Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE V. (1928).
| Cities and Boroughs. | Estimated population to the middle of year. | 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 | 4,458,200 | 15.9 | — | 11.6 | 67 |
| Paddington | 145,200 | 14.99 | 0.87 | 13.03 | 85 |
| Kensington | 178,400 | 14.3 | 0.64 | 13 0 | 83 |
| Hammersmith | 136,300 | 16.6 | 0.5 | 11.4 | 69 |
| Fulham | 155,300 | 15.4 | 0.6 | 11.5 | 77 |
| Chelsea | 63,630 | 12.6 | 0.2 | 13.5 | 48 |
| City of Westminster | 129,700 | 10.3 | 0.21 | 11.5 | 58 |
| St. Marylebone | 104,000 | 12.6 | 0.74 | 111 | 79 |
| Hampstead | 85,800 | 11.6 | 0.27 | 11.6 | 54 |
| St. Pancras | 205,600 | 15.9 | 1.06 | 12.7 | 80 |
| Islington | 324,700 | 17.8 | 0.73 | 12.8 | 64 |
| Stoke Newington | 50,690 | 15. | 0.29 | 12.5 | 61 |
| Hackney | 217,200 | 16 0 | 0.54 | 11 .7 | 67 |
| Hoi born | 39,280 | 12.0 | 0.35 | 13.5 | 57 |
| Finsbury | 72,010 | 20.4 | 1.36 | 15.1 | 85 |
| City of London | 11,430 | 7.2 | 0.17 | 12.2 | 60 |
| Shoreditch | 101,200 | 20.1 | 1.08 | 13.8 | 80 |
| Bethnal Green | 112,200 | 19 0 | _ | 11.7 | 73.9 |
| Stepney | 244,000 | 18.7 | 0.90 | 11.7 | 71 |
| Poplar | 162,000 | 19. 9 | 0 .65 | 11. 8 | 71 |
| Southwark | 181,300 | 19.2 | 0.98 | 12.7 | 70 |
| Bermondsey | 115,200 | 18.1 | 1.19 | 13.2 | 85 |
| Lam beth | 298,100 | 16.82 | 0.56 | 12.30 | 61.1 |
| Battersea | 164,100 | 16.7 | 0.67 | 11.9 | 64.2 |
| Wandsworth | 354,948 | 13 0 | 0.27 | 10.58 | 49 |
| Camberwell | 260,400 | 15.8 | 0.76 | 11.9 | 61 |
| Deptford | 112,400 | 16.3 | 0.7 | 12.0 | 76 |
| Greenwich | 100,200 | 16.42 | 0.59 | 11.13 | 55 |
| Lewisham | 199,300 | 15.2 | 0.47 | 10.0 | 52 |
| Woolwich | 141,100 | 16.1 | 0.39 | 11.0 | 50 |
*The provisional figures relating to London were supplied by the Registrar.
General. Other figures supplied by Medical Officers of Health.