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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 1919
Annual report for the year 1919 on the sanitary condition and vital statistics of the Metropolitan Borough of Poplar, comprising the registration sub-districts of Poplar, Bromley and Bow
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TABLE XVII. (1919).
| Cities and Boroughs. | Estimated population to the middle of 1911). | Notifications. Annual rate per 1,000 persons living. | Births. Annual rate per 1,000 persons living. | Zymotic Deaths. Annual rate per 1,000 persons living. | Death-rate per 1,000 living. | Deaths of Infants under one year to 1,000 births. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LONDON | 4,358,309 | - | 18.5 | 0.71 | 13.8 | 89 |
| West Districts. | ||||||
| Paddington | 143,938 | - | 15.4 | 0.6 | 13.2 | 91 |
| Kensington | 188,073 | - | 13.5 | 0.9 | 12.8 | 113 |
| Hammorsmith | 130,981 | - | 16.5 | 0.8 | 13.0 | 102 |
| Fulham | 158,904 | - | 18.6 | 0.6 | 12.2 | 83 |
| Chelsea | 65,815 | - | 13.3 | 0.6 | 14.1 | 87 |
| City of Westminster | 127,533 | - | 12.0 | 0.4 | 14.2 | 87 |
| North Districts. | ||||||
| St. Marylebone | 97,933 | - | 14.6 | 1.6 | 15.9 | 98 |
| Hampstead | 88,012 | - | 12.7 | 0.1 | 11.2 | 81 |
| St. Pancras | 219,434 | - | 16.7 | 0.5 | 13.4 | 88 |
| Islington | 323,034 | - | 18.3 | 0.4 | 14.0 | 83 |
| Stoke Newington | 50,954 | - | 16.8 | 0.6 | 12.2 | 62 |
| Hackney | 216,736 | - | 18.6 | 0.7 | 13.0 | 82 |
| Central Districts. | ||||||
| Holbom | 38,156 | - | 13.6 | 0.3 | 16.4 | 90 |
| Finsbury | 75,291 | - | 20.2 | 0.7 | 15.4 | 89 |
| City of London | 13,893 | - | 9.6 | 0.2 | 14.4 | 108 |
| East Districts. | ||||||
| Shoreditch | 102,000 | - | 20.3 | 0.9 | 15.7 | 110 |
| Bethnal Green | 110,085 | - | 22.3 | 1.4 | 14.2 | 85 |
| Stepney .. .. | 232,506 | - | 22.5 | 0.9 | 14.3 | 79 |
| Poplar | 153,644 | - | 24.6 | 1.0 | 14.1 | 83 |
| South Distr'cts. | ||||||
| Southwark | 179,971 | - | 21.9 | 0.9 | 15.1 | 95 |
| Bermondsey | 124,239 | - | 20.4 | 0.9 | 14.1 | 99 |
| Lambeth | 282,322 | - | 25.8 | 0.7 | 14.8 | 84 |
| Battersea | 159,316 | - | 18.5 | 0.6 | 12.9 | 74 |
| Wandsworth | 331,759 | - | 16.4 | 0.4 | 11.3 | 66 |
| Cambsrwell | 273,820 | - | 18.1 | . | 12.7 | 84 |
| Dejjtford | 111,205 | - | 20.5 | 0.7 | 13.0 | 85 |
| Greenwich .. | 98,484 | - | 18.8 | 0.8 | 13.7 | 95 |
| Lewisham | 167,754 | - | 16.6 | 0.2 | 11.4 | 61 |
| Woolwich | 146,503 | - | 17.3 | 0.5 | 11.5 | 86 |
* This figure was furnished by the Lancet, the remainder of the rates for
London being supplied by the Registrar-General.
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