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Poplar 1901
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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The number of deaths over 65 years was 250 for Poplar, 211 for
Bromley, and 141 for Bow, making a total of 602 for the whole
Borough. The annual death rates per 1000 living for the past eight
years being:—
1894. 1895. 1896. 1897. 1898. 1899. 1900. 1901.
Poplar 3.0 4.1 3.4 3.64 3.40 4.25 4.61 4.26
Bromley 2.2 2.9 2.7 2.55 2.75 3.96 3.04 3.09
Bow 2.8 3.0 2.6 3.55 4.03 4.46 3.41 3.35
Borough of Poplar, 3.56.
TUBERCULAR DISEASES.
See Table XVI.
Deaths (all ages).
1894. 1895. 1896. 1897. 1898. 1899. 1900. 1901.
Poplar 146 178 153 169 191 183 148 160
Bromley 139 155 145 175 163 182 174 146
Bow 105 96
Proportion of Deaths to 1000 deaths from all causes.
1894. 1895. 1896. 1897. 1898. 1899. 1900. 1901.
Poplar 130.9 125.0 122.3 137.3 152.3 134.2 105.7 132.2
Bromley 103.4 97.6 101.9 127.0 110.4 115.4 121.5 109.2
Bow 108.2 117.6
Borough of Poplar, 119.5.
PHTHISIS.
Deaths (all ages).
1893. 1894. 1895. 1896. 1897. 1898. 1899. 1900. 1901.
Poplar 96 96 114 112 123 135 141 115 125
Bromley 97 101 100 113 140 111 136 127 97
Bow 73 76 70 90 96 106 131 80 80
Borough 266 273 284 315 360 352 408 322 302