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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 V.
| 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. | |||||||||||
| 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. | |||||||||||
| Number.* | Rate per 1000 Nett Births. | Number.* | Rate. | |||||||||
| l | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| 1913 | 55,885 | 1796 | 1843 | 32.9 | 622 | 11.1 | 44 | 420 | 199 | 107 | 998 | 17.8 |
| 1914 | 55,869 | 1634 | 1687 | 30.1 | 555 | 8.9 | 40 | 451 | 183 | 108 | 966 | 17.2 |
| 1915 | 54,274 | 1579 | 1604 | 29.5 | 708 | 13.0 | 64 | 523 | 221 | 137 | 1167 | 21.5 |
| 1916 | 53,874‡ | 1509 | 1575 | 26.8 | 543 | 10.0 | 57 | 434 | 164 | 104 | 920 | 17.0 |
| 58,616‡ | ||||||||||||
| 1917 | 49,826‡ | 1267 | 1300 | 23.4 | 517 | 10.3 | 66 | 464 | 123 | 95 | 915 | 18.3 |
| 55,543‡ | ||||||||||||
| 1918 | 48,467‡ | 1024 | 1134 | 20.8 | 680 | 14.0 | 42 | 519 | 128 | 112 | 1157 | 23.87 |
| 54,306‡ | ||||||||||||
Area of Sub.District in Total population at all ages 56,393 At
acres (land and inland 1166.2 Number of inhabited houses 8,201 . Census,
water) Average number of persons per house 6.87 of 1911.
Total families or separate occupiers 12,044.
See notes, page 24. ‡ See italics page 2