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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
Plumstead 1895
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Plumstead]
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TABLE VII.
| SANITARY AREAS. | Estimated Population middle of 1895. | Births. | Deaths. | Annual Rate per 1,000 living. | Deaths from Principal Zymotic Diseases | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Births. | Deaths. | Principal Zymotic Diseases. | |||||
| London | 4,392,346 133,715 | 85,1.38 | 30.5 | 19.4 | 2.6 | 11,466 | |
| Paddington | 122,756 | 2,977 | 2,107 | 24.3 | 17.2 | 1.7 | 207 |
| Kensington | 167,671 | 3,621 | 2,759 | 21.7 | 16.5 | 1.9 | 322 |
| Hammersmith | 108,429 | 2,909 | 1,810 | 26.9 | 16.7 | 2.1 | 225 |
| Fulham | 117,745 | 3,930 | 2,195 | 33.5 | 18.7 | 2.9 | 342 |
| Chelsea | 99,930 | 2,734 | 1,913 | 27.4 | 19.2 | 2.2 | 221 |
| St. George, Hanover Square | 74,037 | 1,470 | 1,175 | 19.9 | 15.9 | 1.6 | 117 |
| Westminster | 54,003 | 1,284 | 1,146 | 23.8 | 21.3 | 2.1 | 111 |
| St. James. Westminster | 23,149 | 542 | 411 | 23.5 | 17.8 | 1.3 | 31 |
| Marylebone | 137,392 | 4,400 | 2,843 | 32.1 | 20.3 | 1.7 | 239 |
| Hampstead | 77,592 | 1,453 | 931 | 18.8 | 12.0 | 1.0 | 78 |
| St. Pan eras | 233,543 | 7,118 | 4,778 | 30.5 | 20.5 | 3.2 | 741 |
| Islington | 335,929 | 9.879 | 5,753 | 29.5 | 17.2 | 2.0 | 686 |
| Stoke Newington | 35,234 | 813 | 471 | 23.1 | 13.4 | 1.1 | 39 |
| Hackney | 215,623 | 6,172 | 3,735 | 28.7 | 17.4 | 2.5 | 545 |
| St. Giles | 37,654 | 1.150 | 859 | 298 | 229 | 2.1 | 77 |
| St, Martin-in-the-Fields | 13,536 | 189 | 244 | 140 | 18.1 | 1.8 | 24 |
| Strand | 22,586 | 612 | 569 | 27.2 | 25.3 | 2.2 | 49 |
| Holborn | 32,188 | 821 | 810 | 25 .6 | 25.2 | 2.8 | 90 |
| Clerkenwell | 65,036 | 2,083 | 1,491 | 32.1 | 23.0 | 3.9 | 250 |
| St. Luke | 40,763 | 1,904 | 1,226 | 46.8 | 30.2 | 5.5 | 224 |
| London City | 33,824 | 553 | 720 | 16.4 | 21.4 | 1.6 | 55 |
| Shoreditch | 122,932 | 4,352 | 2,856 | 355 | 23 3 | 3-8 | 460 |
| Bethnal Green | 180,061 | 4,771 | 2,769 | 36.8 | 21.4 | 3.4 | 441 |
| Wbitchapel | 75,820 | 3,130 | 1,824 | 41.4 | 24.1 | 3.3 | 250 |
| St. George-in-the-East | 45,227 | 1,972 | 1,330 | 43.7 | 29.5 | 5.5 | 246 |
| Limehouse | 56 8P5 | 2,035 | 1,547 | 35.9 | 27.3 | 4.6 | 261 |
| Mile End Old Town | 108,443 | 4,204 | 2,486 | 38.9 | 22.5 | 3.9 | 424 |
| Poplar | 171,230 | 6,071 | 3,865 | 356 | 22.6 | 4.0 | 677 |
| St. Saviour, Southwark | 26,570 | 830 | 677 | 31.3 | 25.5 | 2.9 | 76 |
| St. George, Southwark | 60,168 | 2,168 | 1,524 | 36.5 | 25.4 | 3.2 | 194 |
| Newington | 119,358 | 4,284 | 2,872 | 35.6 | 24.1 | 3.4 | 401 |
| St. Olave, Southwark | 13,065 | 428 | 314 | 32.9 | 24.1 | 2.4 | 31 |
| Bermondsey | 83,861 | 3,212 | 1,869 | 38.4 | 223 | 3.2 | 270 |
| Rotherhithe | 40,713 | 1,304 | 783 | 32.1 | 19.3 | 2.7 | 110 |
| Lambeth | 284,883 | 9,341 | 5,567 | 32.9 | 19.6 | 2.6 | 741 |
| Battersea | 165,130 | 5,264 | 2.872 | 32.0 | 17.4 | 2.7 | 442 |
| Wandsworth | 185,956 | 4,721 | 2,747 | 25.5 | 14.8 | 1.3 | 250 |
| Camberwell | 252,737 | 7,528 | 4,610 | 29.9 | 18.3 | 2.6 | 648 |
| Greenwich | 175,183 | 5,475 | 3,305 | 31.3 | 18.9 | 2.7 | 465 |
| Lee | 38,832 | 826 | 561 | 21.3 | 14.5 | 1.4 | 54 |
| Lewisham | 82,410 | 2,037 | 1,187 | 24.8 | 14.4 | 1.5 | 126 |
| Woolwich | 42,768 | 1,331 | 748 | 31.2 | 17 .5 | 1.7 | 73 |