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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 1915
[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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LONDON | 4,516,612 | 7.1 | 22.6 | 1.6 | 16.1 | 112 |
| Paddington | 142,055 | 6.3 | 19.3 | 1.8 | 15.9 | 126 |
| Kensington | 170,817 | 4.5 | 24.4 | 1.4 | 15.2 | 123 |
| Hammersmith | 124,750 | 6.2 | 21.7 | 1.2 | 15.3 | 105 |
| Fulham | 158,849 | 6.6 | 24.3 | 1.9 | 15.3 | 119 |
| Chelsea | 63,791 | 5.0 | 17.2 | 1.2 | 16.6 | 97 |
| City of Westminster | 152,346 | 7.0 | 12.9 | 0.8 | 15.5 | 105 |
| St. Marylebone | 112,892 | 4.9 | 16.1 | 1.2 | 15.4 | 50 |
| Hampstead | 86,731 | 4.7 | 15.1 | 0.7 | 12.4 | 87 |
| St. Pancras | 212,497 | 8.2 | 22.4 | 1.3 | 16.6 | 111 |
| Islington | 324,764 | 7.0 | 22.2 | 1.6 | 16.8 | 113 |
| Stoke Newington | 50,454 | 7.1 | 18.1 | 1.1 | 14.7 | 107 |
| Hackney | 223,724 | 6.6 | 21.6 | 1.2 | 14.7 | 103 |
| Holborn | 45,861 | 6.1 | 14.6 | 1.2 | 16.7 | 116 |
| Finsbury | 83,212 | 7.9 | 26.4 | 2.4 | 19.6 | 98 |
| City of London | 17,129 | 6.9 | 8.7 | 0.6 | 18.8 | 44 |
| Shoreditch | 108,869 | 10.0 | 28.6 | 2.5 | 19.5 | 159 |
| Bethnal Green | 127,662 | 12.4 | 27.5 | 2.6 | 17.3 | 131 |
| Stepney | 273,265 | 11.1 | 27.4 | 1.8 | 17.6 | 112 |
| Poplar | *156,247 | 8.80 | 29.9 | 2.6 | 19.5 | 134 |
| Southwark | 186,941 | 6.4 | 28.0 | 2.0 | 20.1 | 141 |
| Bermondsey | 124,213 | 6.2 | 28.5 | 2.9 | 20.2 | 152 |
| Lambeth | 296,724 | 5.5 | 22.1 | 1.2 | 10.4 | 88 |
| Battersea | 167,338 | 7.7 | 22.8 | 2.2 | 16.1 | 118 |
| Wandsworth | 338,998 | 7.0 | 18.5 | 1.3 | 12.5 | 95 |
| Cambervvell | 262,020 | 5.9 | 23.4 | 1.2 | 14.8 | 105 |
| Deptford | 109,182 | 7.8 | 27.0 | 2.2 | 17.7 | 135 |
| Greenwich | 96,037 | 9.0 | 24.3 | 1.7 | 17.6 | 102 |
| Lewisham | 172,433 | 5.1 | 19.2 | 0.8 | 12.4 | 82 |
| Woolwich | 122,836 | 9.1 | 22.1 | 1.0 | 15.3 | 91 |
| Port of London | — | — | — | — | — | — |
* The population of Poplar is based upon the National Registration Act, 1915.