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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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POP 3
ANNUAL REPORT
of the
MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH
for the
SOUTH DISTRICT,
Comprising the Parishes of All Saints Poplar, and
Bromley Saint Leonard.
To the Chairman and Members of the Board of Works for the Poplar
District.
Gentlemen,
This report is for the year 1895, and is the third annual report
on the vital statistics and sanitary condition of the parishes of Poplar
and Bromley, which I have had the honour of presenting to your
Board:—
VITAL STATISTICS.
I estimate the populations of the parishes to the middle of the year 1895 to be as follows:—Poplar 57,508, being 49.4 persons to an acre, and Bromley 72,658 being 119.5 persons to an acre.
| Poplar, North | 36,928 | Bromley, North | 33,733 |
| „ South | 20,580 | „ South | 38,925 |
| Total | 57,508 | Total | 72,658 |
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