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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 XIX.—The Year 1916.
| Population estimated to the middle of the Year 1915. | Persons to an Acre 1915. * | Births. | Deaths. | The Deaths registered include | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deaths of | Deaths from | ||||||||||||||||
| Infants under One Year of age | Persons aged 65 Years and upwards. | Principal Zymotic Diseases. | Small-pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria | Whooping Cough. | Fever. | Diarrhoea. and Enteritis. | Violence. | Inquest Cases. | Deaths in Public Institutions. | |||||
| § 66 Great Towns | |||||||||||||||||
| (including London) | 17312295 | — | 398772 | 249229 | 39453 | 76371 | — | 5 | 3598 | 702 | 2530 | 3588 | 438 | 6507 | 9221 | 16558 | 73851 |
| §London | 4310030 | — | 99341 | 61373 | 8819 | 20366 | — | -— | 815 | 146 | 604 | 793 | 75 | 1598 | 2413 | 6043 | 27991 |
| Poplar Borough | 156247 | 67.12 | 4543 | 2525 | 472 | 641 | 238 | 0 | 48 | 7 | 28 | 43 | 5 | 107 | 128 | 371 | 1267 |
| Poplar Sub-Dist. | 54274 | 46.53 | 1575 | 920 | 164 | 218 | 82 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 43 | 58 | 152 | 452 |
| Bromley | 62558 | 103.26 | 1890 | 938 | 210 | 226 | 95 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 1 | 41 | 50 | 136 | 494 |
| Bow | 39415 | 70.92 | 1078 | 617 | 98 | 197 | 61 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 16| 3 | 23 | 20 | 83 | 321 | |
* See footnote pages x. and 1. § From Registrar General's Returns, population estimated 1915.
‡ Under two years of age 96 Great Towns and London only.
TABLE XX.—The Year 1916.
| Annual Rate per 1,000 Persons Living. | Annual Rate per 1.000 Births. | Annual Death Rate | Percentage to Total | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Births | Deaths from aU causes. | Deaths from | ||||||||||||||
| Principal Zymotic Diseases. | Small-pox. | Measles. | Scarlet ' Fever. | Diphtheria | Whooping Cough. | Fever. | Violence. | Diarrhoea and Enteritis. † | Deaths under One Year | Aged 1 to 65 years. | Aged 65 years& upwards | Inquest cases. | Deaths in Public Institutions. | |||
| §96 Great Towns | ||||||||||||||||
| (including London) | — | 14.4 | — | 0.00 | 0.21 | 0.04 | 0.15 | 0.21 | 0.03 | 0.53 | 16.24 | 99 | — | — | 7.8 | 29.6 |
| §London | — | 14.3 | — | 0.00 | 0.19 | 0.03 | 0.14 | 0.18 | 0.02 | 0.56 | 15.80 | 89 | — | — | 9.8 | 45.6 |
| Poplar Borough | 26.92 | 16.27 | 1.53 | 0.00 | 0.30 | 0.04 | 0.18 | 0.27 | 0.03 | 0.82 | 16.06 | 103-89* | 9.10 | 413 | 14.73 | 50.17 |
| Poplar Sub-Dist. | 26.86 | 17.07 | 1.52 | 0.00 | 0.38 | 0.00 | 0.20 | 0.11 | 0.01 | 1.07 | 16.50 | 10412 | 9.98 | 4.04 | 16.52 | 49.13 |
| Bromley | 27.97 | 15.91 | 1.52 | 0.00 | 0.30 | 0.08 | 0.12 | 0.33 | 0.01 | 0.80 | 15.87 | 111.11 | 8.88 | 3.63 | 13.76 | 50.00 |
| Bow | 25.32 | 15.77 | 1.55 | 0.00 | 0.20 | 0.05 | 0.23 | 0.40 | 0.07 | 0.51 | 15.76 | 90.90 | 8.23 | 5..3 | 13.45 | 52.02 |
* See footnote page 11. ‡ Under two years of age in 96 Great Towns and London only. § From Registrar General's Returns.
,, one year of age in Poplar Borough and sub districts.