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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
Poplar 1896
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar]
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TABLE V.
| Sanitary Areas. | Estimated Population in the middle of 1896. | Notifications. Annual rate per 1000 persons living | Zymotic Deaths. Annual rate per 1000 persons living. | From all Causes. Death-rate per 1000 living. | Deaths of Infants under one year to 1000 births. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LONDON | 4,421,955 | 11.1 | 3.1 | 18.2 | 160 |
| West Districts. | |||||
| Paddington | 124,838 | 9.7 | 2.5 | 15.3 | 156 |
| Kensington | 170,660 | 10.3 | 2.6 | 16.8 | 178 |
| Hammersmith | 104,551 | 8.8 | 2.8 | 17.2 | 179 |
| Fulham | 115,008 | 9.9 | 3.6 | 17.6 | 175 |
| Chelsea | 96,657 | 12.8 | 3.9 | 18.8 | 168 |
| St. George Hanover Square | 80,041 | 7.1 | 1.4 | 13.6 | 149 |
| Westminster | 53,477 | 8.3 | 2.2 | 18.0 | 170 |
| St. James Westminster | 22,955 | 6.1 | 2.2 | 17.0 | 149 |
| North Districts. | |||||
| Marylebone | 141,114 | 10.2 | 3.2 | 19.9 | 141 |
| Hampstead | 75,812 | 7.9 | 1.8 | 11.9 | 123 |
| St. Pancras | 241,066 | 8.7 | 2.5 | 18.1 | 168 |
| Islington | 337,639 | 11.3 | 3.0 | 17.1 | 150 |
| Stoke Newington | 33,615 | 10.7 | 2.3 | 12.7 | 126 |
| Hackney | 213,774 | 12.2 | 2.8 | 15.7 | 146 |
| Central Districts. | |||||
| St. Giles | 38,158 | 8.8 | 2.3 | 19.0 | 147 |
| St. Martin-in-the-Fields | 13,003 | 9.3 | 2.3 | 16.2 | 164 |
| Strand | 23,820 | 7.8 | 2.4 | 22.7 | 193 |
| Holborn | 30,932 | 9.4 | 3.2 | 23.4 | 194 |
| Clerkenwell | 66,195 | 13.2 | 3.8 | 20.7 | 184 |
| St. Luke | 41,478 | 13.6 | 3.8 | 25.1 | 154 |
| City of London | 31,409 | 10.2 | 1.4 | 19.6 | 137 |
| East Districts. | |||||
| Shoreditch | 122,265 | 12.1 | 4.3 | 21.4 | 180 |
| Bethnal Green | 129,151 | 16.7 | 4.2 | 22.1 | 170 |
| Whitechapel | 78,886 | 14.9 | 2.6 | 20.6 | 141 |
| St. George in-the-East | 47,589 | 14.9 | 3.3 | 24.5 | 154 |
| Limehouse | 58,347 | 13.0 | 4.0 | 22.9 | 176 |
| Mile End Old Town | 111,226 | 14.5 | 3.6 | 19.9 | 157 |
| Poplar (Parish) | 57,829 | 11.3 | 3.6 | 21.6 | 177 |
| Bromley (Parish) | 69,803 | 13.8 | 3.6 | 20.3 | 168 |
| South Districts. | |||||
| St. Saviour Southwark | 25,276 | 10.5 | 3.2 | 22.8 | 213 |
| St. George Southwark | 60,301 | 11.0 | 4.2 | 24.0 | 181 |
| Newington | 121,191 | 11.2 | 3.3 | 20.5 | 184 |
| St. Olave Southwark | 11,673 | 11.5 | 4.8 | 22.0 | 153 |
| Bermondsey | 85,508 | 9.9 | 3.8 | 21.6 | 160 |
| Rotherhithe | 40,432 | 12.0 | 3.8 | 20.3 | 159 |
| Lambeth | 296,036 | 9.5 | 2.4 | 16.9 | 136 |
| Battersea | 165,864 | 11.7 | 3.6 | 17.7 | 177 |
| Wandsworth | 188,908 | 8.8 | 2.7 | 14.3 | 150 |
| Camberwell | 253,975 | 12.3 | 3.6 | 17.8 | 156 |
| Greenwich | 176,293 | 13.3 | 3.7 | 18.5 | 157 |
| Lewisham (excluding Penge) | 83,795 | 10.0 | 2.6 | 14.3 | 136 |
| Woolwich | 41,334 | 7.6 | 3.9 | 20.5 | 172 |
| Lee | 38,714 | 8.0 | 1.9 | 13.4 | 141 |
| Plumstead | 59,610 | 10.8 | 3.5 | 15.4 | 133 |
| Port of London | - | - | - | - | - |