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Poplar 1934

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]

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Births, Maternal Mortality and Infantile Mortality. The following Table shows the Birth rate, Maternal Mortality rate and the number and rate per 1,000 births of:— (a) Deaths of infants under 2 weeks old; (b) Deaths of infants from 2 weeks to 12 months old; (c) Deaths of infants under 1 year of age (total and visited by the Health Visitors), during the twenty years 1915 to 1934.

Year.Live Births.Birth rate per 1,000 populationMaternal Mortality.Deaths of Infants:Deaths of visited infants.
rate per 1,000Under 2 weeks.2 weeks to 12 months.Total under one year.Total under one year.Rate per 1,000 visited.
Live Births.Total Births.No.Rate.No.Rate.No.Rate.
19154,68730.02.1313228.2496105.862813434998
19164,54326.93.0810823.836480.147210426178
19173,70023.12.708723.526571.63529521579
19183,20320.44.017924.726582.734410717368
19193,94924.62.7810626.822256.23288324369
19205,45734.13.4812122.232659.74478221348
19214,47827.23.579220.528262.93748324366
19224,41726.63.1710824.524154.53497914738
19234,25625.63.2910123.715436.12556016344
19243,83122.91.307519.520252.72777212838
19253,83122.73.137319.021556.12887517450
19263,65821.63.977520.518350.02587013639
19273,30919.82.726820.615045.32186613842
19283,22819.92.476419.816651.42307115249
19293,06419.13.267725.115349.92307512340
19303,05619.31.311.266621.610133.51675510234
19312,73917.52.552.476021.815155.12117713950
19322,61617.24.204.075721.810941.6166637428
19332,29515.41.741.705925.76427.9123548134
19342,26715.53.533.403716.310345.414062

(Tables showing the causes of death are given as follows:—
Deaths under 1 year, page 13.
Deaths from puerperal causes, page 132.)