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Poplar 1929
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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VITAL STATISTICS.
AREA AND POPULATION.
The area of the Borough is 2,136 acres, and the population, estimated
to the middle of the year by the Registrar-General, is 160,000. This
estimated population is 2,000 less than the estimate for the year 1928
and adversely affects the death rates which are calculated upon the
reduced estimate.
The population of 160,000 gives a density figure of 75 persons
per acre.
BIRTHS.
Early in the year 1930, the Registrar-General supplied the following information relating to Births registered in the year 1929:—
| Registered | Inward Transfers. | Outward Transfers. | Nett. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Births | Males | 1,253 | 287 | 13 | 1.527 | 3,064 |
| Females | 1,260 | 296 | 19 | 1.537 | ||
| Illegitimate | Males | 26 | 5 | _ | 31 | 64 |
| Females | 30 | 7 | 4 | 33 | ||
The corrected birth rate per 1,000 population was 19.1, as against
22.9, 22.7, 21.6 19.8 and 19.9, for the years 1924-1928.
During the year, 2,623 notifications were received under the
Notification of Births Act, 1907.
MARRIAGES.
During the year the marriages of 2,856 persons were registered,
giving a rate of 17.8, as against 15.3, 16.2, 15.8, 17.5 and 17.8, in the
five years 1924-1928.
DEATHS.
2,245 deaths were registered as having occurred in the Borough.
308 deaths of non-residents must be deducted, and 329 deaths of Poplar
residents which occurred outside the Borough must be added, giving a
net total of 2,266 and a rate of 14.2 per 1,000 of the estimated population.
The natural increase of population represented by excess of births
over deaths was 798.