London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1912
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE XVIII.
| Cities and Boroughs. | Estimated population to the middle of 1912. | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crude. | Corrected.1 | ||||||
| LONDON | 4,519,754 | 5.3 | 24.5 | 1,1 | 13.6 | 13.6 | 91 |
| Paddington | 142,362 | 4.8 | 21.3 | 0.7 | 12.3 | 12.3 | 98 |
| Kensington | 171,746 | 3.7 | 19.4 | 0.6 | 13.0 | 12.9 ft | 91 |
| Hammersmith | 122,750 | 5.2 | 23.5 | 0.8 | 13. 1 | 13.0 | 90. |
| Fulham | 155,402 | 5.8 | 27.2 | 1.1 | 12.8 | 13.2 | 94 |
| Chelsea | 65,397 | 4.0 | 18.8 | 0.8 | 14.6 | 13.8 | 68 |
| City of Westminster | 157,248 | 3.4 | 15.0 | 0.7 | 12.4 | 13.0 | 84 |
| St. Marylebone | 116,155 | 4.5 | 19.4 | 0.9 | 13.8 | 14.1 | 93 |
| Hampstead | 85,966 | 3.8 | 14.9 | 0.4 | 9.8 | 10.4 | 62 |
| St. Pancras | 216,145 | 6.5 | 24.9 | 1.0 | 14.6 | 14.6 | 88 |
| Islington | 326,398 | 4.9 | 25.2 | 1.1 | 14..3 | 14.0 | 87 |
| Stoke Newington | 50,581 | 20.5 | 0.3 | 12.1 | 11.5 | 72 | |
| Hackney | 222,986 | 4.7 | 23.7 | 0.6 | 12.1 | 80 | |
| Holborn | 48,026 | 5.5 | 18.8 | 1.0 | 15.3 | 15.4 | 80 |
| Finsbury | 86,130 | 5.5 | 30.0 | 2.6 | 18.8 | 18.6 | 114 |
| City of London | 18,695 | 3.6 | 9.9 | 0.4 | 13.5 | 14.0 | 81 |
| Shoreditch | 110,430 | 4.3 | 32.3 | 2.6 | 18.1 | 18.7 | 123 |
| Bethnal Green | 127,985 | 5.9 | 30.6 | 1.5 | 15.3 | 15.9 | 96 |
| Stepney | 277,315 | 6.3 | 30.9 | 1.7 | 15.2 | 15.9 | 105 |
| Poplar | 161,597 | 1.7 | 16.4 | 16.2 | 107 | ||
| Southwark | 190,017 | 5.9 | 29.5 | 1.7 | 16.7 | 16.8 | 105 |
| Bermondsey | 125,260 | 6.9 | 31.0 | 1.9 | 16.8 | 16.8 | 111 |
| Lambeth | 297,550 | 4.2 | 1.0 | 13.3 | 13.0 | 86 | |
| Battersea | 167,589 | 5.1 | 25.5 | 1.0 | 12.3 | 84 | |
| Wandsworth | 321,881 | 4.8 | 21.0 | 0.7 | 10.2 | 10.2 | 76 |
| Camber well | 261,591 | 4.7 | 24.6 | 0.9 | 12.9 | 12.7 | 83 |
| Deptford | 109,377 | 7.2 | 26.6 | 0.9 | 13.1 | 13.0 | 89 |
| Greenwich | 95,994 | 8.5 | 25.0 | 1.1 | 13.1 | 84 | |
| Lewisham | 165,249 | 6.3 | 20.4 | 0.6 | 10.4 | 10.2 | 70 |
| Woolwich | 121,932 | 8.4 | 22.5 | 0.8 | 11.6 | 11.9 | 73 |
| Port of London | |||||||
* The Corrected Death Rates represent the Crude Death Rates multiplied by the
respective factors for correction for differences of sex and age constitution of population.