Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[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 1907. | 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 | 4,758,218 | 8.6 | 1.42 | 14.6 | 116 |
| Paddington | 149,909 | 6.1 | 1.13 | 13.5 | 109 |
| Kensington | 181,842 | 5.3 | 1.04 | 13.7 | 128 |
| Hammersmith | 122,337 | 7.6 | 1.16 | 14.3 | 117 |
| Fulham | 166,749 | 8.9 | 1.73 | 13.2 | 122 |
| Chelsea | 74,857 | 6.0 | 1.44 | 150 | 122 |
| City of Westminster | 172,219 | 4.2 | 0.72 | 13.0 | 102 |
| St. Marylebone | 127,718 | 5.8 | 0.97 | 150 | 101 |
| Hampstead | 91,137 | 5.6 | 0.51 | 9.0 | 69 |
| St. Pancras | 236,753 | 61 | 1.17 | 15.0 | 108 |
| Islington | 347,017 | 6.0 | 1. 25 | 14.7 | 116 |
| Stoke Newington | 53,613 | 7.8 | 1.02 | 11.5 | 100 |
| Hackney | 232,993 | 12.0 | 1.37 | 13.6 | 112 |
| Holborn | 55,184 | 5.1 | 1.28 | 17.4 | 131 |
| Finsbury | 96,732 | 8.3 | 1.83 | 18.7 | 130 |
| City of London | 20,310 | 7.5 | 0.85 | 16.8 | 4 |
| Shoreditch | 115,662 | 11.1 | 3.01 | 20.5 | 150 |
| Bethnal Green | 130 831 | 14.5 | 1.96 | 17.5 | 138 |
| Stepney | 308,923 | 14.6 | 1.97 | 15.9 | 117 |
| Poplar | 170,209 | 10.7 | 2.05 | 16.8 | 124 |
| Southwark | 209,781 | 9.9 | 1.90 | 18.0 | 138 |
| Bermondsey | 128,263 | 12.0 | 1.71 | 18.3 | 123 |
| Lambeth | 318,538 | 6.7 | 1.28 | 14.6 | 120 |
| Battersea | 181,736 | 8.7 | 1. 34 | 13.3 | 114 |
| Wandsworth | 281,419 | 8.1 | 1.16 | 12.3 | 99 |
| Camberwell | 277,059 | 8.5 | 1.43 | 13.9 | 115 |
| Deptford | 116,510 | 11.1 | 1.47 | 14.1 | 108 |
| Greenwich | 107,222 | 9.7 | 1.44 | 12.7 | 100 |
| Lewisham | 152,532 | 6.8 | 0.85 | 11.5 | 90 |
| Woolwich | 129,336 | 11.3 | 1.38 | 12.5 | 112 |
| Port of London | - | - | - | - | - |