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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 XVIII.
Birth Rate, Death Rate, and Analysis of Mortality Dcring the Year 1918.
| - | Birthrate per 1,000 Total Population. | Annual Death.rate per 1,000 Civilian Population. | Rate per 1,000 Births. | Percentage oe Total Deaths.* | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Causes | Enteric Fever. | Small.pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Whooping. cough . | Diphtheria. | Violence. | Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under 2 years). | Total Deaths under One Year. | Deaths in Public Institutions. | Certified Causes. | Inquest Cases. | Uncertified Causes of Death. | ||
| England and Wales | 17.7 | 17.6 | 0.03 | 0.00 | 0.28 | 0.03 | 0.29 | 014 | 0.49 | 10.99 | 97 | 24.3 | 93.3 | 5.4 | 1.3 |
| 96 Great Towns including London (Census Populations exceeding 50,000) | 17.6 | 18.2 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.36 | 0.04 | 0.34 | 0.15 | 0.49 | 14.46 | 106 | 28.4 | 93.4 | 5.8 | 0.8 |
| 148 Smaller Towns (Census Populations 20,000.50,000) | 17.9 | 16.1 | 0.03 | — | 0.25 | 0.02 | 0.25 | 0.14 | 0.38 | 9.73 | 94 | 15.4 | 94.5 | 3.9 | 1.6 |
| London | 16.1 | 18.9 | 0.02 | . | 0.42 | 0.03 | 0.43 | 017 | 0.56 | 15.67 | 107 | 45.0 | 92.5 | 7.3 | 0.2 |
| Poplar Borough ... | 20.4 | 22.7 | 0.00 | — | 1.08 | 0.01 | 0.43 | 0.22 | 0.95 | 14.67 | 107 | 47.2 | — | 10.5 | — |
| Poplar Sub.District | 20.8 | 23.8 | 0.02 | — | 0.72 | 0.00 | 0.72 | 016 | 1.27 | 15.87 | 112 | 45.9 | — | 10.8 | — |
| Bromley ... | 21.3 | 22.3 | 0.00 | — | 1.41 | 0.03 | 0.25 | 0.28 | 0.87 | 11.96 | 106 | 48.8 | — | 10.5 | — |
| Bow | 185 | 21.9 | 0.00 | . | 1.05 | 0.00 | 0.34 | 0 19 | 0.62 | 17.75 | 101 | 46.5 | — | 9.9 | — |
* Non.civilians are included in these figures for England and Wales but not for other areas.