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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 1895
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Bromley, South District comprising the parishes of All Saints Poplar and Bromley Saint Leonard]
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TABLE III.
| Population estimated to the middle of the Year 1895. | Persons to an Acre (1895) | 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 | Sma11-pox. | Measles | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping Cough. | Fever. | Diarrhoea. | Violence. | |||||||
| Towns . | 10,591,530 | 35.3 | 330,896 | 218,165 | 60,254 | — | 29,957 | 120 | 5623 | 1883 | 3735 | 3888 | 2115 | 12,593 | 7809 | 15,470 | 42,148 |
| London | 4,392,346 | 58.8 | 133,715 | 86,937 | 22,173 | — | 11,544 | 55 | 2632 | 829 | 2316 | 1483 | 629 | 3600 | 3407 | 7516 | 23,283 |
| Poplar | 57,508 | 49.4 | 1998 | 1424 | 380 | 238 | 252 | 0 | 82 | 20 | 55 | 31 | 12 | 52 | 67 | 222 | 347 |
| Bromley | 72,658 | 119.5 | 2649 | 1588 | 489 | 207 | 286 | 1 | 105 | 19 | 64 | 29 | 14 | 56 | 53 | 220 | 340 |
TABLE IV.
| Annual Rate per 1000 Persons Living. | Deaths under Year to 1000 Births. | Annual Death Rate per 1000 living. | Percentage to Total Deaths. | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Births. | Deaths from all causes. | Deaths from | ||||||||||||||
| Principal Zymotic Diseases. | Smallpox. | Measles | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping Cough. | Fever. | Diarrhoea | Violence. | ||||||||
| Aged 1 to 65 Years. | Aged 65 Years and upwards | Inquest Cases. | Deaths in Public Institutions. | |||||||||||||
| 33 Great Towns | 31.3 | 20.6 | 2.84 | 0.01 | 0.53 | 0.18 | 0.35 | 0.36 | 0.20 | 1.19 | 0.74 | 182 | — | — | 7.1 | 19.3 |
| London | 30.5 | 19.8 | 2.63 | 0.01 | 0.60 | 0.19 | 0.53 | 0.34 | 0.14 | 0.82 | 0.78 | 165 | — | — | 8.7 | 27.0 |
| Poplar | 34.7 | 24.7 | 4.38 | 0.00 | 1.42 | 0.34 | 0.95 | 0.53 | 0.20 | 0.90 | 1.16 | 190 | 14.01 | 4.13 | 15.5 | 24.3 |
| Bromley | 36.4 | 21.8 | 3.93 | 0.01 | 1.44 | 0.26 | 0.88 | 0.40 | 0.19 | 0.77 | 0.72 | 184 | 12.27 | 2.84 | 13.8 | 21.4 |