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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 1916
Annual report for the year 1916 on the sanitary condition and vital statistics of the Metropolitan Borough of Poplar, comprising the registration sub-districts of Poplar, Bromley and Bow
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3
Queen Charlotte's Hospital.
poplar. bromley. bow.
Male. Female. Male. Female. Male. Female.
0 0 1 0 2 0
Salvation Army Hospital.
poplar. bromley. bow.
Male. Female. Male. Female. Male. Female.
0 0 0 2 0 2
Stepney (Underwood Street).
poplar. bromley. bow.
Male. Female. Male. Female. Male. Female.
0 0 0 0 1 1
During the year 1916 births took place in institutions within the
Borough as follows:—
Males. Females. Total. Remarks.
Poplar ,Union Workhouse 19 13 32 All Poplar Borough births,
except eight males and
four females.
Sick Asylum 8 6 14 All Poplar Borough births
except one female.
Bromley House Institution 6 2 8 All Stepney Borough births.
Poplar Hospital 0 0 0
31, Sturry Street 3 0 3 Not Poplar births.
Bow Institution 2 2 4 All Poplar Borough births.
The number of births as per headings of Registrars' weekly returns
was as follows:—
Males.
Females.
Totals.
Poplar
757
752
1,509
Bromley
939
907
1,846
Bow
501
537
1,038
Totals
2,197
2,196
4,393