Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch, Parish of St. Leonard]
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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. |
---|---|---|
SHOREDITCH | 126,591 | 195 |
Bethnal Green | 126,961 | 168 |
Bermondsey | 86,652 | |
Battersea | 107,262 | |
Chelsea | 88,128 | 102 |
Clerkenwell | 69,076 | |
City of London | 51,439 | 70 |
Camberwell | 186,593 | 42 |
Fulham | 114,839 | 27 |
Greenwich | 131,233 | 35 |
Hackney | 186,462 | 47 |
Hammersmith | 71,939 | |
Hampstead | 45,452 | 20 |
Holborn | 151,835 | 186 |
Islington | 282,865 | 91 |
Kensington | 163,151 | 74 |
Lambeth | 253,699 | 62 |
Lewisham | 72,548 | 6 |
Limehouse | 58,543 | |
Marylebone | 154,910 | 103 |
Mile End Old Town | 105,613 | 156 |
Newington | 107,850 | |
Plumstead | 33,250 | |
Paddington | 107,218 | 86 |
Pancras | 236,258 | 88 |
Poplar | 156,510 | 59 |
Rotherhithe | 36,024 | |
Strand | 33,582 | 78 |
St. Giles | 45,382 | 185 |
St. George's (H. Square) | 149,748 | 73 |