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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
Stoke Newington 1907
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stoke Newington, The Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE A4.
Analysis of the Vital Statistics of the Metropolitan Boroughs and of the City of London, after Distribution of Deaths occurring in Public Institutions, for the Year 1907.
| Cities and Boroughs. | Estimated Population in the middle of 1907. | Annual Rate per 1,000 Living. | Deaths of Children under one year of age to 1,000'Births. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Births. | Deaths. | Principal Infectious Diseases. | Notifiable Diseases Attack-rate. | |||
| LONDON | 4,758,218 | 25.8 | 14.6 | 1.42 | 8.6 | 115 |
| Paddington | 149,909 | 20.6 | 13.5 | 1.13 | 6.1 | 116 |
| Kensington | 181,842 | 18.1 | 13.7 | 1.04 | 5.3 | 134 |
| Hammersmith | 122,337 | 24.6 | 14.3 | 1.16 | 7.6 | 120 |
| Fulham | 166,749 | 27.1 | 13.2 | 1.73 | 8.9 | 125 |
| Chelsea | 74,857 | 19.2 | 15.0 | 1.44 | 6.0 | 129 |
| City of Westminster | 172,219 | 15.9 | 13.0 | 0.72 | 4.2 | 111 |
| St. Marylebone | 127,718 | 31.0 | 15.0 | 0.97 | 5.8 | 68 |
| Hampstead | 91,137 | 14.6 | 9.0 | 0.51 | 5.6 | 72 |
| St. Pancras | 236,753 | 23.2 | 15.0 | 1.17 | 6.1 | 115 |
| Islington | 347,017 | 24.1 | 14.7 | 1.25 | 6.0 | 120 |
| Hackney | 232,993 | 24.9 | 13.6 | 1.37 | 12.0 | 110 |
| Holborn | 55,134 | 28.5 | 17.4 | 1.28 | 5.1 | 89 |
| Finsbury | 96,732 | 34.9 | 18.7 | 1.83 | 8.3 | 111 |
| City of London | 20,310 | 13.2 | 16.8 | 0.85 | 7.5 | 97 |
| Shoreditch | 115,662 | 31.5 | 20.5 | 3.01 | 11.1 | 157 |
| Bethnal Green | 110,831 | 31.4 | 17.5 | 1.96 | 14.5 | 140 |
| Stepney | 308,923 | 34.1 | 15.9 | 1.97 | 14.6 | 116 |
| Poplar | 171,086 | 36.4 | 16.9 | 2.11 | 11.4 | 126 |
| Southwark | 209,781 | 28.8 | 18.0 | 1.90 | 9.9 | 142 |
| Bermondsey | 128,263 | 31.3 | 18.3 | 1.71 | 12.0 | 124 |
| Lambeth | 318,638 | 27.2 | 14.6 | 1.28 | 6.7 | 109 |
| Battersea | 181,736 | 24.8 | 13.3 | 1.34 | 8.7 | 117 |
| Wandsworth | 281,419 | ! 25.1 | 12.3 | 1.16 | 8.1 | 101 |
| Camberwell | 277,059 | 23.9 | 13.9 | 1.43 | 8.5 | 117 |
| Deptford | 116,510 | 28.2 | 14.1 | 1.47 | 11.1 | 108 |
| Greenwich | 107,222 | 24.2 | 12.7 | 1.44 | 9.7 | 100 |
| Lewisham | 152,532 | 23 8 | 11.6 | 0.85 | 6.8 | 90 |
| Woolwich | 129,336 | 25.7 | 12.5 | 1.38 | 11.3 | 112 |