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Metropolitan Borough of Poplar
Comprising the Registration Sub-Districts' of Poplar, Bromley AND Bow
ANNUAL REPORT
of the
MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH.
To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors of the Metropolitan
Borough of Poplar.
Sir, Madam and Gentlemen,
In accordance with the "Sanitary Officers' (London) Order, 1891,"
of the Local Government Board, dated 8th December, 1891, I have the
pleasure of submitting to you my twenty-fourth Annual Report, which
deals with the year 1916, and includes the Annual Reports of the Sanitary
Inspectors, also that of the Lady Inspector and of the Sanitary Inspector
engaged in enforcing the bye-laws for Houses let in Lodgings or occupied
by members of more than one family. The reports of the Lady Health
Visitors are also included.
VITAL STATISTICS.
The population of the Borough, calculated by the Registrar General
is 155,095 for the death rate and 168,746 for the birth rate‡:—
London. Poplar. Bromley. Bow.
4,310,030† 53,874 62,097 39,124
58,616 67,562 42,568
being 66.63 per acre for the Borough of Poplar, 46.19 per acre in Poplar
Sub-District, 102.50 in Bromley, and 70.40 in Bow.* These estimated
populations are the figures used in calculating the various rates in the
present Report for the year 1916.
The various rates quoted in this Report for the years 1907 to 1911
are the rates as stated in previous Reports; they are calculated upon the
then estimated populations, but the rates in Tables IV., V., VI. and
VII, have been calculated upon revised estimated populations based
* These figures are calculated upon the acreage of the district including the inland
water area, not tidal and foreshore, but exclusive of area covered by water they are:—
72.70 per acre for the Borough of Poplar, 53.65 for the Sub-District of Poplar, 105.42
for the Sub-District of Bromley, and 72.05 for the Sub-District of Bow. County of
London 60.0 (Census 1911).
† Based on the returns furnished under the National Registration Act, 1915.
‡ See italics end of first p paragraph, page 2.