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Poplar 1932
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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During the year 2,724 notifications were received under the
Notification of Births Act, 1907.
The following Table shows where the births in 1932 occurred:—
| 1. Attended by Doctors | 13.0 per cent. | 50.1 per cent. | |
| 2. Attended by Midwives | 37.1 per cent. | ||
| St. Andrew's Hospital | 22.9 per cent. | 49.9 per cent. | |
| 1. East End Maternity Hospital | 19.4 per cent. | 27.0 | |
| 2. Other Institutions | 7.6 per cent. | ||
| 100 | |||
Marriages.
During the year the marriages of 2,706 persons were registered,
giving a rate of 17.8 as against 17.5, 17.8, 17.8, 18.4 and 18.9 in the
five years 1927-1931.
Deaths.
1,748 deaths were registered as having occurred in the Borough.
279 deaths of non-residents must be deducted, and 378 deaths of Poplar
residents which occurred outside the Borough must be added, giving a
nett totalof 1,847 and a rate of 12.1 per 1,000 of the estimated population.
The Registrar-General's table shows a total of 1,848 deaths, but this does
not affect the rate of 12.1.
The natural increase of population represented by excess of births
over deaths was 768.
The principal causes of death are shown in the form of a chart facing
page 12. Heart disease, Cancer, and diseases of the Respiratory System
(including Tuberculosis) account for the majority of the deaths, but in
placing Heart disease first it should be noted that 71 per cent, of the
1 deaths ascribed to this condition were of persons of 65 years or more.