London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Bethnal Green 1913
Report on the sanitary condition and vital statistics during the year 1913 together with the report of the Chief Sanitary Inspector
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Area, Families or Separate Occupiers, 1901 and 1911; Population 1901 and 1911; and Increase or Decrease per cent. in Population 1901-1911.
| Metropolitan Boroughs | Area in Statute Acres | Families or Separate Occupiers | Population. | Increase (+) or Decrease ( —) per cent. in Population 1901 to 1911 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1901 | 1911 | |||||||||
| 1901 | 1911 | Persons | Males | Females | Persons | Males | Females | |||
| Battersea | 2160.3 | 38987 | 39598 | 168907 | 81749 | 87158 | 167743 | 80916 | 86827 | - 0.7 |
| Bermondsey | 1499.6 | 29073 | 28032 | 130760 | 65134 | 65626 | 125903 | 62890 | 63013 | - 3.7 |
| Bethnal Green | 759.3 | 28209 | 27755 | 129680 | 63380 | 66300 | 128183 | 62658 | 65525 | -1.2 |
| Camberwell | 4480.0 | 56985 | 58679 | 259339 | 122997 | 136342 | 261328 | 124255 | 137073 | + 0.8 |
| Chelsea | 659.6 | 17467 | 15936 | 73842 | 32828 | 41014 | 66385 | 28470 | 37915 | -10.1 |
| Deptford | 1562.7 | 24615 | 25040 | 110398 | 53613 | 56785 | 109496 | 52987 | 56509 | - 0.8 |
| Finsbury | 586.6 | 24097 | 21239 | 101463 | 49910 | 51553 | 87923 | 42655 | 45268 | -13.3 |
| Fulham | 1703.5 | 32137 | 36432 | 137289 | 64652 | 72637 | 153284 | 72662 | 80622 | + 11.7 |
| Greenwich | 3851.7 | 19702 | 20692 | 95770 | 47633 | 48137 | 95968 | 47241 | 48727 | + 0.2 |
| Hackney | 3287.8 | 48761 | 50622 | 219110 | 101085 | 118025 | 222533 | 102948 | 119585 | + 1.6 |
| Hammersmith | 2286.3 | 25810 | 28462 | 112239 | 52714 | 59525 | 121521 | 58084 | 63437 | + 8.3 |
| Hampstead | 2265.0 | 16998 | 18625 | 81942 | 31688 | 50254 | 85495 | 32807 | 52688 | + 4.3 |
| Holborn | 405.1 | 13790 | 11030 | 59405 | 29589 | 29916 | 49357 | 24089 | 25268 | -16.9 |
| Islington | 3091.5 | 79129 | 79902 | 331991 | 159290 | 175701 | 327403 | 155901 | 171502 | - 2.3 |
| Kensington | 2291.1 | 38349 | 38387 | 176628 | 69084 | 107544 | 172317 | 66497 | 105820 | - 2.4 |
| Lambeth | 4080.4 | 70887 | 70827 | 301895 | 142760 | 159135 | 298058 | 142080 | 155978 | -1.3 |
| Lewisham | 7014.4 | 27701 | 37013 | 127495 | 56749 | 70746 | 160834 | 72780 | 88054 | + 26.1 |
| Paddington | 1356.1 | 33661 | 33925 | 143976 | 61626 | 82350 | 142551 | 60415 | 82136 | - 1.0 |
| Poplar | 2327.7 | 35787 | 35158 | 168822 | 84823 | 83999 | 162442 | 80912 | 81530 | -3.8 |
| St. Marylebone | 1472.8 | 31623 | 28509 | 133301 | 57891 | 75410 | 118160 | 49685 | 68175 | -11.4 |
| St. Pancras | 2634.4 | 57045 | 52994 | 235317 | 114305 | 121012 | 218387 | 106728 | 111659 | - 7.2 |
| Shoreditch | 657.6 | 27031 | 24801 | 118637 | 58149 | 6048b | 111390 | 54842 | 56548 | - 6.1 |
| Southwark | 1131.5 | 47808 | 44453 | 206180 | 103360 | 102920 | 191907 | 95532 | 96375 | - 6.9 |
| Stepney | 1765.6 | 61113 | 56949 | 298600 | 150711 | 147889 | 279804 | 140116 | 139688 | - 6.3 |
| Stoke Newington | 863.5 | 11824 | 12163 | 51247 | 22634 | 28613 | 50659 | 22633 | 27996 | - 1.1 |
| Wandsworth | 9107.4 | 49731 | 70155 | 231922 | 103710 | 128212 | 311360 | 140728 | 170632 | + 34.3 |
| Westminster | 2502.7 | 41344 | 35984 | 183011 | 84963 | 98048 | 160261 | 73449 | 86812 | -12.4 |
| Woolwich | 8276.6 | 24585 | 26504 | 117178 | 61273 | 55905 | 121376 | 61271 | 60105 | + 3.6 |
Census Returns Vol. 1., p. 26.