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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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Transferable Births Registered during the year 1918
At the beginning of the year 1919 the Registrar-General afforded the following information for the year ended 31st December 1918 :—
| Inward Transfers | Outward Transfers | |
|---|---|---|
| Legitimate —Males | 154 | 10 |
| Females | 141 | 9 |
| Illegitimate—Males | 10 | 7 |
| Females | 8 | 7 |
| Total —Males | 164 | 17 |
| Females | 149 | 16 |
The corrected total births for the Borough, according to the
Registrar General, is :—
Males Females Total
1,682 1,557 3,239
giving a rate of 20 71 per 1,000 inhabitants
The number of illegitimate births belonging to the Borough
according to the Registrar General, is :—
Males Females Total
39 39 78
The annual birth rate per 1,000 living being :—
| Poplar | Bromley | Bow | Borough of Poplar | County of London | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1914 | 30.19 | 33.99 | 29.15 | 31.45 | 24.3 |
| 1915 | 29.55 | 31.84 | 27.67 | 29.99 | 22.6 |
| 1916 | 26.86 | 27.97 | 25.32 | 26.92 | 21.5 |
| 1917 | 23.40 | 23.94 | 21.49 | 23.13 | 17.5 |
| 1918 | 20.88 | 21.35 | 18.56 | 20.48 | 16.1* |
Marriages
During the year the marriages of 2,616 persons were registered in
the Borough, giving an annual rate of 1673 per 1,000 of the estimated
population, the rate for England and Wales being 153, and for London
194
* The rate in England and wales in 1918 was 177 per 1,000 of the estimated population,
and the lowest on record