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Poplar 1894

Report on the sanitary condition of the parishes of Poplar and Bromley within the Poplar District with vital statistics

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TABLE III. The year 1894.

Population estimated to the middle of the Year 1893-Persons to an Acre (1894.)Births.DeathsDeaths ofPrincipal Zymotic DiseasesSmallpox.MeaslesScarlet Fever.Deaths fromFever.Diarrhoea.Violence.Inquest Cases.Deaths in Public Institutions.
Infants under Year of Age.Persons aged 65 Years and upwardsDiphtheria.Whooping Cough.
33 Great Towns10,458,44234.9320,497189,00748,86325,417454655221793982503019975223712313,86238,912
London4,349,16658.2130,55377,05118,73311,5499332929642673209465317803146666322,129
Poplar57,22649.119071115290174141258122316102059174285
Bromley72,026118.425401344387156236495234032142961189300

TABLE IV. The year 1894.

Annual Rate per 1000 Persons Living.Deaths under Year to 1000 Births.Annual Death Rate per 1000 living.Percentage to Total Deaths.
Births.Deaths from all causes.Deaths from
Principal Zymotic Diseases.Smallpox.MeaslesScarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Whooping Cough.Fever.DiarrhoeaViolence.
Aged to 65 Years.Aged 65 Years and upwardsInquest Cases.Deaths in Public Institutions.
33 Great Towns30.718.12.430.040.620.210.380.480.190.500.681527.320.6
London30.117.72.660.020.760.220.610.480.150.410.721438.628.8
Poplar33.319.42.280.031.000.200.400.270.170.341.0315211.373.0415.625.5
Bromley35.218.63.290.051.310.300.550.440.190.400.8415211.122.1614.022.3