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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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The rates for 1914 in Tables IV., V., VI. and VII., have been
calculated upon revised estimated populations based upon the censuses
of 1901 and 1911. The rates for 1915—1919, were calculated upon
the populations estimated by the Registrar General.
The following estimates of population have been adopted in the General
Register Office, Somerset House, for the calculation of the death rate and
birth rate of the Borough for the year 1919:
For the death rate 153,644
„ „ birth „ 160,051

Table: During the year 1919 births took place in institutions within the Borough as follows:—

During the year 1919 births took place in institutions within the Borough as follows:—

Males.Females.TotalRemarks.
Poplar Union Workhouse162440All Poplar Borough births except three males and four females.
Sick Asylum19726All Poplar Borough births except three males and three females.
Bromley House Institution334All Stepney births.
31, Sturry Street022Not Poplar births.

Table: The number of births as per headings of Registrars' weekly returns was as follows:—

The number of births as per headings of Registrars' weekly returns was as follows:—

Males.Females.Totals.
Poplar7086391,347
Bromley8027121,514
Bow399411810
Totals1,9091,7623,671

Table: The corrected number of births with additions and subtractions is as follows:—*

The corrected number of births with additions and subtractions is as follows:—*

Males.Females.Totals.
Poplar7646861,450
Bromley8557791,634
Bow427438865
Totals†2,0461,9033,949

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* See pige 3. ‡ See page 4, T ransferablo Births.