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Poplar 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE IV.
Birth-bates, Death-eates, and Analysis or Mortality in the Yeak 1934.
| 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 Med ical Practitioners | Inquest Cases. | Certified by Coroner after P.M. No Inquest. | Uncertified Causes of Death. | |||||
| Live Births | Still-births. | ||||||||||||||||||
| *England and Wales | 14.8 | 0.62 | 11.8 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.09 | 0.02 | 0.05 | 0.10 | 0.14 | 0.54 | 5.5 | 59 | 90.4 | 6.5 | 2.1 | 1.0 | ||
| *121 County Boroughs and Great Towns, including London | 14.7 | 0.66 | 11.8 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.12 | 0.02 | 0.06 | 0.11 | 0.12 | 0.47 | 7.4 | 63 | 90.5 | 61 | 2.9 | 0.5 | ||
| *135 Smaller Towns (Populations 25,000. 50,000 at Census 1931) | 150 | 0.67 | 11.3 | 0. 00 | — | 0.07 | 0.02 | 004 | 0.09 | 014 | 0.42 | 3.6 | 53 | 91.2 | 6.1 | 1.6 | 1.1 | ||
| *London | 13.2 | 0.50 | 11.9 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.20 | 0.02 | 0.07 | 0.11 | 0.12 | 0.56 | 12 .6 | 67 | 87.7 | 6.3 | 6.0 | 0.0 | ||
| Poplar Borough | 15 5 | 0.58 | 12.3† | — | — | 0 .31 | 0.03 | 0.08 | 0.15 | 013 | 0.63 | 7.9 | 62 | 8 .94 | 7.22 | 5.67 | 0.17 | ||
| † Crude rate. The adjusted rate was 13.7. | Puerperal Sepsis. | Others. | Total. | ||||||||||||||||
| *The maternal Mortality Kates for England and Wales are as follows:— | 2.03 | 2.57 | 4.60 | ||||||||||||||||
| Per 1,000 total births | 1.95 | 2.46 | 4.41 | ||||||||||||||||
| The Maternal Mortality Rates for Poplar are as follows:— | Per 1,000 live births | 2.21 | 1.32 | 3.53 | |||||||||||||||
| Per 1,000 total births | 2.13 | 1.28 | 3.40 | ||||||||||||||||
*Statistics furnished by the Registrar-General.