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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 1897
Annual report, year 1897, on the sanitary condition with vital statistics of the parishes of Poplar and Bromley within the Poplar District
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TABLE III. The year 1897.
| Population estimated to the middle of the Year 1897. | Persons to an Acre 11897. | Births. | Deaths | The Deaths registered include | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deaths of | Deaths from | Inquest Cases. | Deaths in Public Institutions. | ||||||||||||||
| Infants under Year of Age. | Persons aged 65 Years and upwards | Principal Zymotic Diseases | Smallpox. | Measles | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping Cough. | Fever. | Diarrhoea. | Violence. | |||||||
| 33 Great Town | 10,992.524 | 35.5 | 336,740 | 209,412 | 59,591 | - | 31,479 | 18 | 6,049 | 1,967 | 3,417 | 4,453 | 1,958 | 13,617 | 7,837 | 15,706 | 42,954 |
| London | 4,463,169 | 59.8 | 133,618 | 80,943 | 21,273 | - | 11,525 | 16 | 1,929 | 780 | 2,261 | 1,842 | 593 | 4,104 | 3,469 | 7,522 | 23,553 |
| Poplar | 58,126 | 49.9 | 1912 | 1230 | 330 | 212 | 178 | 0 | 33 | 6 | 58 | 27 | 7 | 47 | 67 | 193 | 339 |
| Bromley | 69,759 | 114.7 | 2521 | 1377 | 414 | 178 | 204 | 0 | 35 | 12 | 49 | 24 | 16 | 68 | 62 | 179 | 353 |
TABLE IV.
| Annual rate per 1000 person Living. | Death under 1 year to 1000 Birth | Annual death rate per 1000 lecing. | Percentage to total death. | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Births. | Deaths from all causes. | Deaths from | ||||||||||||||
| Principal Zymotic Diseases. | Smallpox. | Measles | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping Cough. | Fever. | Diarrhoea | Violence. | Aged to 65 Years. | Aged 65 Years and upwards | Inquest Cases. | Deaths in Public Institu tions. | ||||
| 33 Great Towns | 30.7 | 19.1 | 2.87 | 0.00 | 0.55 | 0.18 | 0.31 | 0.41 | 0.18 | 1.24 | 0.71 | 177 | — | — | 7.5 | 20.5 |
| London | 30.0 | 18.2 | 2.58 | 0.00 | 0.43 | 0.18 | 0.51 | 6.41 | 0.13 | 0.92 | 0.78 | 159 | — | — | 9.3 | 29.1 |
| Poplar | 32.8 | 21.1 | 3.06 | 0.00 | 0.56 | 0.10 | 0.99 | 0.46 | 0.12 | 0.80 | 1.15 | 172 | 11.83 | 3.64 | 15.6 | 27.5 |
| Bromley | 36.1 | 19.7 | 2.92 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.16 | 0.70 | 0.34 | 0.22 | 0.97 | 0.88 | 164 | 11.25 | 2.55 | 12.9 | 25.6 |