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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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The following figures are the death rates per 1000 living for the past 13 years:—
| Poplar. | Bromley. | London. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1885 | 22.0 | 20.1 | 20.4 |
| 1886 | 21.7 | 15.6 | 20.6 |
| 1887 | 20.6 | 170 | 20.3 |
| 1888 | 21.5 | 18.9 | 19.3 |
| 1889 | 20.4 | 18.0 | 18.4 |
| 1890 | 27.4 | 15.9 | 21.4 |
| 1891 | 21.8 | 22.6 | 21.5 |
| 1892 | 23.8 | 21.3 | 20.7 |
| 1893 | 22.7 | 23.4 | 21.3 |
| 1894 | 19.4 | 19.2 | 17.8 |
| 1895 | 24.7 | 22.7 | 19.9 |
| 1896 | a) 21.6 | 20.3 | 18.6 |
| (B)21.5 | 20.2 | ||
| 1897 | (A) 21.1 | 19.7 | 18.2 |
| (b) 20.9 | 19.3 |
Although for comparison the death rates of London as a whole
have been given, yet as pointed out in a former annual report the
death rates ought to be compared with those of districts, the inhabitants
of which belong mainly to the same class. In considering the
variation of the death rates study ought to be given to any special
conditions or circumstances which happened in the years under
observation. Table V. page 13 gives the death rates of the various
metropolitan sanitary areas, and it will be seen that the death rates
for the year 1897 of the sanitary areas of the parishes of Poplar and
Bromley compare most favourably with those of sanitary areas, the
inhabitants of which exist under like conditions.
The following are death rates per 1000 living from the seven
principal zymotic diseases (see Tables VIII. and IX., pages 17
and 18 and respiratory diseases:—