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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 1917
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE XVIII (1917).
| Cities and Boroughs. | Estimated population to the middle of 1917. | 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 yea to 1,000 births. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LONDON | 4,026,901 | • | 17.5 | 15.0 | 103 | |
| West Districts. | ||||||
| Paddington | 122,507 | • | 15.38 | 1.75 | 16.73 | 130 |
| Kensington | 170,000 | • | 14.1 | 1.33 | 16.3 | 130 |
| Hammersmith | 114,952 | • | 17.7 | 0.86 | 13.8 | 109 |
| Fulham | 145,186 | • | 18.2 | 1.28 | 13.6 | 109 |
| Chelsea | 63,130 | • | 14.8 | 0.86 | 14.2 | 82 |
| City of Westminster | 122,046 | • | 11.3 | 0.46 | 15.5 | 104 |
| North Districts. | ||||||
| St. Marylebone | 92,796 | • | 15.45 | 1.49 | 16.9 | 121 |
| Hampstcad | 75,649 | • | 13.3 | 014 | 10.8 | 80 |
| St. Pancras | 186,600 | • | 18.2 | 1.5 | 16.8 | 106 |
| Islington | 217,102 | • | 17.6 | 0.9 | 15.4 | 97 |
| Stoke Newington | 49,776 | • | 15.5 | 0.9 | 14.1 | 86 |
| Hacknoy | 196,598 | • | 17.1 | 0.7 | 14.4 | 92 |
| Central Districts. | ||||||
| Holborn | 35,303 | • | 14.5 | 1.4 | 19.5 | 109 |
| Finsbury | 75,813 | • | 20.8 | 2.5 | 20.6 | 117 |
| City of London | 14,720 | • | 7.9 | 0.2 | 15.6 | 69 |
| East Districts. | ||||||
| Shoreditch | 89,675 | . | 22.5 | 3.2 | 22.5 | 158 |
| Bethnal Green | 107,362 | • | 22.6 | 1.4 | 15.6 | 110 |
| Stepney | 232,010 | • | 21.7 | 1.5 | 12.5 | 102 |
| Poplar | 143,443 | • | 23.1 | 1.7 | 16.8 | 95 |
| South Districts. | ||||||
| Southwark | 177,166 | • | 23.2 | 1.5 | 17.4 | 110 |
| Bermondsey | 119,983 | • | 21.7 | 1.63 | 18.8 | 125 |
| Lambeth | 272,038 | • | 25.2 | 1.1 | 15.3 | 75 |
| Battersea | 150,023 | • | 17.7 | 1.2 | 15.2 | 101 |
| Wandsworth | 300,787 | • | 14.7 | 0.9 | 12.6 | 89 |
| Camberwell | 239,461 | • | 18.0 | 15.3 | 98 | |
| Deptford | 103,527 | • | 22.5 | 1.0 | 15.7 | 94 |
| Greenwich | 90,440 | • | 19.8 | 1.37 | 14.6 | 100 |
| Lewisham | 161,405 | • | 14.31 | 0.51 | 13.26 | 88 |
| Woolwich | 146,503 | • | 17.1 | 0.6 | 10.6 | 79 |
| Port of London | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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