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Poplar 1923
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE V.
BlRTHRATE, DEATH-RATE, AND ANALYSIS OF MORTALITY DURING THE YEAK 1923.
| ---- | Birthrate per 1,000 Total Population. | Annual Death-rate ter 1,000 Civilian Population. | Rate per 1,000 Births. | Percentage of Total Deaths.1 | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Causes. | Enteric Fever. | Smallpox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Whooping Cough. | Diphtheria. | Influenza. | Violence. | Diarrhœa and Enteritis (under 2 years). | Total Deaths under One Year. | Causes of Death certified by Registered medical Practitioners. | Inquest Cases. | Uncertified Causes of Death. | ||
| England and Wales† | 19.7 | 11.6 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.14 | 0.03 | 0.10 | 0.07 | 0.22 | 0.44 | 7.7 | 69 | 92.0 | 6.9 | 1.1 |
| 105 County Boroughs and Great Towns, including London† | 20.4 | 11.6 | 0.01 | 0. 00 | 0.15 | 0.03 | 0.12 | 0 .09 | 0.22 | 0.40 | 9.9 | 72 | 92.2 | 7.2 | 0.6 |
| 157 Smaller Towns (adjusted Populations 20,000.50,000)† | 19.8 | 10.6 | 0.01 | – | 0.19 | 0.02 | 0.10 | 0.06 | 0.21 | 0.38 | 6.4 | 69 | 92.6 | 6.1 | 1.3 |
| London† | 20.2 | 11.2 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.08 | 0.02 | 0.09 | 0.13 | 0.17 | 0.45 | 10.2 | 60 | 90.8 | 9.1 | 0.1 |
| Poplar Borough | 25.0 | 11. 3 | 0. 02 | 0.00 | 0 .13 | 0. 03 | 0. 04 | 0.19 | 0.13 | 0.64 | 7.5 | 60 | 8.71 | 12.8 | 0.05 |
* Non.civilians are included in these figures for England and Wales, but not for other areas.
†Provisional figures for England and Wales, 105 Great Towns, 157 Smaller Towns and London.
The rates for England and Wales and for Poplar have been calculated on a population estimated to the middle of 1923,
while those for the towns have been calculated on populations estimated to the middle of 1922.