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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The following death rates for the year 1920 are interesting when compared with one another :—
Poplar Borough | 14.72 | 811 |
Poplar (Sub-District) | 14.73 | 83 |
Bromley | 14.55 | 75 |
Bow ... | 14.96 | 90 |
England and Wales | 12.4 | 80 |
96 Great Towns‡ | 12.5 | 85 |
148 Smaller Towns | 11.3 | |
London | 12.4 | 75 |
Liverpool | 16.4 | 113 |
Manchester | 13.2 | 97 |
Edinburgh | 13.3 | 89 |
Glasgow | 15.3 | 105 |
Dublin (City) | 39.1 | 137 |
Belfast | 17.5 | 132 |
† See Footnote ** page 8.
‡ Including London.