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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 1909

Fifty-fourth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington

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Table: Table V.Showing the Estimated Populations, Areas, Densities and Death-rates of London and of the several Metropolitan Boroughs in 1909, arranged in order of Density.

Table V.

Showing the Estimated Populations, Areas, Densities and Death-rates of London and of the several Metropolitan Boroughs in 1909, arranged in order of Density.

Boroughs.Estimated Population, 1909.Area in Acres.(Density) Persons to each Acre.Crude Death Rates.
All Causes.Epidemic Diseases.
Cols.12345
County of London4,833,93874,83964.614.01.31
Woolwich133,3748,27716.111.91.02
Lewisham160,7497,01422.910.30.58
City of London18,19367327.020.30.72
Greenwich111,0143,85228.812.21.03
Wandsworth297,6469,13032.611.90.96
Hampstead94,1852,26541.68.90.52
Hammersmith125,7042,28655.014.31.67
Stoke Newington ..54,42386363.111.80.63
Camberwell283,0224,48063.213.41.08
City of Westminster168,8832,50367.513.10.63
Hackney237,6013,28972.212.60.93
Poplar171,9652,32873.816.32.37
Deptford118,5831,56375.913.61.51
Lambeth324,1884,08079.414.11.19
Kensington183,6832,29180.213.31.00
Bermondsey127,5691,50085.018.82.74
St. Marylebone ..126,0271,47385.614.60.83
Battersea186,0362,16086.113.01.29
St. Pancras237,4222,69488.114.80.97
Fulham ..176,4061,703103.512.01.57
Paddington151,9551,356112.012.90.91
Islington351,2023,092113 614-01.19
Chelsea75,249660114 014 41.00
Holborn53,802405132 815-60.85
Finsbury95,289589161 819-22.36
Bethnal Green131,316759173 016-81.99
Shoreditch114,802658174 419 02.87
Stepney312,5251,766177 015 31.68
Southwark211,1251,181186.61681.67