London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1918
Annual report for the year 1918 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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Vital Statistics, 1916.
Remaining under supervision end of their first year of
birth 3,082
Found 18
Not desiring or requiring further visits 10
Removed and not traced 384
Died 152
Remaining under supervision end of second year of birth 2,554
Mortality per 1,000 visited, second year 56.1
Vital Statistics, 1915.
Remaining under supervision end of second year of birth 2,737
Not desiring or requiring further visits 10
Removed and not traced 292
Died 71
Remaining under supervision end of third year of birth 2,364
Mortality per 1,000 visited third year 29.1
Vital Statistics, 1914.
Remaining under supervision end of third year of birth 1,704
Removed and not traced 88
Died 17
Remaining under supervision end of fourth year of birth 1,599
Mortality per 1,000 visited, fourth year 10.5
I remain, Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
ALICE E HALL.