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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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Table: The number of deaths over 65 years was 288 for Poplar, 282 for Bromley, and 206 for Bow, making a total of 776 for the whole Borough The annual death rates per 1,000 living for the past 5 years being:—

The number of deaths over 65 years was 288 for Poplar, 282 for Bromley, and 206 for Bow, making a total of 776 for the whole Borough The annual death rates per 1,000 living for the past 5 years being:—

PoplarBromleyBowBorough of Poplar
1914451388377407
1915530461474488
1916404363503413
1917483449395447
1918594504585556

Table: TUBERCULAR DISEASES *(Deaths at all ages)

TUBERCULAR DISEASES *(Deaths at all ages)

PoplarBromleyBowBorough of Poplar
191413213480346
191513112374328
191613812068326
191713812673337
191814012789356

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* Including phthisis

Table: Death rates per1,000persons living

Death rates per1,000persons living

PoplarBromleyBowBorough of Poplar
1914236208197215
1915241196187209
1916256193173210
1917276219201234
1918288227252255

Table: Proportion of deaths to1,000deaths from all causes

Proportion of deaths to1,000deaths from all causes

PoplarBromleyBowBorough of Poplar
1914136.64119.11116.78124.63
1915112.25106.49100.40107.22
1916150.00121.45110.21129.10
1917150.81130.84135.43138.60
1918121.00101.84114.98112.02