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Poplar 1929
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE IV.
Birth-rate, Death-rate, and Analysis of Mortality During the Year 1929.
| Bibthrate per 1,000 Total Population. | Annual Death-rate per 1,000 Population. | Rate per 1,000 Births. | Percentage of Total Deaths. | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Causes. | Enterio Fever. | Smallpox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Whooping Cough. | Diphtheria. | Influenza. | Violence. | Diarrhœa and Enteritis (under 2 years). | Total Deaths under One Year. | Certified by Registered Medical Practitioners | Inquest Cases. | Certified by Coroner after P.M. No Inquest, | Uncertified Causes of Death. | |||
| Live Births | Stillbirths. | ||||||||||||||||
| England and Wales† | 16.3 | 0.68 | 13.4 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.08 | 0.02 | 0.15 | 0.08 | 0.74 | 0.55 | 8.1 | 74 | 91.5 | 6.1 | 1.5 | 0.9 |
| 107 County Boroughs and Great Towns, including London† | 16.6 | 0.69 | 13.7 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.12 | 0.02 | 0.19 | 0.09 | 0.76 | 0.50 | 109 | 79 | 91.8 | 5.8 | 1.9 | 0.5 |
| 157 Smaller Towns (adjusted Populations 20,000.50,000) † | 16.0 | 071 | 12.3 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.06 | 0.02 | 0.15 | 0.07 | 0.71 | 0.45 | 5.9 | 69 | 92.6 | 5.4 | 1.0 | 1.3 |
| London† | 15.7 | 0.53 | 13.8 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.04 | 0.02 | 0.26 | 0.08 | 0.69 | 0.56 | 10.7 | 70 | 89.5 | 6.8 | 0.0 | |
| Poplar Borough * | 19.1 | 0.62 | 14.2 | 0.01 | 001 | 0.07 | 0.02 | 0.27 | 0.11 | 0.44 | 0.57 | 12.4 | 75 | 83.1 | 13.3 | 3.6 | 0.0 |
†Note by Registrar.General. Provisional Figures. The rates for England and Wales have been calculated on a
population estimated to the middle of 1929, but those for the towns have been calculated on populations estimated
to the middle of 1928. (The mortality rates refer to the whole population as regards England and Wales, but
only to civilians as regards London and the groups of towns).
* Kates for Poplar have been calculated on a population estimated to the middle of 1929.