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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 1895
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Bromley, South District comprising the parishes of All Saints Poplar and Bromley Saint Leonard]
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TABLE V.
| Sanitary Areas. | Estimated Population in the middle of 1895. | 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 | 4,392,346 | 9.5 | 2.6 | 19.4 | 165 |
| West Districts. | |||||
| Paddington | 122,756 | 6.9 | 1.7 | 17.2 | 164 |
| Kensington | 167,671 | 7.7 | 1 '9 | 16.5 | 172 |
| Hammersmith | 108,429 | 6.9 | 2.1 | 16.7 | 166 |
| Kulham | 117,745 | 7.7 | 2.9 | 18.7 | 187 |
| Chelsea | 99,930 | 10.8 | 2.2 | 19.2 | 168 |
| St. George Hanover Square | 74,037 | 7.0 | 1.6 | 15.9 | 138 |
| Westminster | 54,003 | 6.5 | 2.1 | 21.3 | 185 |
| St. James Westminster | 23,149 | 6.7 | 1.3 | 17.8 | 144 |
| North Districts. | |||||
| Marylebone | 137,392 | 8.9 | 1.7 | 20.8 | 138 |
| Hampstead | 77,592 | 7.1 | 1.0 | 12.0 | 135 |
| St. Pancras | 233,543 | 9.6 | 3.2 | 20.5 | 174 |
| Islington | 335,929 | 8.7 | 2.0 | 17.2 | 143 |
| Stoke Newington | 35,234 | 7.1 | 1.1 | 13.4 | 116 |
| Hackney | 215,623 | 9.9 | 2.5 | 17.4 | 154 |
| Central Districts. | |||||
| St. Giles | 37,654 | 8.3 | 2.1 | 22.9 | 160 |
| St. Martin.in.the.Fields | 13,536 | 6.1 | 1.8 | 18.1 | 265 |
| Strand | 22,586 | 8.8 | 2.2 | 25.3 | 175 |
| Holborn | 32,188 | 9.8 | 2.8 | 25.2 | 212 |
| Clerkenwell | 66,036 | 9.9 | 3.9 | 23.0 | 192 |
| St. Luke | 40,763 | 9.0 | 5.5 | 30.2 | 184 |
| City of London | 33,824 | 7.5 | 1.6 | 21.4 | 157 |
| East Districts. | |||||
| Shoreditch | 122,932 | 9.4 | 3.8 | 23.3 | 199 |
| Bethnal Green | 130,061 | 13.6 | 3.4 | 21.4 | 162 |
| Whitechapel | 75,820 | 13.8 | 3.3 | 24.1 | 157 |
| St. George in-the-East | 45,227 | 14.4 | 5.5 | 29.5 | 196 |
| Limehouse | 56,885 | 13.1 | 4.6 | 27.3 | 202 |
| Mile End Old Town | 108,443 | 13.8 | 3.9 | 22.5 | 165 |
| Poplar (Parish) | 57,508 | 13.6 | 4.3 | 24.7 | 190 |
| Bromley (Parish) | 72,658 | 11.4 | 3.9 | 21.8 | 184 |
| South Districts. | |||||
| St. Saviour Southwark | 26,570 | 8.0 | 2.9 | 25.5 | 205 |
| St. George Southwark | 60,168 | 7.5 | 3.2 | 25.4 | 198 |
| Newington | 119,358 | 8.0 | 3.4 | 24.1 | 201 |
| St. Olave Southwark | 13,065 | 4.9 | 2.4 | 24.1 | 206 |
| Bermondsey | 83,861 | 6.7 | 3.2 | 22.3 | 162 |
| Rotherhithe | 40,713 | 13.8 | 2.7 | 19.3 | i48 |
| Lambeth | 284,883 | 9.7 | 2.6 | 19.6 | 152 |
| Battersea | 165,130 | 10.0 | 2.7 | 17.4 | 177 |
| Wandsworth | 185,956 | 7.1 | 1.3 | 14.8 | 132 |
| Camberwell | 252,737 | 9.7 | 2.6 | 18.3 | 164 |
| Greenwich | 175,183 | 12.4 | 2.7 | 18.9 | 150 |
| Lewisham (excluding Penge) | 82,410 | 6.5 | 1.5 | 14.4 | 135 |
| Woolwich | 42,768 | 7.9 | 1.7 | 17.5 | 153 |
| Lee | 38,832 | 7.0 | 1.4 | 14.5 | 140 |
| Plumstead | 61,494 | 12.5 | 2.5 | 15.2 | 133 |
| Port of London |