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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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† Transferable Births Registered during the year 1916.

Table: At the beginning of the year 1916 the Registrar-General afforded the following information:—

At the beginning of the year 1916 the Registrar-General afforded the following information:—

Inward Transfers.Outward Transfers.
Legitimate —Males914
Females841
Illegitimate—Males510
Females49
Total —Males9614
Females8810

Table: The corrected total births for the Borough, according to Registrar General, is:—

The corrected total births for the Borough, according to Registrar General, is:—

Males.Females.Total.
2,2802,2814,561

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giving a rate of 27.02 per 1,000 inhabitants.

Table: The corrected number of illegitimate births belonging to the Borough, according to the Registrar General, is:—

The corrected number of illegitimate births belonging to the Borough, according to the Registrar General, is:—

Males.Females.Total.
382765

Table: The annual birth rate per 1,000 living being:—

The annual birth rate per 1,000 living being:—

Poplar.Bromley.Bow.Borough of PopularCountry of London
190730.5031.8929.6530.8325.6
190831.1033.4430.9431.9825.2
190929.3431.7128.6930.1024.2
191028.6531.8927.7929.6923.6
1911301031.6329.6030.5924.8
191229.6932.9529.6730.9324.5
191332.9733.3729.9132.3624.5
191430.1933.9929.1531.4524.3
191529.5531.8427.6729.9922.6
191626.8627.9725.322692.*

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* The rate in England and Wales in 1916 was 21.6 per 1,000 of the estimated population,
and lower than the rate in any other year on record.
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