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Poplar 1902
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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| Year. | Population estimated to Middle of each Year. | Births. | Total Deaths registered in the District. | Total Deaths in Public Institutions in the District. | Deaths of Non.residents registered in Public Institutions in the District. | Deaths of Residents registered in Public Institutions beyond the District. | Nett Deaths at all Ages belonging to the District. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number. | Rate.1 | Under 1 Year of Age. | At all Ages. | |||||||||
| Number. | Rate per 1,000 Births registered. | Number, | Rate.* | Number. | Rate.* | |||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| 1894 | 127,138 | 4447 | 34.9 | 683 | 153.5 | 2748 | 21.6 | 900 | 594 | 305 | 2459 | 19.3 |
| 1895 | 127,390 | 4647 | 36.4 | 877 | 188.7 | 3243 | 25.4 | 928 | 564 | 333 | 3012 | 23.6 |
| 1896 | 127,542 | 4646 | 36.4 | 801 | 174.5 | 2897 | 22.7 | 859 | 514 | 290 | 2673 | 20.9 |
| 1897 | 127,393 | 4433 | 34.7 | 728 | 164.2 | 2803 | 22.0 | 862 | 523 | 327 | 2607 | 20.4 |
| 1898 | 127,244 | 4561 | 35.8 | 837 | 183.5 | 2949 | 23.1 | 856 | 521 | 302 | 2730 | 21.4 |
| 1899 | 127,095 | 4463 | 35.1 | 796 | 178.3 | 3224 | 25.3 | 1006 | 601 | 317 | 2940 | 23.1 |
| 1900 | 126,946 | 4478 | 35.2 | 799 | 178.4 | 3083 | 24.2 | 991 | 579 | 327 | 2831 | 22.3 |
| 1901 | 126,816 | 4428 | 34.9 | 696 | 157.1 | 2861 | 22.5 | 1073 | 651 | 336 | 2546 | 20.7 |
| Averages for years 1894.1901. | 127,195 | 4512 | 35.4 | 777 | 172.2 | 2976 | 23.3 | 934 | 568 | 317 | 2724 | 21.4 |
| 1902 | 126,923 | 4502 | 35.4 | 717 | 159.2 | 2851 | 22.4 | 1081 | 672 | 361 | 2540 | 20.0 |
* Rates in Columns 4, 8, and 13 calculated per l,000 of estimated population.
Note.—The deaths to be included in Column 7 of this table are the whole of those
registered during the year as having actually occurred within the district or division. The
deaths to be included in Column 12 are the number in Column 7, corrected by the subtraction
of the number in Column 10 and the addition of the number in Column 11.
By the term "Non.residents" is meant persons brought into the district on account of
sickness or infirmity, and dying in public institutions there; and by the term "Resident"
is meant persons who have been taken out of the district on account of sickness or
infirmity, and have died in public institutions elsewhere.
Area of District in acres
(exclusive of area
covered 1 by water).
1,269.
Total population at all ages 126,833
Number of inhabited houses 16,922
Average number of persons per house 7.49
At Census
of
1901.