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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
Bethnal Green 1887
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green]
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| St. Luke's | 52,000 | 1990 | 1142 | 38.4 | 22.0 | 3.0 | 157 | .. | 39 | 21 | 12 | 26 | 14 | 45 | 141 | ||
| London City | 40,061 | 781 | 920 | 19.6 | 23.0 | 1.3 | 52 | .. | 14 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 178 | |
| Shoreditch | 125,452 | 4681 | 2957 | 37.4 | 23.7 | 4.1 | 517 | .. | 116 | 48 | 27 | 139 | 25 | 162 | 188 | ||
| Bethnal Green | 130,619 | 4989 | 2917 | 38 3 | 22.4 | 3.2 | 413 | 1 | 72 | 60 | 27 | 102 | 3 | 29 | 2 | 117 | 163 |
| Whitechapel | 67,865 | 2572 | 1577 | 38.0 | 23.3 | 33 | 222 | .. | 57 | 26 | 6 | 32 | 8 | 93 | 180 | ||
| St. George-in-the-East. | 46,316 | 1867 | 1325 | 40.4 | 28.7 | 5.2 | 239 | 1 | 79 | 9 | 15 | 41 | 11 | 83 | 187 | ||
| Stepney | 58,716 | 2063 | 1478 | 35.3 | 25.3 | 4.7 | 273 | .. | 76 | 31 | 14 | 68 | 7 | 1 | 76 | 215 | |
| Mile End Old Town | 113,017 | 3951 | 2264 | 35.1 | 20.1 | 4.2 | 477 | .. | 100 | 38 | 22 | 143 | 22 | 152 | 159 | ||
| Poplar | 182,706 | 5976 | 3307 | 32.8 | 17.6 | 2.8 | 505 | .. | 120 | 29 | 30 | 171 | 23 | 1 | 131 | 150 | |
| St. Saviour, Southwark | 27,377 | 945 | 779 | 34.6 | 28.5 | 4.8 | 130 | .. | 28 | 22 | 8 | 27 | 6 | 39 | 199 | ||
| St. George, Southwark | 59,596 | 2251 | 1602 | 37.9 | 27.0 | 5.3 | 313 | .. | 73 | 88 | 12 | 64 | 7 | 1 | 68 | 190 | |
| Newington | 118,991 | 4045 | 2462 | 34.1 | 20.8 | 3.8 | 453 | .. | 84 | 91 | 27 | 137 | 1 | 16 | 97 | 163 | |
| St. Olave, Southwark | 10,275 | 392 | 272 | 38.3 | 26.6 | 3.1 | 32 | .. | 5 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 270 | |
| Bermondsey | 89,434 | 3200 | 2000 | 35.9 | 22.4 | 4.2 | 374 | .. | 89 | 62 | 16 | 90 | 10 | 1 | 106 | 170 | |
| Rotherhithe | 41,863 | 1450 | 845 | 34.8 | 20.3 | 3.1 | 129 | .. | 10 | 24 | 6 | 29 | 8 | 52 | 168 | ||
| Lambeth | 280,235 | 9109 | 5220 | 32.6 | 18.7 | 3.2 | 904 | 1 | 154 | 121 | 105 | 188 | 1 | 43 | 8 | 283 | 154 |
| Wandsworth | 277,026 | 9134 | 4528 | 33.1 | 16.4 | 2.7 | 739 | .. | 147 | 100 | 51 | 156 | 3 | 29 | 2 | 251 | 139 |
| Camberwell | 246,514 | 7447 | 4134 | 30.3 | 16.8 | 3.1 | 769 | .. | 130 | 100 | 65 | 203 | 4 | 35 | 3 | 229 | 152 |
| Greenwich | 152,072 | 5326 | 2991 | 35.1 | 19.7 | 2.8 | 424 | 1 | 131 | 32 | 37 | 86 | 1 | 27 | 2 | 107 | 141 |
| Lewisham | 58,410 | 1737 | 948 | 29.8 | 16.3 | 1.7 | 98 | .. | 27 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 5 | 26 | 126 | ||
| Woolwich | 36,984 | 1323 | 795 | 35.9 | 21.6 | 2.1 | 78 | .. | 11 | 3 | 27 | 4 | 2 | 31 | 157 | ||
| Plumstead | 80,241 | 2581 | 1141 | 32.3 | 14.3 | 1.8 | 142 | 2 | 27 | 4 | 19 | 43 | 5 | 42 | 110 | ||