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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 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stoke Newington, The Metropolitan Borough]
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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 1908.
| 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 | 4,795,757 | 25 4 | 13.8 | 1.35 | 7.4 | 113 |
| West Districts. | ||||||
| Paddington | 150,923 | 20.5 | 12.4 | 0.87 | 6.4 | 111 |
| Kensington | 182,752 | 18.1 | 12 9 | 0.92 | 4.7 | 126 |
| Hammersmith | 124,012 | 24.6 | 14.0 | 1.09 | 5.6 | 124 |
| Fulham | 171,562 | 26.4 | 12.4 | 1.59 | 6.8 | 118 |
| Chelsea | 75,049 | 19 3 | 14.5 | 1.18 | 5.1 | 114 |
| City of Westminster | 170,545 | 15.4 | 12.6 | 0.58 | 5.5 | 111 |
| North Districts. | ||||||
| St. Marylebone | 126,867 | 32.3 | 14.2 | 0.85 | 5.4 | 64 |
| Hampstead | 92,654 | 14.4 | 8.5 | 0.40 | 4.3 | 72 |
| St. Pancras | 237,075 | 230 | 14.7 | 10.6 | 6.2 | 115 |
| Islington | 349,091 | 23.8 | 13.2 | 1.01 | 6.5 | 106 |
| Stoke Newington | 54,015 | 19 1 | 12 2 | 0 82 | 5 5 | 98.3 |
| Hackney | 235,253 | 24.2 | 13.2 | 1.52 | 8.3 | 111 |
| Central Districts. | ||||||
| Holborn | 64,446 | 27.9 | 16.4 | 1.07 | 5.7 | 80 |
| Finsbury | 96,007 | 36.6 | 18.6 | 2.09 | 7.5 | 113 |
| City of London | 19,252 | 14.6 | 17.7 | 0. 40 | 5.1 | 95 |
| East Districts. | ||||||
| Shoreditch | 115,227 | 30.9 | 17.4 | 2.09 | 90 | 144 |
| Bethnal Green | 131,066 | 31.7 | 17.1 | 2.48 | 12.2 | 136 |
| Stepney | 310,706 | 32.9 | 16.4 | 2.53 | 11.3 | 127 |
| Poplar | 171,516 | 30.7 | 15.9 | 2.26 | 10.7 | 126 |
| South Districts. | ||||||
| South wark | 210,442 | 28.2 | 16.3 | 1.76 | 6.3 | 136 |
| Bermondsey | 127,910 | 32.1 | 18.8 | 2.30 | 8.7 | 146 |
| Lambeth | 321,344 | 27.3 | 13.3 | 1.18 | 6.5 | 93 |
| Battersea | 183,873 | 24.1 | 12.2 | 1.19 | 9.2 | 110 |
| Wandsworth | 289,506 | 24.9 | 11.6 | 0.93 | 7.3 | 98 |
| Camberwell | 280,022 | 23.7 | 12.7 | 1.06 | 6.1 | 106 |
| Deptford | 117,539 | 25.7 | 13.8 | 1.32 | 9.5 | 125 |
| Greenwich | 109,110 | 23.6 | 12.6 | 1.25 | 7.2 | 119 |
| Lewisham | 156,627 | 22.8 | 11.0 | 1.25 | 7.7 | 87 |
| Woolwich | 131,346 | 23.9 | 11.4 | 0.92 | 8.1 | 94 |