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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 number of deaths over 65 years was 226 for Poplar, 250 for Bromley, and 173 for Bow, making a total of 649 for the whole Borough. The annual death rates per 1,000 living for the past 5 years being:—

Poplar.Bromley.BowBorough of Poplar.
19125.304.614.744.88
19164.043.635.034.13
19174.834.493.954.47
19185.945.045.855.56
19194.234.064.464.22

TUBERCULAR DISEASES.*(Deaths at all ages.)

191613812068328
191713812673337
191814012789356
1919848652222

* Including phthisis.

Death rates per 1,000 persons living.

Poplar.Bromley.Bow.Borough of Poplar.
19152.411.961.872.09
19162.561.931.732.10
19172.762.192.012.34
19182.882.272.522.55
19191.571.391.341.44

Proportion of deaths to 1,000 deaths from, all causes.

Poplar.Bromley.Bow.Borough of Poplar.
1915112.25106.49100.40107.22
1916150.00121.45110.21129.10
1917150.81130.84135.43138.60
1918121.00101.84114.98112.02
1919103.7098.8597.56100.31