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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 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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TABLE IX.
| Population estimated to the middle of the Year 1900. | Persons to an Acre (1900.) | 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 | Smallpox. | Measles | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping Cough. | Fever. | Diarrhoea. | Violence. | |||||||
| 33 Great Towns | 11,610,296 | 33.8 | 340,324 | 226,287 | 58,600 | — | 29,008 | 57 | 4,990 | 1,560 | 4,028 | 5,193 | 2,263 | 10,917 | 8,424 | 17,203 | 50,136 |
| London | 4,589,129 | 61.5 | 130,868 | 86,007 | 20,927 | — | 10,136 | 4 | 1,936 | 361 | 1,558 | 1,948 | 765 | 3,564 | 3.671 | 8.103 | 26,259 |
| Poplar | 59,001 | 50.6 | 1994 | 1399 | 364 | 272 | 175 | 0 | 25 | 3 | 50 | 34 | 14 | 48 | 75 | 203 | 416 |
| Bromley | 69,539 | 114.3 | 2484 | 1432 | 446 | 212 | 228 | 0 | 28 | 3 | 49 | 36 | 18 | 92 | 64 | 187 | 342 |
TABLE X.
| Annual Rate per 1000 Persons Living. | Deaths under 1 Year to iooo Hirths. | 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 to 65 Years. | Aged 65 Years and upwards | Inquest Cases. | Deaths in Public Institutions. | |||||||||||||
| 33 Great Towns | 29.4 | 19.5 | 2.50 | 0.00 | 0.43 | 0.13 | 0.35 | 0.45 | 0.20 | 0.94 | 0.73 | 172 | — | — | 7.6 | 22.2 |
| London | 28.6 | 18.8 | 2.22 | 0.00 | 0.42 | 0.08 | 0.34 | 0.43 | 0.17 | 0.78 | 0.80 | 160 | — | — | 9.4 | 30.5 |
| Poplar | 33.7 | 23.7 | 2.94 | 0.00 | 0.42 | 0.05 | 0.84 | 0.57 | 0.23 | 0.81 | 1.27 | 182 | 12.93 | 4.61 | 14.5 | 29.7 |
| Bromley | 35.7 | 20.5 | 3.27 | 0.00 | 0.40 | 0.04 | 0.70 | 0.51 | 0.25 | 1.32 | 0.92 | 179 | 11.13 | 3.04 | 13.0 | 23.8 |