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Poplar 1901
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE IV.
Vital Statistics of Whole District during 1901 and the Previous Year.
| Year. | Population estimated to middle of each Year. | Births. | Total Deaths Registered in the District. | Total Deaths in Public Institutions in the District | Deaths of Non-residents registered in Public Institutions in the District. | Deaths of Residents registered in Public Institutions beyond the District | Nett Deaths at all Ages belonging to the District. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number. | Rate.* | Under I Year of Age. | At all Ages. | |||||||||
| Number. | Rate.* | |||||||||||
| Number. | Rate per 1000 Births registered. | Number. | Rate.* | |||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 13 |
'Rates in Columns 4, 8, 13 calculated per 1,000 of estimated population.
Note.—The deaths included in Column 7 of this table are the whole of those registered
during the year as having actually occurred within the district or division. The deaths included
in Column 12 are the number in Column 7, corrected by the subtraction of the number in
Column 10 and the addition of the number in Column 11.
By the term " Nun-residents " is meant persons brought into the district on account of sickness
or infirmity, and dying in public institutions there; and by the term "Residents" is meant
persons who have been taken out of the district on account of sickness or infirmity, and have died
in public institutions elsewhere.
Area of District in acres 1
(exclusive of area 1809
covered by water)
Total population at all ages 168,822
Number of inhabited houses 22,613
Average number of persons per house 7.46
At Census
of 1901.