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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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SUMMARY OF VITAL STATISTICS FOR 1916.
Area of Borough (excluding Water)* 2,136 acres
„ Poplar Sub-District „ 1,004 ,,
„ Bromley „ „ 589 „
„ Bow „ „ 543 „
Population (Census 1911)—Borough 162,442
„ „ Poplar Sub-District 56,393
„ „ Bromley „ 65,226
„ „ Bow „ 40,823
„ Estimated to Middle of 1916—Borough 155,095
168,746
„ „ „ Poplar Sub-District 53,874
58,616
„ „ „ Bromley „ 62,097
67,562
„ „ „ Bow „ 39,124
42,568
Density†—Borough 72.70
„ Poplar Sub-District 53.65
„ Bromley „ 105.42
,, Bow 72.05
Marriages—Borough 2,932
,, Poplar Sub-District 1,296
„ Bromley „ 1,056
„ Bow „ 580
Births—Borough 4,543
„ Poplar Sub-District 1,575
„ Bromley „ 1.890
„ Bow „ 1,078
Birth Rate—Borough 26.92
,, Poplar Sub-District 26.86
„ Bromley „ 27.97
,, Bow 25.32
Deaths—Borough 2,525
„ Poplar Sub-District 920
„ Bromley „ 988
„ Bow „ 617
Death Rate Borough 16.27
,, Poplar Sub-District 17.07
„ Bromley „ 15.91
,,Bow „ 15.77
Infantile Mortality—Borough 104 per 1,000 births
„ Poplar Sub-District 104 „ „
„ Bromley „ 111 „ ,,
„ Bow „ 91 ,, ,,
Inhabited Houses (Census 1911)—Borough 22,472
„ „ Poplar Sub-District 8,201
„ „ Bromley „ 8,721
„ „ Bow „ 5,550
* Land and
Inland Water.
Inland
Water only.
Tidal Water
and Foreshore.
Acres. Acres. Acres.
Bow 555.7 12.5 9.8
Sub-Districts Bromley 605.8 17.3 19.1
(Poplar 1166.2 161.9 296.9
Borough 2327.7 191.7 325.8
The last column "tidal water and foreshore" is not included in the first column,
and therefore must not be deducted to arrive at " land " area.
** See italics end of first paragraph, page 2. †Without water.