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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 1909
[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 t>f the City of London, after Distribution of Deaths occurring in Public Institutions, for the Year 1909.
| Cities and Boroughs. | Estimated Population in the middle of 1909. | Annual Hate per 1,000 Living. | Deaths of Children under one year of age to 1,000 Births. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Births. | Deaths. | Principal Infectious Diseases. | Notinable Diseases Attack-rate. | |||
| LONDON | ||||||
| Paddington | 151,955 | 19.1 | 12.9 | 0.9 | 6.3 | 108 |
| Kensington | 183,683 | 17.4 | 13.3 | 1.0 | 4.3 | 119 |
| Hammersmith | 125,704 | 23.0 | 14.3 | 1.7 | 5.5 | 125 |
| Fulham | 176,406 | 23.9 | 12.0 | 1.5 | 5.8 | 111 |
| Chelsea | 75,249 | 17.5 | 14.4 | 1.0 | 6.1 | 114 |
| City of Westminster | 168,883 | 13.0 | 13.1 | 0.6 | 5.6 | 103 |
| St. Marylebone | 126,027 | 32.1 | 14.6 | 0.8 | 5.8 | 64 |
| Hampstead | 94,185 | 13.0 | 8.9 | 0.5 | 3.8 | 77 |
| St. Pancras | 237,422 | 22.2 | 14.8 | 1.0 | 5.6 | 109 |
| Islington | 351,202 | 22.8 | 14.0 | 1.2 | 5.9 | 105 |
| Stoke Newington | 54,423 | 18.3 | 11.0 | 0.6 | 3.3 | 84.9 |
| Hackney | 237,601 | 23.6 | 12.6 | 0.9 | 5.9 | 98 |
| Holborn | 53,802 | 26.8 | 15.6 | 0.8 | 3.8 | 70 |
| Finsbury | 95,289 | 35.8 | 19.2 | 2.4 | 5.9 | 108 |
| City of London | 18,193 | 13.2 | 20.3 | 0.7 | 4.0 | 117 |
| Shoreditch | 114,802 | 30.5 | 19.0 | 2.9 | 6.4 | 146 |
| Bethnal Green | 131,316 | 30.5 | 16.8 | 2.0 | 7.3 | 134 |
| Stepney | 312,525 | 31.5 | 15.3 | 1.7 | 7.1 | 115 |
| Poplar | 171,965 | 29.3 | 16.3 | 2.4 | 7.0 | 133 |
| Southwark | 211,125 | 27.2 | 16.8 | 1.7 | 53 | 124 |
| Bermondsey | 127,569 | 31.8 | 18.8 | 2.7 | 6.6 | 140 |
| Lambeth | 324,188 | 26.1 | 14.1 | 1.2 | 5.7 | 97 |
| Battersea | 186,036 | 22.9 | 13.0 | 1.3 | 6.7 | 112 |
| Wandsworth | 297,646 | 23.4 | 11.9 | 1.0 | 5.6 | 87 |
| Camberwell | 283,022 | 23.2 | 13.4 | 1.1 | 6.0 | 102 |
| Deptford | 118,583 | 25.8 | 13..6 | 1.5 | 6.7 | 104 |
| Greenwich | 111,014 | 22.5 | 12.2 | 1.0 | 6.2 | 100 |
| Lewisham | 160,749 | 21.9 | 10.3 | 0.6 | 9.0 | 75 |
| Woolwich | 133,374 | 22.4 | 11.9 | 1.0 | 10.6 | 81 |