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Poplar 1919

Annual report for the year 1919 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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Metropolitan Borough of Poplar.
Comprising the Registration Sub-Districts of Poplar, Bromley and Bow.
ANNUAL REPORT
of the
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MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH.
To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors of the Metropolitan
Borough of Poplar.
Sir, Ladies and Gentlemen,
In accordance with the " Sanitary Officers' (London) Order, 1891,"
of the Local Government Board, dated 8th December, 1891, I have the
pleasure of submitting to you my twenty-seventh Annual Report, which
deals with the year 1919. The report of the Chief Health Visitor is
appended, but those of the Sanitary Inspectors have not been printed this
year, the work as far as possible being shown in tabulated form, pages
92-94.
VITAL STATISTICS.

Table: The population of the Borough, calculated by the Registrar General is 153,644 for the death rate and 160,051 for the birth rate J :—

The population of the Borough, calculated by the Registrar General is 153,644 for the death rate and 160,051 for the birth rate J :—

London.Poplar.Bromley.Bow.
4,358,309 †53,37161,51638,757
4,540,062 †55,59664,08340,372

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being 66.00 per acre for the Borough of Poplar, 45.76 per acre in Poplar
Sub-District, 101.54 in Bromley, and 69.74 in Bow.* These estimated
populations are the figures used in calculating the various rates in the present
Report.
* These figures are calculated upon the acreage of the district including the inland
water area, not tidal and foreshore, Exclusive of area covered by water they are :—
71.93 per acre for the Borough of Poplar, 53.15 for the Sub-District of Poplar, 104.44
tor the Sub-District of Bromley, and 71.37 for the Sub-District of Bow. County of
London 60.0 (Census 1911).
† Based on the returns furnished under the scheme for rationing of food.
‡ See italics end of first paragraph, page 2.