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Poplar 1930
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE I.
| Year. | Population estimated to middle of each Year. | Births. | Total Deaths Registered in the Borough. | Transferable Deaths.† | Nett Deaths belonging to the Borough. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uncorrected Number. | Nett. | |||||||||||
| Of Non-residents registered in the Borough. | Of Residents not registered in the Borough. | Under 1 Year of Age. | At all Ages. | |||||||||
| Number. | Rate. | Number.* | Rate. | |||||||||
| Number.* | Rate per 1000 Nett Births. | Number.* | Rate. | |||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| 1925 | 168,500 | 3387 | 3831 | 22.7 | 1973 | 11.7 | 311 | 308 | 288 | 75 | 1970 | 11.7 |
| 1926 | 169,000 | 3274 | 3658 | 21.6 | 1879 | 11.1 | 238 | 288 | 258 | 70 | 1929 | 11.4 |
| 1927 | 167,000 | 2901 | 3309 | 19.8 | 1918 | 11.5 | 258 | 318 | 218 | 66 | 1978 | 11.8 |
| 1928 | 162,000 | 2727 | 3228 | 19.9 | 1838 | 11.3 | 260 | 331 | 230 | 71 | 1909 | 11.8 |
| 1929 | 160,000 | 2513 | 3064 | 19.1 | 2245 | 14.0 | 308 | 329 | 230 | 75 | 2266 | 14.2 |
Notes.—This Table is arranged to show the gross births and deaths in the
borough and the births and deaths properly belonging to it with the corresponding
rates. The rates are calculated per 1000 of the estimated gross population.
* In Column 6 are included the whole of the deaths registered during the year
as having actually occurred within the borough, but excluding the deaths nf
soldiers and sailors that have occurred in hospitals and institutions in the district.
In Column 12 are entered the number in Column 6, corrected by subtraction of
the number in Column 8 and by addition of the number in Column 9. Deaths in
Column 10 are similarly corrected by subtraction of the deaths under 1, included
in the number given in Column 8, and by addition of the deaths under 1 included
in the number given in Column 9.
†"Transferable Deaths" are deaths of persons who, having a fixed or usual
residence in England or Wales, die in a district other than that in which they
resided. The deaths of persons without fixed or usual residence—e.g., casuals—
are not included in Columns 8 or 9, except in certain instances under 3 (b)below.
The following special cases arise as to Transferable Deaths—
(1) Persons dying in institutions for the sick or infirm, such as hospitals,
lunatic asylums, workhouses and nursing homes (but not almshouses) must be
regarded as residents of the district in which they had a fixed or usual residence at
the time of admission. If the person dying in an institution had no fixed residence
at the time of admission, the death is not transferable. If the patient has been
directly transferred from one such institution to another, the death is transferable
to the district of residence at the time of admission to the first institution.
(2) The deaths of infants born and dying within a year of birth at any temporary
address to which the mother went for her confinement should be referred to the
district of fixed or usual residence of the mother.
(3) Deaths from violence are referred (a) to the district of residence, under the
general rule; (b) if this district is unknown, or the deceased had no fixed abode,
to the district where the accident occurred, if known; (c) failing this, to the district
where death occuired, if known; and (d) failing this, to the district where the body
wrs found
Area of District in
acres (land and
inland water)
2327.7
Total population at all ages 162,618
Number of inhabited houses 23,064
Average number of persona per house 7.05
Total families or separate occupiers 37,288
At
Census
of 1921.