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Poplar 1932
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE IV.
Birth-rate, Death-rate, and Analysis o
| Rate per 1,000 Population. | Annual Death-rate per 1,000 Population. | Rate per 1,000 Live Births. | Percentage of Total Deaths. | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Causes. | Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers. | Smallpox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Whooping Cough. | Diphtheria. | Influenza. | Violence. | Diarrhoea 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 | 15.3 | 0.66 | 12.0 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.07 | 0.33 | 0.54 | 65 | 91.1 | 0.9 | ||||||
| 118 County Boroughs and Great, Towns, including London | 15.4 | 0.64 | 12.2 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.07 | 0.54 | 70 | 91.3 | 5.9 | 2.3 | 0.5 | |||||
| 126 Smaller Towns (Populations 25,000-50,000 at Census 1931) | 15.2 | 11.4 | 0.01 | - | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.04 | 0.31 | 0.53 | 5.3 | 61 | 91.9 | 5.8 | 1.3 | |||
| London | 14.3 | 0.46 | 12.3 | 0.00 | 0.19 | 0.07 | 0.57 | 12.5 | 67 | 89.4 | 4.4 | ||||||
| 17.2 | 0.56 | 0.00 | 0. 04 | 0.11 | 0.16 | 0.57 | 5.7 | 63 | 89.18 | 6.49 | 4.32 | 0.0 | |||||
Puerperal
Sepsis.
Others.
Total .
The maternal Mortality Rates for England and Wales are as follows:—
The Maternal Mortality Rates for Poplar are as follows:—
Per 1,000 live births
Per 1,000 total births
Per 1,000 total births
1.61
1.54
1.85
2.63
2.52
2.22
4.24
4.06
4.07