.44
City of Westminster180,8002,50272.216.11.28
Poplar169,2142,32772.719.32.77
Lambeth305,1024,08074.817.41.86
Kensington177,6052,291.77.515.31.49
Battersea171,4012,16079.315.01.98
Fulham143,1021,70384.017.13.13
Bermondsey130,2181,50086.820.8306
St. Pancras235,5962,69487.418.52.46
St. Marylehone132,0691,47289.718.31.98
Paddington145,1071,356107.014.61.74
Islington337,2683,092109.016.41.77
Chelsea74,018660112.118.02.06
Holborn58,535405144.521.32.44
Stepney300,5511,765170.220.63.31
Bethnal Green129,889759171.120.82.56
Finsbury100,487589178.022.83.17
Shoreditch117,980658179.320.73.53
Southwark206,8251,131182.821.43.10