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Poplar 1900
[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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the year 1900, on the theory of the basis of the rate of change between
the censuses of 1891 and 1896 being maintained, are:—
Registration South Poplar or
London Isle of Dogs 21,114 South Bromley 37,254
4,589,129 North Poplar 37,887 North Bromley 32,285
Total 59,001 69,539
being 61.5 inhabitants per acre in Registration London, 50.6 per acre
in Poplar and 114.3 in Bromley. These estimated populations
are the figures used in calculating the various rates in the present
Report.
The unknown figures relating to emigration and imigration concerning the parishes have received no consideration.
| Poplar. | Bromley. | |
|---|---|---|
| Census 1896 | 57.759 | 69,821 |
| Deaths from first quarter of year 1896 to middle of year 1900 | 5.516- | 6,223- |
| 52,243 | 63,598 | |
| Births for the corresponding period | 8,432 + | 10,830 + |
| Estimated population (b) to the middle of year 1900 | 60,675 | 74,428 |
For convenience the rates as mentioned above will be styled (a)
or (b) according to the respective estimated population used.