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. (1929).
| Cities and Bokouohs. | Estimated population to the middle of year. | Births. Annual rate per 1,000 persons living. | Death. rate per 1,000 living. | Deaths of Infants under one year to 1,000 births. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LONDON | 4,417,900 | 15.7 | 13.8 | 70 |
| Paddington | 142,800 | 14.9 | 15.4 | 101 |
| Kensington | 175,800 | 14.4 | 15 4 | 84 |
| Hammersmith | 136,900 | 15.8 | 13.7 | 62 |
| Fulham | 153,700 | 15.2 | 13.4 | 72 |
| Chelsea | 62,680 | 11.7 | 15.7 | 70 |
| City of Westminster | 125,800 | 10.4 | 14.8 | 77 |
| St. Marylebone | 102,400 | 11.9 | 13.2 | 77 |
| Hampstead | 84.830 | 11.4 | 13.5 | 54 |
| St. Pancras | 203,900 | 15.5 | 15.3 | 83 |
| Islington | 319,800 | 17.2 | 14.8 | 73 |
| Stoke Newington | 50,040 | 161 | 13.4 | 47 |
| Haokney | 214,400 | 15.9 | 13.9 | 56 |
| Holborn | 38,380 | 10.2 | 15.6 | 74 |
| Finsbury | 70,980 | 21.2 | 16.0 | 75 |
| City of London | 10,700 | 7.4 | 14.0 | 62 |
| Shoreditch | 99,710 | 20.6 | 16.0 | 88 |
| Bethnal Green | 110,500 | 18.4 | 13.3 | 64 |
| Stepney | 241,800 | 17.2 | 13.6 | 89 |
| Poplar | 160,000 | 19 1 | 14 2 | 75 |
| Southwark | 178,500 | 18.1 | 15.6 | 81 |
| Bermondsey | 113,800 | 19.8 | 14.5 | 71 |
| Lambeth | 294,400 | 15.6 | 14.9 | 67 |
| Battersea | 161,800 | 16.2 | 14.2 | 62 |
| Wandsworth | 346,700 | 13.0 | 12.8 | 61 |
| Camberwell | 256,900 | 15.3 | 13.6 | 68 |
| Deptford | 111,000 | 16.8 | 13.3 | 76 |
| Greenwich | 99,900 | 15.8 | 13.3 | 70 |
| Lewisham | 207,900 | 15.7 | 11.5 | 44 |
| Woolwich | 141,600 | 16.3 | 12.6 | 62 |