Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
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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SUMMARY OF VITAL STATISTICS FOR 1919.
Area of Borough (excluding Water)* 2,136 acres,
„ Poplar Sub-District „ 1,004 ,,
„ Bromley „ „ 589 „
„ Bow „ „ 543 „
Population (Census 1911)—Borough 162,442
„ „ Poplar Sub-District 56,393
„ „ Bromley 65,226
„ „ Bow 40,823
„ **Estimated to Middle of 1919—Borough 153,644
160,051
„ „ „ Poplar Sub-District 53,371
55,596
„ „ „ Bromley „ 61,516
64,083
„ „ „ Bow „ 38,757
40,372
Density†—Borough 71-93
„ Poplar Sub-District 53-15
„ Bromley „ 104-44
„ Bow „ 71-37
.Marriages—Borough 3,326
„ Poplar Sub-District 794
„ Bromley „ 1,122
Bow „ 1,410
Births—Borough 3,949
,, Poplar Sub-District 1,450
„ Bromley „ 1,634
„ Bow „ 865
Birth Rate—Borough 24.67
„ Poplar Sub-District 26.08
„ Bromley „ 25.49
» Bow „ 21.42
Deaths—Borough 2213
„ Poplar Sub-District 810
„ Bromley 870
„ Bow 533
Death Rate—Borough 14.40
„ Poplar Sub-District 15.17
„ Bromley „ 14.14
,, Bow „ 13.75
Infantile Mortality—Borough 3 per 1,000 births
„ Poplar Sub-District 82 „ „
„ Bromley „ 80 „ „
„ Bow „ 87 „ „
Inhabited Houses (Census 1911)—Borough 22,472
„ „ Poplar Sub-District 8,201
„ „ Bromley „ 8,721
„ „ Bow „ 5,550
*Land and Inland Tidal Wator
Inland Water. Water only. and Foreshore
Acres. Acres. Acres.
C Bow 555.7 12.5 9.8
Sub-Districts ' Bromley 605.8 17.3 19.1
[ Poplar 1166.2 161.9 296.9
Borough 2327.7 191.7 . 325.8
The last column "tidal water and foreshore" is not included in the first column
«nd therefore must not be deducted to arrive at " land " area.
** See i'alics end of first paragraph, page 2. † Without water.