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RESPIRATORY DISEASES.
1894. 1895. 1896. 1897. 1898. 1899. 1900. 1901.
Poplar 3.3 5.2 4.0 3.6 3.3 4.90 4.66 4.09
Bromley 4.3 6.0 4.4 4.0 4.11 4.89 4.74 3.95
Bow 3.95 3.61
For the Borough of Poplar the respiratory death rate was 3.92 per
1000 living.
INFANTILE MORTALITY.
There were 325 deaths of children under one year of age, belonging
to Poplar, 394 deaths under one year of age, belonging to Bromley,
and 243 deaths under one year of age belonging to Bow, making a
total for the Borough of 962. The death rates of children, under
one year per 1000 births for the past eight years being:—
1894. 1895. 1896. 1897. 1898. 1899. 1900. 1901.
Poplar 152 190 177 172 172 183 182 156
Bromley 152 184 168 164 198 174 179 167
Bow 158 177 184 181 216 177 234 174
Borough of Poplar, 165; County of London, 148.
AGE MORTALITY.
The number of deaths from one year to 65 years of age was 635
for Poplar, 731 for Bromley, and for Bow 432, making a total for the
Borough of Poplar of 1798. The annual death rates per 1000 living
for the past eight years being:—
1894. 1895. 1896. 1897. 1898. 1899. 1900. 1901.
Poplar 11.37 14.0 11.94 11.83 12.13 12.77 12.93 10.84
Bromley 11.46 12.34 11.31 11.25 11.14 12.46 11.13 10.71
Bow 10.74 10.89 11.11 12.15 13.99 13.36 11.47 10.28
Borough of Poplar, 10.65.