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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TABLE XVIII. Birth-rate, Death-rate, and Analysis or Mortality During the Year 1921.
Birth-rate per 1,000 Total Population. | Annual Death-rate per 1,000 Civilian Population. | Rate per 1,000 Births. | Percentage of Total Deaths.1 | |||||||||||||
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All Causes | Enteric Fever. | Small-pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Whooping-cough . | Diphtheria. | Influenza. | Violence. | Diarrhœa and Enteritis (under 2 years). | Total Deaths under One Year. | Deaths in Public Institutions. | Certified Causes. | Inquest Cases. | Uncertified Causes of Death. | ||
England and Wales | 22 .4 | 12.1 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.23 | 0.44 | 15.5 | 83 | 25.5 | 92.5 | 6.4 | 1.1 |
90 Great Towns, including London (Census Populations exceeding 50,000)† | 23.3 | 12.3 | 0 .01 | 0.00 | 0.08 | 0.04 | 0.13 | 0.15 | 0.23 | 0.40 | 19.3 | 87 | 33.2 | 92.5 | 6.8 | 0.7 |
148 Smaller Towns (Census Populations 20,000-50,000)t | 22.7 | 11.3 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.05 | 0.03 | 0.11 | 0.11 | 0.20 | 0.35 | 15.6 | 84 | 17.7 | 93.5 | 5.1 | 1.4 |
London | 22.3 | 12.4 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.05 | 0.00 | 0.12 | 0.25 | 0.23 | 0.42 | 21.3 | 80 | 49.2 | 91.6 | 8.2 | 0.2 |
Poplar Borough | 27.28 | 12.7 | 0.03 | 0.00 | 0.23 | 0.07 | 0.17 | 0.39 | 0.09 | 0.49 | 21.88 | 83 | 49.5 | 89.6 | 10.4 | 0.0 |
Poplar Sub-District | 27.35 | 12.0 | 0.03 | 0.00 | 0.43 | 0.00 | 0.15 | 0.45 | 0.00 | 0.59 | 26.71 | 96 | 4.1.6 | 88.9 | 11.1 | 0.0 |
Bromley | 28.18 | 13.2 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.19 | 0.10 | 0.13 | 0.30 | 0.10 | 0.46 | 19.34 | 70 | 48.5 | 89.7 | 10.3 | 0.0 |
Bow | 25.73 | 12.1 | 0.04 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.14 | 0.27 | 0.34 | 0.12 | 0.41 | 19.13 | 88 | 51.1 | 90.3 | 9.7 | 0.0 |
* Non-civilians are included in these figures for England and Wales but not for other areas,
† 1911 census.
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