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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 1906
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE XVII.
| Cities and Boroughs. | Estimated population in the middle of 1906. | Notifications. 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 | 4,721,217 | 7.5 | 1.93 | 15.1 | 130 |
| Paddington | 148,913 | 7.3 | 1.30 | 12.5 | 112 |
| Kensington | 180,952 | 4.7 | 1.56 | 13.8 | 137 |
| Hammersmith | 120,679 | 7.4 | 2.13 | 14.8 | 142 |
| Fulham | 161,965 | 7.9 | 2.40 | 137 | 136 |
| Chelsea | 74,672 | 7.0 | 2.03 | 15.7 | 141 |
| City of Westminster | 173,905 | 5.4 | 0.84 | 12.9 | 119 |
| St. Marylebone | 128,580 | 5.8 | 1.28 | 14.9 | 79 |
| Hampstead | 89,633 | 6.3 | 0.57 | 9.4 | 79 |
| St. Pancras | 236,455 | 6.0 | 1.65 | 15.9 | 131 |
| Islington | 344,987 | 6.6 | 1.62 | 14.7 | 128 |
| Stoke Newington | 53,217 | 4.5 | 1.10 | 11.5 | 104 |
| Hackney | 230,721 | 8.1 | 1.58 | 13.3 | 116 |
| Holborn | 55,805 | 5.0 | 1.44 | 18.0 | 91 |
| Finsbury | 97,466 | 8.6 | 3.59 | 20.7 | 136 |
| City of London | 21,367 | 7.5 | 1.08 | 17.3 | 106 |
| Shoreditch | 116,108 | 8.3 | 3.13 | 19.6 | 169 |
| Bethnal Green | 130 609 | 9.4 | 2.55 | 18.9 | 157 |
| Stepney | 307,176 | 7.7 | 2.74 | 17.7 | 133 |
| Poplar | 169,975 | 6.2 | 2.87 | 17.5 | 153 |
| Southwark | 209,143 | 11.2 | 2.23 | 18.1 | 147 |
| Bermondsey | 128,629 | 12.2 | 2.94 | 19.7 | 154 |
| Lambeth | 315,774 | 6.6 | 1.69 | 15.0 | 121 |
| Battersea | 179,622 | 8.6 | 1.82 | 13.4 | 129 |
| Wandsworth | 273,381 | 7.4 | 1.60 | 12.8 | 124 |
| Camberwell | 274,132 | 7.0 | 1.88 | 14.6 | 132 |
| Deptford | 115,495 | 10.0 | 2.69 | 16.1 | 145 |
| Greenwich | 105,350 | 10.7 | 1.87 | 13.5 | 119 |
| Lewisham | 148,463 | 6.4 | 1.45 | 12.0 | 113 |
| Woolwich | 127,345 | 8.3 | 1.52 | 13.1 | 110 |
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