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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 1910
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE XVII.
| Cities and Boroughs. | Estimated population to the middle of 1910. | Notifications. Annual rate per 1,000 persons living. | Births. 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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haddington | 153,004 | 3.4 | 20.2 | 1.0 | 11.8 | 96 |
| Kensington | 184,635 | 3.3 | 17.5 | 0.7 | 11.9 | 106 |
| Hammersmith | 127,413 | 4.8 | 24.0 | 1.8 | 12.2 | 99 |
| Fulham .. . > | 181,282 | 4.2 | 23.8 | 1.1 | 10.5 | 107 |
| Chelsea | 75,457 | 3.2 | 18.4 | 0.6 | 12.6 | 101 |
| City of Westminster | 167,233 | 3.0 | 15.3 | 0.4 | 11.4 | 84 |
| St. Marylebone | 125,195 | 3.8 | 18.7 | 0.9 | 12.8 | 108 |
| Hampstead | 95,729 | 2.6 | 14.0 | 0.4 | 8.6 | 60 |
| St. Pancras | 237,792 | 5.1 | 24.1 | 1.3 | 13.8 | 102 |
| Islington | 353,356 | 4.3 | 23.5 | 1.2 | 12.9 | 94 |
| Stoke Newington | 54,838 | 3.3 | 18.0 | 0.5 | 11.0 | 64 |
| Hackney | 239,979 | 3.8 | 22.1 | 0.8 | 11.7 | 98 |
| Holborn | 53,142 | 3.3 | 19.3 | 0.9 | 14.9 | 103 |
| Finsbury | 94,578 | 55 | 29.9 | 1.9 | 17.6 | 123 |
| City of London | 17,132 | 3.6 | 13.3 | 0.4 | 15.5 | 66 |
| Shoreditch | 114,387 | 4.6 | 31.7 | 1.9 | 16.7 | 146 |
| Bethnal Green | 131 579 | 5.4 | 32.1 | 1.4 | 15.3 | 123 |
| Stepney | 314,379 | 4.7 | 29.0 | 1.8 | 13.7 | 112 |
| Poplar | 170,931 | 5.4 | 29.6 | 1.3 | 15.2 | 119 |
| Southwark | 211,832 | 4.8 | 27.8 | 2.0 | 15.9 | 116 |
| Bermondsey | 127,238 | 5.9 | 31.6 | 2.4 | 17.7 | 126 |
| Lambeth | 327,074 | 4.6 | 22.5 | 0.9 | 12.5 | 94 |
| Battersea Wandsworth | 188,222 305,838 | 5.0 4.0 | 23.9 22.9 | 1.1 0.6 | 11.3 10.2 | 97 78 |
| Camberwell | 286,058 | 3.8 | 23.3 | 1.0 | 12.1 | 94 |
| Deptford | 119,642 | 5.0 | 25.2 | 1.4 | 14.0 | 122 |
| Greenwich | 112,935 | 4.0 | 21.6 | 1.4 | 11.6 | 107 |
| Lewisham | 164,899 | 5.4 | 20.9 | 0.6 | 9.6 | 80 |
| Woolwich | 135,422 | 5.9 | 21.0 | 0.6 | 10.6 | 85 |
| Port of London | — | — | — | - | - | - |