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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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The male births in the Borough exceeded those of the female by 143,
and the male deaths exceeded those of the female by 177 which makes
a gain of 34 females.
| Poplar. | Bromley. | Bow. | Borough of Poplar. | County of London | |
| 1915 | 21.50 | 18.46 | 18.69 | 19.57 | 16.1 |
| 1916 | 17.07 | 15.91 | 15.77 | 16.27 | 14.3 |
| 1917 | 18.36 | 16.76 | 14.89 | 16.84 | 15.0 |
| 1918 | 23.87 | 22.32 | 21.98 | 22.77 | 18.9 |
| 1919 | 15.17 | 14.14 | 13.75 | 14.40 | 13.4 |
It should be borne in mind that, in studying death rates, comparison
Bhould be made with those of districts the inhabitants of which exist,
under similar conditions. See Table XVII., page 43, East Districts.
ZYMOTIC DISEASES.
Measles, scarlet fever, pertussis, diphtheria and membranous croup, fever,
diarrhoea and enteritis.
| Poplar. | Bromley. | Bow. | Borough of Poplar. | |
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| Poplar. | Bromley. | Bow. | Borough of Poplar. | |
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