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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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| Year. | Population estimated to middle of each Year. | Births. | Total Deaths Registered in the District. | Transferable Deathsf | 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. | |||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| 1913 | 40,543 | 1182 | 1213 | 29.9 | 344 | 8.4 | 4 | 284 | 136 | 112 | 624 | 15.3 |
| 1914 | 40,573 | 1157 | 1183 | 29.1 | 355 | 8.7 | 4 | 334 | 151 | 127 | 685 | 16.8 |
| 1915 | 39,415 | 1069 | 1091 | 27.6 | 379 | 9.6 | 3 | 361 | 166 | 152 | 737 | 18.6 |
| 1916 | 39,124‡ | 1038 | 1078 | 25.3 | 298 | 7.6 | 2 | 321 | 98 | 90 | 617 | 15.7 |
| 42.568‡ | ||||||||||||
| 1917 | 36,185‡ | 823 | 867 | 21.4 | 265 | 7.3 | 4 | 278 | 80 | 92 | 539 | 14.8 |
| 40,336‡ | ||||||||||||
| 1918 | 35,198‡ | 685 | 732 | 18.5 | 415 | 11.7 | 2 | 361 | 74 | 101 | 774 | 21.9 |
| 39,4381‡ | ||||||||||||
Area of Sub-District in Total population at all ages 40,8231 At
acres (land and inland 555.7 Number of inhabited houses 5,550. Census
water) Average number of persons per house 7.35 of l911.
Total families or separate occupiers 8,858.
Sec notes, page 24.
‡See italics, page 2.
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TABLE VII.