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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 1919

Annual report for the year 1919 on the sanitary condition and vital statistics of the Metropolitan Borough of Poplar, comprising the registration sub-districts of Poplar, Bromley and Bow

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Transferable Births Registered during the year 1919.

Table: At the beginning of the year 1920 the Registrar-General afforded the following information for the year ended 31st December, 1919 :—

At the beginning of the year 1920 the Registrar-General afforded the following information for the year ended 31st December, 1919 :—

Inward Transfers.Outward Transfers.
Legitimate —Males1483
Females1374
Illegitimate—Males510
Females146
Total —Males15313
Females15110

Table: The corrected total births for the Borough, according to the Registrar General, is:—

The corrected total births for the Borough, according to the Registrar General, is:—

Males.Females.Total.
2,0401,9113,951

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giving a rate of 24'68 per 1,000 inhabitants.

Table: The number of illegitimate births belonging to the Borough* according to the Registrar General, is :—

The number of illegitimate births belonging to the Borough* according to the Registrar General, is :—

Males.Females.Total.
4765112

Table: The annual birth rate per 1,000 living being

The annual birth rate per 1,000 living being

Borough ofCounity of
PoplarBromleyBowPoplarLondon.
191529.5531.8427.6729.9922.6
191626.8627.9725.3226.9221.5
191723.4023.9421.4923.1317.5
191820.8821.3518.5620.4816.1*
191926.0825.4921.4224.6718.5

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Marriages.
During the year the marriages of 3,326 persons were registered in
the Borough, giving an annual rate of 20.78 per 1,000 of the estimated
population, the rate for England and Wales being 19.7, and for London
22.1.
The rate in England and Wales in 1919 was 18.5 per 1,000 of the estimated population.