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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 1913
[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 1913. | Notifica tions. 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. | Standardized.* | ||||||
| LONDON | 4,518,191 | 6.7 | 24.5 | 1.4 | 14.2 | 14.2 | 105 |
| Districts. | |||||||
| Paddington | 142,210 | 6.5 | 21.1 | 1.3 | 13.4 | 13.4 | 100 |
| Kensington | 171,284 | 5.0 | 19.3 | 1.2 | 13.7 | 13.6 | 112 |
| Hammersmith | 123,745 | 6.3 | 24.2 | 1.4 | 13.9 | 13.8 | 103 |
| Mum | 157,117 | 7.6 | 26.9 | 1.3 | 12.5 | 12.9 | 96 |
| Chelsea | 64,598 | 4.9 | 19.1 | 0.8 | 13.9 | 13.2 | 90 |
| City of Westminster | 154,810 | 4.4 | 14.2 | 0.6 | 12.7 | 13.3 | 96 |
| North Districts. | |||||||
| St. Marylebone | 114,532 | 5.6 | 19.1 | 0.9 | 14.0 | 14.3 | 91 |
| Hampstead | 86,346 | 4.4 | 15.1 | 0.7 | 10.7 | 11.3 | 73 |
| St. Pancras | 214,330 | 5.9 | 25.3 | 1.0 | 15.2 | 15.2 | 92 |
| Islington | 325,585 | 6.6 | 25.3 | 1.3 | 15.1 | 14.8 | 107 |
| Stoke Newington | 50,518 | 4.8 | 22.3 | 0.8 | 13.6 | 12.9 | 82 |
| Hackney | 223,353 | 6.2 | 24.3 | 1.1 | 13.4 | 13.5 | 99 |
| Central Districts. | |||||||
| Holborn | 46,949 | 4 8 | 16.7 | 0.7 | 14.6 | 14.7 | 104 |
| Finsbury | 84,679 | 6.3 | 29.6 | 2.0 | 18.3 | 18.1 | 138 |
| City of London | 17,916 | 5.1 | 9.2 | 0.4 | 15.2 | 15.8 | 96 |
| East Districts. | |||||||
| Shoreditch | 109,654 | 6.6 | 31.5 | 2.7 | 18.6 | 19.2 | 155 |
| Bethnal Green | 127,824 | 7.2 | 30.8 | 2.0 | 15.4 | 16.1 | 118 |
| Stepney | 275,300 | 6.4 | 29.3 | 1.6 | 14.9 | 15.6 | 112 |
| Poplar | 160,913 | 8.2 | 32.0 | 1.9 | 16.3 | 16.1 | 112 |
| South Districts. | |||||||
| Southwark | 188,487 | 8.0 | 31.0 | 1.9 | 17.4 | 17.6 | 115 |
| Bermondsey | 124,739 | 9.1 | 30.7 | 2.6 | 17.9 | 17.8 | 132 |
| Lambeth | 297,139 | 7.0 | 23.9 | 1.3 | 14.3 | 14.0 | 102 |
| Battersea | 167,464 | 8.2 | 24.9 | 1.6 | 13.9 | 14.0 | 111 |
| Wandsworth | 330,395 | 5.3 | 20.4 | 0.9 | 10.6 | 10.6 | 88 |
| Camberwell | 261,805 | 7.0 | 25.1 | 1.3 | 13.7 | 13.6 | 106 |
| Deptford | 109,280 | 10.1 | 27.9 | 1.9 | 15.3 | 15.2 | 112 |
| Greenwich | 96,015 | 7.4 | 26.0 | 1.4 | 14.2 | 14.0 | 103 |
| Lewisham | 168,822 | 7.2 | 20.5 | 0.9 | 10.6 | 10.4 | 78 |
| Woolwich | 122,382 | 9.2 | 23.3 | 0.7 | 12.6 | 13.0 | 79 |
| Port of London | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
* The Standardized Death Rates represent the Crude Death Rates multiplied by the
respective factors for correction for differences of sex and age constitution of population.