Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
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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SUMMARY OF VITAL STATISTICS FOR 1918.
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 1918—Borough 139,530
156,338
„ „ „ Poplar Sub-District 48,467
54,306
„ „ „ Bromley „ 55,865
62,594
„ „ „ Bow „ 35,198
39,438
Density†—Borough 65.32
„ Poplar Sub-District 48.27
„ Bromley „ 94.84
Bow 64.82
Marriages—Borough 2,616
„ Poplar Sub-District 1,256
„ Bromley „ 858
„ Bow „ 502
Births—Borough 3,203
„ Poplar Sub-District 1,134
„ Bromley „ 1,337
„ Bow „ 732
Birth Rate—Borough 20.48
„ Poplar Sub-District 20.88
„ Bromley „ 21.35
„ Bow „ 18.56
Deaths—Borough 3,178
„ Poplar Sub-District 1,157
„ Bromley „ 1,247
„ Bow „ 774
Death Rate—-Borough ., 22.77
„ Poplar Sub-District 23.87
„ Bromley „ 22.32
„ Bow „ 21.98
Infantile Mortality—Borough 107 per 1,000 births
„ Poplar Sub-District 112 „ „
„ Bromley „ 106 „ „
„ Bow „ ' 101 „ „
Inhabited Houses (Census 1911)—-Borough 22,472
„ „ Poplar Sub-District 8,201
„ „ Bromley „ 8,721
Bow „ 5,550
*Land and Inland Tidal Water
Inland Water. Water only. and Foreshore.
Acres. Acres. Acres.
Bow 555.7 12.5 9.8
Sub-Districts Bromley 605.8 17.3 19.1
I 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.