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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

Shoreditch 1889

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch, Parish of St. Leonard]

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Table: The figures here given shew the relative position of each parish as regards the number of inhabitants.

The figures here given shew the relative position of each parish as regards the number of inhabitants.

Parish.Enumerated Population 1881.Density of Persons per acre.
SHOREDITCH126,591195
Bethnal Green126,961168
Bermondsey86,652
Battersea107,262
Chelsea88,128102
Clerkenwell69,076
City of London51,43970
Camberwell186,59342
Fulham114,83927
Greenwich131,23335
Hackney186,46247
Hammersmith71,939
Hampstead45,45220
Holborn151,835186
Islington282,86591
Kensington163,15174
Lambeth253,69962
Lewisham72,5486
Limehouse58,543
Marylebone154,910103
Mile End Old Town105,613156
Newington107,850
Plumstead33,250
Paddington107,21886
Pancras236,25888
Poplar156,51059
Rotherhithe36,024
Strand33,58278
St. Giles45,382185
St. George's (H. Square)149,74873