Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
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. | Deaths | Deaths of | Principal Zymotic Diseases | Smallpox. | Measles | Scarlet Fever. | Deaths from | Fever. | Diarrhoea. | Violence. | Inquest Cases. | Deaths in Public Institutions. | |||
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Infants under Year of Age. | Persons aged 65 Years and upwards | Diphtheria. | Whooping Cough. | ||||||||||||||
33 Great Towns | 10,458,442 | 34.9 | 320,497 | 189,007 | 48,863 | — | 25,417 | 454 | 6552 | 2179 | 3982 | 5030 | 1997 | 5223 | 7123 | 13,862 | 38,912 |
London | 4,349,166 | 58.2 | 130,553 | 77,051 | 18,733 | — | 11,549 | 93 | 3292 | 964 | 2673 | 2094 | 653 | 1780 | 3146 | 6663 | 22,129 |
Poplar | 57,226 | 49.1 | 1907 | 1115 | 290 | 174 | 141 | 2 | 58 | 12 | 23 | 16 | 10 | 20 | 59 | 174 | 285 |
Bromley | 72,026 | 118.4 | 2540 | 1344 | 387 | 156 | 236 | 4 | 95 | 23 | 40 | 32 | 14 | 29 | 61 | 189 | 300 |
TABLE IV.
Annual Rate per 1000 Persons Living. | Deaths under Year to 1000 Births. | Annual Death Rate per 1000 living. | Percentage to Total Deaths. | |||||||||||||
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Births. | Deaths from all causes. | Deaths from | ||||||||||||||
Principal Zymotic Diseases. | Smallpox. | Measles | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping Cough. | Fever. | Diarrhoea | Violence. | ||||||||
Aged to 65 Years. | Aged 65 Years and upwards | Inquest Cases. | Deaths in Public Institutions. | |||||||||||||
33 Great Towns | 30.7 | 18.1 | 2.43 | 0.04 | 0.62 | 0.21 | 0.38 | 0.48 | 0.19 | 0.50 | 0.68 | 152 | — | — | 7.3 | 20.6 |
London | 30.1 | 17.7 | 2.66 | 0.02 | 0.76 | 0.22 | 0.61 | 0.48 | 0.15 | 0.41 | 0.72 | 143 | — | — | 8.6 | 28.8 |
Poplar | 33.3 | 19.4 | 2.28 | 0.03 | 1.00 | 0.20 | 0.40 | 0.27 | 0.17 | 0.34 | 1.03 | 152 | 11.37 | 3.04 | 15.6 | 25.5 |
Bromley | 35.2 | 18.6 | 3.29 | 0.05 | 1.31 | 0.30 | 0.55 | 0.44 | 0.19 | 0.40 | 0.84 | 152 | 11.12 | 2.16 | 14.0 | 22.3 |