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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Poplar 1903
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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Vital Statistics during 1908 and Previous Years. Bow Parish.
| 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 regis-tered in Public Institutions beyond the District. | Nett Deaths at all Ages belonging to the District. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number. | Rate.* | Under 1 Year of Age. | At all Ages. | |||||||||
| Number. | Rate per 1000 Births registered | Number. | Rate * | Number. | Rate.* | |||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| 1893 | 40,965 | 1401 | 34.1 | 225 | 160.5 | 796 | 19.4 | 39 | 39 | 214 | 971 | 23.7 |
| 1894 | 41,226 | 1353 | 32.8 | 198 | 146.3 | 620 | 15.0 | 21 | 21 | 178 | 777 | 18.8 |
| 1895 | 41.487 | 1423 | 34.2 | 240 | 168.6 | 691 | 16.6 | 33 | 33 | 180 | 838 | 20.1 |
| 1896 | 41,702 | 1355 | 32.4 | 231 | 170.4 | 706 | 16.9 | 37 | 37 | 186 | 855 | 20.5 |
| 1897 | 41,762 | 1445 | 34.6 | 255 | 176.4 | 826 | 19.7 | 53 | 53 | 148 | 921 | 22.0 |
| 1898 | 41,822 | 1346 | 32.1 | 274 | 203.5 | 917 | 21.9 | 53 | 53 | 187 | 1051 | 25.1 |
| 1899 | 41,882 | 1456 | 34.7 | 249 | 1710 | 881 | 21.0 | 61 | 61 | 194 | 1014 | 24.2 |
| 1900 | 41,942 | 1444 | 34.4 | 304 | 210.6 | 782 | 18.6 | 37 | 35 | 223 | 970 | 23.1 |
| 1901 | 42,010 | 1393 | 33.1 | 231 | 165.8 | 629 | 14.9 | 21 | 29 | 216 | 816 | 19.4 |
| 1902 Averages for years 1893-1902 | 42,161 | 1388 | 32.9 | 179 | 128.9 | 542 | 12.8 | 32 | 33 | 275 | 784 | 18.5 |
| 41,695 | 1400 | 33.5 | 238 | 170.1 | 739 | 176 | 38 | 39 | 200 | 900 | 21-5 | |
| 1903 | 42,303 | 1398 | 330 | 156 | 111-5 | 473 | 11.1 | 16 | 20 | 242 | 695 | 16.4 |
*Rates in Columns 4, 8, and 13 calculated per 1000 of estimated population.
Note.—The deaths to he 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 to be 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 " Non-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"
's 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 Total population at all ages 41,989 At Census
(exclusive of area 540. Number of inhabited houses 5,691 of
covered by water). Average number of persons per house 7.37 1901.