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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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TABLE VII.
Bow Sub-District.
| Year. | Population estimated to middle of each Year. | Births. | Total Deaths Registered in the District. | Transferable Deaths † | Nett Deaths belonging to the District. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uncorrected Number. | Nett. | Number.* | Rate. | of Non-residents registered in the District. | of Residents not registered in the District. | Under 1 Year of Age. | At all Ages. | |||||
| Number. | Rate. | Number.* | Rate per 1000 Nett Births. | Number.* | Rate. | |||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| 1911 | 40,808 | 1175 | 1208 | 29.6 | 417 | 10.2 | 3 | 352 | 195 | 165 | 766 | 18.7 |
| 1912 | 40,677 | 1176 | 1207 | 29.6 | 332 | 8.1 | 3 | 306 | 122 | 101 | 635 | 15.6 |
| 1913 | 40,543 | 1182 | 1213 | 29.9 | 344 | 8.4 | 4 | 284 | 136 | 112 | 624 | 15.3 |
| 1914 | 40,573 | 1157 | 1183 | 29.1 | 355 | 8.7 | 4 | 334 | 151 | 127 | 685 | 16.8 |
| 1915 | 39,415 | 1069 | 1091 | 27.6 | 379 | 9.6 | 3 | 361 | 166 | 152 | 737 | 18.6 |
| 1916 | 39,124‡ 42,568‡ | 1038 | 1078 | 25.3 | 298 | 7.6 | 2 | 321 | 98 | 90 | 617 | 15.7 |
Area of Sub-District in
acres (land and inland
water
555.7
Total population at all ages 40,823
Number of inhabited houses 5,550
Average number of persons per house 7.35
At
Census
of 1911.
Total families or separate occupiers 8,858.
See notes, page 36.
† See italics, page 2.