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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Particulars. Males. Females. Totals.
Bow.
Registrar's Weekly Returns 634 601 1,235
Mothers' Home, Commercial Road | 12 | 49 | 8 | 38 | 87 |
Poplar Institution | 7 | 1 | |||
St. Andrew's Hospital | 5 | 6 | |||
London Hospital | 5 | 7 | |||
City of London Lying-in Hospital | 4 | 6 | |||
Salvation Army Hospital, Hackney | 3 | 1 | |||
Queen Charlotte's Hospital | 1 | 1 | |||
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Hospital | 1 | 1 | |||
Forest Gate Sick Home | 1 | 1 | |||
Queen Mary's Hospital, West Ham | 3 | 1 | |||
St. Bartholomew's Hospital | 1 | 2 | |||
Whitechapel Infirmary | 1 | 1 | |||
Hackney Borough | 2 | 1 | |||
Hampstead Borough | 1 | 1 | |||
llford U.D.C | 1 | 1 | |||
Paddington Borough | 1 | 1 | |||
1 Stepney Borough | 1 | 2 | |||
Wanstead U.D.C. | 1 | 1 | |||
Births, nett | 683 | 639 | 1,322 |
Transferable Births Registered during the year 1920.
At the beginning of the year 1921 the Registrar-General afforded the following information for the year ended 31st December. 1920 :¡ª
Registered Births. | Inward Transfers. | Outward Transfers. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Legitimate | Males. | 2,576 | 178 | 9 |
Females | 2,434 | 181 | 13 | |
Illegitimate | Males. | 57 | 14 | 5 |
Females | 49 | 16 | 8 | |
>Total | Males. | 2,633 | 192 | 14 |
Females | 2,483 | 197 | 21 |
The corrected total births for the Borough, according to the Registrar General, is :
Males. | Females. | Total. |
---|---|---|
2,811 | 2,659 | 5,470 |
giving a rate of 34.20 per 1,000 inhabitants.
The number of illegitimate births belonging to the Borough, according to the Registrar General, is:¡ª
Males. | Females. | Total. |
---|---|---|
66 | 57 | 123 |