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Poplar 1901
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE XIII.
| Cities and Borough | Estimated Population in the middle of 1901. | 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 | 4,544,983 | 8.9 | 2.25 | 17.6 | 148 |
| West Districts. | |||||
| Paddington | 144,154 | 7.7 | 1.72 | 14.3 | 136 |
| Kensington | 176,787 | 5.9 | 1.83 | 15.2 | 163 |
| Hammersmith | 112,619 | 7.3 | 2.86 | 17.0 | 168 |
| Fulham | 138,426 | 11.1 | 2.81 | 15.8 | 152 |
| Chelsea | 73,879 | 5.3 | 1.31 | 16.6 | 138 |
| City of Westminster | 182,502 | 5.8 | 1.34 | 16.0 | 135 |
| North Districts. | |||||
| St. Marylebone | 133,060 | 7.6 | 1.65 | 16.6 | 107 |
| Hampstead | 82,287 | 5.9 | 1.02 | 10.7 | 104 |
| St. Pancras | 235,297 | 11.3 | 2.39 | 18.3 | 154 |
| Islington | 335,325 | 8.6 | 1.97 | 16.0 | 140 |
| Stoke Newington | 51,328 | 7.9 | 1.28 | 13.2 | 115 |
| Hackney | 219,780 | 11.4 | 2.15 | 15.8 | 135 |
| Central Districts. | |||||
| Holborn | 59,205 | 13.1 | 2.28 | 20.1 | 124 |
| Finsbury | 101,263 | 10.9 | 2.78 | 21.4 | 142 |
| City of London | 26,627 | 8.3 | 1.06 | 20.1 | 175 |
| East Districts. | |||||
| Shoreditch | 118,554 | 9.8 | 2.99 | 21.9 | 197 |
| Bethnal Green | 129,700 | 12.9 | 2.88 | 20.3 | 153 |
| Stepney | 298,884 | 9.5 | 2.54 | 20.9 | 163 |
| Poplar | 168,826 | 9.5 | 2.89 | 19.9 | 165 |
| South Districts. | |||||
| Southwark | 206,219 | 11.3 | 3.02 | 21.5 | 168 |
| Bermondsey | 130,348 | 12 9 | 2.90 | 20.9 | 169 |
| Lambeth | 302,460 | 6.7 | 2.15 | 17.3 | 139 |
| Battersea | 169,364 | 6.8 | 2.76 | 16.4 | 163 |
| Wandsworth | 233,943 | 6.6 | 1.55 | 13.4 | 132 |
| Camberwell | 259,897 | 10.8 | 2.44 | 16.5 | 142 |
| Deptford | 110,732 | 10.6 | 2.48 | 16.5 | 146 |
| Greenwich | 96,188 | 8.4 | 2.17 | 15.3 | 130 |
| Lewisham | 128,423 | 7.3 | 1.65 | 13.0 | 129 |
| Woolwich | 117,619 | 6.0 | 1.51 | 14.6 | 129 |
| Port of London | - | - | - | - | - |