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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Poplar 1922

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]

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Table: The following death rates for the year 1922 are interesting when compared with one another:—

The following death rates for the year 1922 are interesting when compared with one another:—

Annual Rate per 1,000 persons living.Deaths of Children under one year of age to 1,000 Births.
Poplar Borough14.3179†
Poplar (Sub-District)14.9285
Bromley13.9974
Bow13.9777
*England and Wales12.977
*105 Great Towns‡13.082
*155 Smaller Towns11.775
*London13.474
Liverpool14.696
Manchester14.296
Edinburgh15.291
Glasgow17.2120
*Dublin (City)17.0116
Belfast14.894

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* Provisional figures furnished by the Registrar-General,
† See Footnote ** page 8.
‡ Including London.