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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 1900
[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 VIII.
| Sanitary Areas. | Estimated Population to the middle of 1899. | 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 | 4,589,129 | 7.7 | 2.19 | 18.3 | 158 |
| West Districts. | |||||
| Paddington | 130,101 | 5.0 | 1.72 | 15.9 | 165 |
| Kensington | 173,603 | 5.7 | 1 .66 | 15.8 | 180 |
| Hammersmith | 110,203 | 7.6 | 2 23 | 17.2 | 162 |
| Fulham | 136,383 | 10.7 | 2.86 | 17.3 | 147 |
| Chelsea | 96,715 | 6.0 | 1.77 | 18.0 | 149 |
| St. George Hanover Square | 81,133 | 4.5 | 0.78 | 13.8 | 107 |
| Westminster | 51,657 | 6.1 | 1.46 | 20.6 | 189 |
| St. James Westminster | 21,457 | 6.0 | 1.08 | 16.1 | 154 |
| North Districts. | |||||
| Marylebone | 139,777 | 6.4 | 1.86 | 18.9 | 125 |
| Ilampstead | 81,766 | 6.0 | 1.18 | 11.3 | 100 |
| St. Pancras | 245,651 | 7.6 | 2.35 | 18.9 | 160 |
| Islington | 351,541 | 6.6 | 1.90 | 16.3 | 145 |
| Stoke Newington | 35,718 | 8.8 | 1.43 | 12.6 | 108 |
| Hackney | 225,519 | 8.1 | 2.11 | 16.1 | 158 |
| Central Districts. | |||||
| St. Giles | 36,870 | 6.6 | 1.67 | 18.2 | 118 |
| St. Martin-in.the-Fields . | 11,865 | 4.3 | 0.84 | 17.7 | 148 |
| Strand | 22,748 | 6.1 | 1.14 | 20.5 | 135 |
| Holborn | 29,188 | 8.0 | 2.37 | 26.5 | 240 |
| Clerkenwell | 66,007 | 6.0 | 2.71 | 21.5 | 167 |
| St. Luke | 40,655 | 6 5 | 3.25 | 26.8 | 138 |
| City of London | 26,922 | 7.4 | 0.89 | 22.0 | 176 |
| East Districts. | |||||
| Shoreditch | 120,641 | 8.2 | 3.02 | 21 .6 | 186 |
| Bethnal Green | 128,831 | 9.2 | 2.76 | 22.0 | 168 |
| Whitechapel | 82,220 | 10.7 | 1.73 | 19.4 | 139 |
| St. George.in.the.East | 48,875 | 8.6 | 2.61 | 24.4 | 162 |
| Limehouse | 58,944 | 9.2 | 4.10 | 26.1 | 228 |
| Mile End Old Town | 113,781 | 8.2 | 2.53 | 20.4 | 158 |
| Poplar (Parish) | 59,001 | 12.5 | 2.9 | 23.7 | 182 |
| Bromley (Parish) | 69,539 | 8.3 | 3.2 | 20.5 | 179 |
| South Districts. | |||||
| St. Saviour Southwark | 23,854 | 10.5 | 2. 93 | 25 2 | 197 |
| St. George Southwark | 60,597 | 12 1 | 3.53 | 27.3 | 209 |
| Newington | 125,138 | 8.4 | 2.85 | 21. 9 | 171 |
| St. Olave Southwark | 10,909 | 6.2 | 1.85 | 21.2 | 120 |
| Bermondsey | 85,920 | 9.3 | 3.24 | 2.2.7 | ] S6 |
| Rotherhithe | 41,246 | 8.9 | 340 | 21.5 | 205 |
| Lambeth | 312,152 | 7.1 | 1.66 | 17.4 | 145 |
| Battersea | 178,100 | 7.0 | 2.34 | 16.8 | 159 |
| Wandsworth | 217.004 | 7.0 | 1.65 | 14.8 | 144 |
| Camberwell | 268,457 | 8.0 | 1 9.9 | 16.3 | 154 |
| Greenwich | 184,582 | 8.9 | 2.27 | 18.0 | 161 |
| Lewisham (excluding Penge) | 93,548 | 9.2 | 2.14 | 15.7 | 131 |
| Woolwich | 41,600 | 7.2 | 2.79 | 22.1 | 173 |
| Lee | 40,722 | 8.5 | 1.40 | 15.1 | 156 |
| Plumstead | 65,558 | 10.1 | 2.30 | 16.3 | 129 |
| Port of London | — | — | — | — | — |
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