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. (1935).
| Cities and Boroughs. | Estimated Resident population (Mid-1935) | Live Births, Annual rate per 1,000 population. | Death-rate per 1,000 population. | Deaths of Infants under one year to 1,000 births. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LONDON | 4,185,200 | 13.3 | 11.4 | 58 | |
| Paddington | 138,600 | 14.17 | 12.08 | 11.95 | 71 |
| Kensington | 178,300 | 12.4 | 12.1 | 11.3 | 79 |
| Hammersmith | 128,100 | 14.7 | 11.9 | 12.3 | 70 |
| Fulham | 143,600 | 13.8 | 11.6 | 11.7 | 51 |
| Chelsea | 57,320 | 10.2 | 12.6 | 10.7 | 59.6 |
| . . . . City of Westminster | 124,400 | 8.3 | 11.5 | 11.8 | 72 |
| St. Marylebone | 92,200 | 9.72 | 11.8 | 11.7 | 56 |
| Hampstead | 90,600 | 11.02 | 11.2 | 10.5 | 49 |
| St. Pancras | 185,300 | 13.3 | 11.97 | 12.2 | 62.8 |
| Islington | 308,170 | 14.85 | - | 10.99 | 52 |
| Stoke Newington | 50,210 | 13.9 | 11.1 | 10.6 | 51 |
| Hackney | 210,600 | 14.0 | 10.6 | 11.1 | 47.6 |
| Holborn | 35,400 | 7.65 | 11.9 | 12.7 | 89 |
| Finsbury | 63,100 | 14.7 | 12.6 | 13.7 | 59 |
| City of London | 9,360 | 7.6 | 11.0 | 12.2 | 113 |
| Shoreditch | 88,400 | 14.6 | 11.3 | 12.4 | 52 |
| Bethnal Green | 99,910 | 14.4 | 10.3 | 11.6 | 51 |
| Stepney | 211,500 | 14.3 | 11.3 | 12.8 | 63 |
| Poplar | 143,700 | 15.4 | 11.0 | 12.3 | 46 |
| Southwark | 156,100 | 14.8 | - | 12.4 | 66 |
| Bermondsey | 102,700 | 14.5 | 11.7 | 13.3 | 69 |
| Lambeth | 279.900 | 13.65 | 12.15 | 12.02 | 59 |
| Battersea | 148,200 | 14.2 | 12.0 | 11.9 | 65.11 |
| Wandsworth | 343,300 | 11.03 | 11.00 | 10.23 | 55 |
| Camberwell | 234,400 | 13.4 | 11.8 | 11.8 | 60 |
| Deptford | 99,500 | 14.4 | 11.1 | 11.6 | 52 |
| Greenwich | 96,600 | 13.87 | 10.83 | 11.04 | 59 |
| Lewisham | 223,000 | 12.5 | 9.9 | 10.0 | 43 |
| Woolwich | 146,400 | 14.0 | 10.2 | 10.8 | 44 |
Note.—The information relating to London supplied by the Registrar-General
and that for individual Boroughs by the Medical Officers of Health.