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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 1914
[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 1914. | 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. | Standardized.* | ||||||
| LONDON | 4,518,021 | 9.0 | 24.3 | 1.4 | 14.4 | 14.4 | 104 |
| Paddington | 142,193 | 8.5 | 20.9 | 1.0 | 13.0 | 12.9 | 95 |
| Kensington | 171,234 | 7.9 | 18.8 | 0.7 | 13.1 | 13.1 | 94 |
| Hammersmith | 123,853 | 10.4 | 23.8 | 1.3 | 13.9 | 13.7 | 94 |
| Fulham | 157,303 | 9.8 | 26.5 | 1.6 | 13.4 | 13.8 | 113 |
| Chelsea | 64,511 | 6.4 | 20.2 | 0.7 | 13.5 | 12.9 | 67 |
| City of Westminster | 154,544 | 7.8 | 14.0 | 0.6 | 12.6 | 13.2 | 80 |
| St. Marylebone | 114,355 | 6.9 | 18.7 | 1.0 | 13.8 | 14.1 | 98 |
| Hampstead | 80,388 | 6.8 | 14.8 | 0.5 | 10.4 | 11.0 | 80 |
| St. Pancras | 214,133 | 9.1 | 24.5 | 1.3 | 15.6 | 15.6 | 92 |
| Islington | 325,490 | 9.1 | 25.2 | 1.5 | 15.2 | 14.8 | 105 |
| Stoke Newington | 50,511 | 8.3 | 20.7 | 0.6 | 13.1 | 12.5 | 78 |
| Hackney | 223,393 | 7.4 | 24.5 | 1.5 | 13.9 | 14.0 | 92 |
| Holborn | 46,832 | 5.9 | 16.4 | 1.0 | 16.1 | 16.2 | 90 |
| Finsbury | 84,521 | 9.3 | 30.1 | 2.7 | 19.6 | 19.4 | 123 |
| City of London | 17,831 | 7.4 | 10.2 | 0.5 | 13.4 | 14.0 | 94 |
| Shoreditch | 109,569 | 8.1 | 32.1 | 3.1 | 19.0 | 19.6 | 141 |
| Bethnal Green | 127,807 | 10.8 | 29.7 | 2.6 | 16.0 | 16.6 | 137 |
| Stepney | 275,081 | 12.7 | 29.4 | 2.3 | 16.5 | 17.3 | 124 |
| Poplar | 160,839 | 8.3 | 31.4 | 2.1 | 16.7 | 17.2 | 117 |
| Southwark | 188,321 | 11.6 | 29.8 | 2.2 | 17.8 | 17.9 | 124 |
| Bermondsey | 124,683 | 7.6 | 31.0 | 2.1 | 17.4 | 17.4 | 125 |
| Lambeth | 297,094 | 8.9 | 23.7 | 1.3 | 14.6 | 14.3 | 104 |
| Battersea | 167,451 | 8.7 | 25.8 | 1.4 | 13.3 | 134 | 93 |
| Wandsworth | 331,321 | 6.9 | 20.2 | 0.9 | 10.9 | 11.0 | 89 |
| Camberwell | 261,828 | 8.9 | 25.2 | 1.2 | 13.7 | 13.6 | 99 |
| Deptford | 109,269 | 12.5 | 28.6 | 1.7 | 14.4 | 14.3 | 99 |
| Greenwich | 96,018 | 9.8 | 25.1 | 1.4 | 14.7 | 14.5 | 98 |
| Lewisham | 169,211 | 9.2 | 19.8 | 0.7 | 10.9 | 10.7 | 74 |
| Woolwich | 122,431 | 9.9 | 23.3 | 1.0 | 13.8 | 14.1 | 85 |
| Port of London | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
* The Standardized Death Rates represent the Crude Death Rates multiplied by the
respective standardizing factors for correction for differences of sex and age constitution
of population.