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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 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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Table: The following death rates for the year 1919 are interesting when compared with one another :—

The following death rates for the year 1919 are interesting when compared with one another :—

Annual Rate per 1,000 persons living.Deaths of Children under one year of age to 1,000 Births.
Poplar Borough14.4083†
Poplar (Sub-District)15.1782
Bromley14.1480
Bow13.7587
England and Wales13.889
96 Great Townsf13.893
148 Smaller Towns12.690
London13.485
Liverpool17.0110
Manchester13.797
Edinburgh16.5117
Glasgow16.4114
Dublin (City)20.9141
Belfast17.9113

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† See Footnote ** page 8.
‡ Including Loudon.