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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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institutions, the deaths to be assigned to this parish will be found to
be 1432.

Table: The 1399 deaths in Poplar included 10 illegitimate children, 6 male and 4 female, and the 1432 deaths in Bromley included 12 illegitimate children, 4 male and 8 female.

The 1399 deaths in Poplar included 10 illegitimate children, 6 male and 4 female, and the 1432 deaths in Bromley included 12 illegitimate children, 4 male and 8 female.

Males.Females.Totals.
Poplar7486511399
Bromley7636691432
Totals151113202831

Table: The excess of births was as follows:—

The excess of births was as follows:—

Males.Females.Total gain.
Poplar265330595
Bromley4995531052
Totals7648831647

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The male births in the two parishes exceeded those of the female
by 72, but the male deaths exceeded those of the female by 191,
which makes a gain of 119 females.
At the end of the years 1898 and 1899 there was also an excess of
females.

Table: The following figures are the death rates per 1000 living for the past 16 years:—

The following figures are the death rates per 1000 living for the past 16 years:—

Poplar.Bromley.London.
188522.020.120.4
188621.715.620.6
188720.617.020.3
188821.518.919.3
188920.418.018.4