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The annual birth rate per 1000living being:—
1894. 1895. 1896. 1897. 1898. 1899. 1900. 1901.
Poplar 33.3 34.7 35.1 32.8 34.3 33.7 33.7 35.5
Bromley 36.3 37.9 37.4 36.1 36.6 35.6 35.7 34.3
Bow 32.6 34.0 324 34.6 31.9 34.3 34.0 33.1
The birth rate of the Borough of Poplar was 34.4, that of the
County of London being 29.0.
During the year the marriages of 3370 persons were registered in
the Borough, giving an annual rate of 19.9 per 1000 of the estimated
population, the rate for England and Wales being 15.9 and for
London 17.6.
The annual marriage rate per 1000 living being:—
1894. 1895. 1896. 1897. 1898. 1899. 1900. 1901.
Poplar and
_ 14.07 13.7 16.0 16.92 17.92 17.90 18.36 18.7
Bromley
Bow 23.6
In the 52 weeks 3490 deaths were registered in the Borough of Poplar.
925 deaths having occurred in the parish of Poplar, 1936 in Bromley,
and 629 in Bow; from the 925 deaths which took place in Poplar there
must be deducted 69 deaths of non-residents, and to the remainder
must be added 354 deaths which occurred in outlying institutions,
making a total of 1210 deaths of Poplar parishioners. Treating the
1936 registered deaths in Bromley in the same manner, viz., deducting
812 deaths of non-parishioners and adding 212 deaths in outlying
institutions, the deaths to be assigned to this parish will be found to
be 1336. From the 629 Bow deaths, there must be deducted 29
non-residents and added 216 deaths in outlying institutions, making
a total of 816 deaths.
In dealing separately with the parishes as above, it will be seen by
referring to Tables I., II and III that in considering the deaths of