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 Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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Population estimated to the middle of the Year 1903. | Persons to an Acre 1903. * | Births | Deaths | The Deaths registered include | |||||||||||||
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Deaths of | Deaths from | Inquest Cases. | Deaths in Public Institutions. | ||||||||||||||
Infants under One Year of Age. | Persons aged 65 V ears and upw'rds | Principal Zymotic Diseases. | Smallpox. | Measles | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria | Wh'p- ing cough | Fever. | Diar- rhoea. | \Vio- lence. | |||||||
76 Great Towns | 15,075,011 | - | 446329 | 244468 | 64113 | - | 28309 | 415 | 5486 | 2160 | 2971 | 4922 | 1742 | 10613 | 9426 | 19372 | 55439 |
London | 4,613,812 | 61.6 | 130906 | 72109 | 17213 | - | 8166 | 13 | 2054 | 362 | 752 | 1631 | 396 | 2958 | 3109 | 7341 | 25505 |
Poplar Borough | 169,302 | 72.7 | 5843 | 3077 | 892 | 484 | 488 | 2 | 161 | 20 | 58 | 76 | 16 | 155 | 195 | 459 | 921 |
Poplar Parish.. | 59,108 | 50.6 | 2006 | 1110 | 282 | 204 | 177 | 2 | 53 | 8 | 36 | 28 | 4 | 46 | 70 | 159 | 367 |
Bromley | 67,891 | 112.2 | 2439 | 1272 | 435 | 167 | 230 | 0 | 88 | 5 | 17 | 37 | 6 | 77 | 79 | 191 | 320 |
42,303 | 76.2 | 1398 | 695 | 175 | 113 | 81 | 0 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 32 | 46 | 109 | 234 |
* Bee footnote, page 2.
TABLE XV.
Annual Rate per 1,000 Persons Living. | Deaths under One Year to 1,000 Births. | Annual Death Rate. per 1,000 living. | Percentage to Total Deaths. | |||||||||||||
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Births. | Deaths from all causes. | Deaths from | ||||||||||||||
Principal Zymotic Diseases. | Smallpox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping Cough. | Fever. | Diarrhoea. | Violence. | Aged 1 to 65 years. | Aged 65 Years and upw'ds. | Inquest Cases. | Deaths in Public Institutions. | ||||
76 Great Towns | 29.7 | 16.3 | 1.89 | 0.03 | 0.36 | 0.14 | 0.20 | 0.33 | 0.12 | 0.'71 | 0.63 | 144 | - | - | 7.9 | 22.7 |
London | 28.4 | 15.7 | 1.77 | 0.00 | 0.45 | 0.08 | 0.16 | 0.35 | 0.09 | 0.64 | 0.68 | 131 | - | - | 10 .2 | 35.4 |
34.50 | 18.11 | 2.88 | 0 .01 | 0.95 | 0.11 | 0.34 | 0.44 | 0.09 | 0.91 | 1.15 | 152 | 10.04 | 2.85 | 14.91 | 29.93 | |
Poplar Parish.. | 33.93 | 18.77 | 2.99 | 0.03 | 0.81 | 0.13 | 0.60 | 0.47 | 0.06 | 0.77 | 1.18 | 140 | 10 55 | 3*45 | 14.32 | 33.06 |
Bromley | 35.92 | 18.73 | 3.38 | 0.00 | 1.29 | 0.07 | 0.25 | 0.54 | 0.08 | 1.13 | 1.16 | 178 | 9-86 | 2-45 | 15.01 | 25.15 |
Bow | 33.04 | 16.42 | 1.91 | 00.0 | 0.47 | 0.16 | 0.11 | 0.26 | 0.14 | 0.75 | 1.08 | 125 | 9-62 | 2-67 | 15.68 | 33.66 |