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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 1898
Annual report, year 1898, on the sanitary condition with vital statistics of the parishes of Poplar and Bromley within the Poplar District
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The annual marriage rate per 1000 living being:—
| 1894. | 1895. | 1896. | 1897. | 1898. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (A) | (A) | |||||
| Poplar and Bromley 14.07 | 16.92 | 16.64 | 17.92 | 17.41 | ||
In the 52 weeks 987 deaths were registered in Poplar, and 1962 in
Bromley; from the 987 deaths which took place in Poplar there must
be deducted 61 deaths of non-residents, and to the remainder must be
added 328 deaths which occurred in outlying institutions, making
a total of 1254 deaths of Poplar parishioners. Treating the 1962
registered deaths in Bromley in the same manner, viz., deducting
643 deaths of non-parishioners and adding 157 deaths in outlying
institutions, the deaths to be assigned to this parish will be found to
be 1476. The 1254 deaths in Poplar included 9 illegitimate children,
3 male and 6 female, and the 1476 deaths in Bromley included 15
illegitimate children, 7 male and 8 female.
Males.
Females.
Totals.
Poplar 639 615 1254
Bromley 753 723 1476
Totals 1392 1338 2730
The excess of births was as follows:—
| Males. | Females. | Total gain. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poplar | 380 | 371 | 751 |
| Bromley | 557 | 523 | 1080 |
| Totals | 937 | 894 | 1831 |
The male births in the two parishes exceeded those of the female
by 97, but the male deaths exceeded those of the female by 54,
which makes a gain of 43 males this year in the two parishes, whereas
in the year 1897 there was a gain of 82 females, so that there would
still be an excess of females for the two parishes,