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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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Marriages.
During the year the marriages of 2,932 persons were registered in
the Borough, giving an annual rate of 18.57 per 1,000 of the estimated
population, the rate for England and Wales being 15.4, and for London
The annual marriage rate per 1,000 living being :—
| Poplar and Bromley. | Bow. | Borough of Poplar. | County of London. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1907 | 17.01 | 18.93 | 17.49 | 17.0 |
| 1908 | 14.90 | 15.93 | 15.19 | 15.9 |
| 1909 | 16.23 | 15.74 | 16.11 | 15.8 |
| 1910 | 16.10 | 15.45 | 15.93 | 16.0 |
Annual marriage of rate per 1,000 living beings:-
| Poplar. | Bromley. | Bow. | Poplar. | London. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1911 | 22.67 | 13.86 | 14.89 | 17.17 | 17.8 |
| 1912 | 23.41 | 16.98 | 17.01 | 19.22 | 18.6 |
| 1913 | 25.80 | 14.45 | 15.29 | 18.60 | 18.3 |
| 1914 | 23.30 | 17.39 | 13.85 | 18.55 | 19.1 |
| 1915 | 34.86 | 24.55 | 22.17 | 27.53 | 25.7 |
| 1916 | 24.05 | 17.00 | 14.82 | 18.57 |
Deaths.
In the 52 weeks 2,782 deaths were registered in the Borough of
Poplar, 543 deaths having occurred in the Sub-District of Poplar, 1,941
in Bromley, and 298 in Bow ; from the 543 deaths which took place in
Poplar there must be deducted 57 deaths of non-residents, and to the
remainder must be added 434 deaths which occurred in outlying institutions,
making a total of 920 deaths of Poplar parishioners. Treating
the 1,941 registered deaths in Bromley in a similar manner, viz., deducting
1,146 deaths of non-parishioners and adding 193 deaths in outlying
institutions, the deaths to be assigned to this sub-district will be found
to be 988. From the 298 Bow deaths, there must be deducted 2 nonresidents
and add 321 deaths in outlying institutions, making a total of
617 deaths.