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 1908. | 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 | |||||
| Paddington | 150,923 | 6.4 | 0.87 | 13.2 | 103 |
| Kensington | 182,752 | 4.7 | 0.92 | 13.9 | 119 |
| Hammersmith | 124,012 | 5.6 | 1.09 | 14.5 | 120 |
| Fulham | 171,562 | 6.8 | 1.59 | 12.9 | 116 |
| Chelsea | 75,049 | 5.1 | 1.18 | 15.0 | 107 |
| City of Westminster | 170,545 | 5.5 | 0.58 | 14.2 | 102 |
| St. Marylebone | 126,867 | 5.4 | 0.85 | 15.1 | 101 |
| Hampstead | 92,654 | 4.3 | 0.40 | 9.6 | 69 |
| St. Pancras | 237,075 | 6.2 | 1.06 | 15.4 | 107 |
| Islington | 349,091 | 6.5 | 1.01 | 13.7 | 102 |
| Stoke Newington | 54,015 | 5.6 | 0.82 | 12.9 | 92 |
| Hackney | 235,253 | 8.3 | 1.52 | 13.7 | 115 |
| Holborn | 54,466 | 5.7 | 1.07 | 17.6 | 113 |
| Finsbury | 96,007 | 75 | 2.09 | 19.3 | 133 |
| City of London | 19,252 | 51 | 0.40 | 19.4 | 92 |
| Shoreditch | 115,227 | 9.0 | 2.09 | 18.3 | 139 |
| Bethnal Green | 131 066 | 12.2 | 2.48 | 17.3 | 132 |
| Stepney | 310,706 | 11.3 | 2.53 | 17.1 | 130 |
| Poplar | 170,445 | 10.3 | 2.18 | 16.3 | 123 |
| Southwark | 210,442 | 6.3 | 1.76 | 17.0 | 131 |
| Bermondsey | 127,910 | 8.7 | 2.30 | 19.2 | 144 |
| Lambeth | 321,344 | 6.5 | 1.18 | 13.7 | 104 |
| Battersea | 183,873 | 9.2 | 1 19 | 13.1 | 106 |
| Wandsworth | 289,506 | 7.3 | 0.93 | 12.2 | 97 |
| Camberwell | 280,022 | 6.1 | 1.06 | 13.1 | 104 |
| Deptford | 117,539 | 9.5 | 1.32 | 14.5 | 122 |
| Greenwich | 109,110 | 7.2 | 1.25 | 12.9 | 120 |
| Lewisham | 156,627 | 7.7 | 1.25 | 11.4 | 86 |
| Woolwich | 131,346 | 8.1 | 0.92 | 12.1 | 94 |
| Port of London | - | - | - | - | - |