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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Poplar 1893
[Report on the sanitary condition of the parishes of Poplar and Bromley within the Poplar District with vital statistics]
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TABLE I.
| Population estimated to the middle of the Year 1893. | Persons to an Acre (1893.) | Births. | Deaths | The Deaths registered include | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deaths of | Deaths from | Inquest Cases. | Deaths in Public Institutions. | ||||||||||||||
| Infants under 1 Year of Age. | Persons aged 65 Years and upwards | Principal Zymotic Diseases | Small- pox. | Measles | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping Cough. | Fever. | Diarrhæa. | Violence. | |||||||
| 33 Great Towns | 10,326,040 | 34.5 | 242,981 | 165,579 | 47,167 | — | 27,653 | 576 | 3,316 | 2,343 | 3,493 | 3,742 | 2,128 | 12,055 | 5,528 | 0,813 | 31,391 |
| London | 4,306,124 | 57.6 | 97,839 | 67,843 | 17,259 | — | 11,052 | 168 | 1,344 | 1,261 | 2,626 | 1,799 | 614 | 3,240 | 2,490 | 5,409 | 18,221 |
| Poplar | 56,634 | 48.6 | 1,411 | 1,000 | 272 | 150 | 154 | 6 | 10 | 35 | 21 | 18 | 12 | 52 | 41 | 126 | 316 |
| Bromley | 71,336 | 117.3 | 1,836 | 1,222 | 347 | 147 | 250 | 5 | 18 | 31 | 53 | 30 | 32 | 81 | 49 | 163 | 296 |
TABLE II.
| Annual Rate per 1000 Persons Living. | Deaths under 1 Year to 1000 Births. | Annual Death Rate per 1000 living. | Percentage to Total Deaths. | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Births. | Deaths from all causes. | Deaths from | ||||||||||||||
| Principal Zymotic Diseases. | Small- pox. | Measles | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping Cough. | Fever. | Diarrhæa | Violence. | ||||||||
| Aged 1 to 65 Years. | Aged 65 Years and upwards | Inquest Cases. | Deaths in Public Institutions. | |||||||||||||
| 33 Great Towns | 31.4 | 21.4 | 3.58 | 0.77 | 0.43 | 0.30 | 0.45 | 0.48 | 0.27 | 1.56 | 0.71 | 194 | — | — | 6.5 | 19.0 |
| London | 30.3 | 21.0 | 3.43 | 0.05 | 0.42 | 0.39 | 0.81 | 0.56 | 0.18 | 1.01 | 0.77 | 176 | — | — | 7.9 | 26.9 |
| Poplar | 33.3 | 23.6 | 3.63 | 0.14 | 0.23 | 0.82 | 0.49 | 0.42 | 0.28 | 1.22 | 0.96 | 192 | 13.65 | 3.54 | 12.6 | 31.6 |
| Bromley | 34.4 | 22.9 | 4.69 | 0.09 | 0.33 | 0.58 | 0.99 | 0.56 | 0.60 | 1.51 | 0.92 | 189 | 13.65 | 2.75 | 13.3 | 24.2 |