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Poplar 1904
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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Borough of County of
Poplar. Bromley. Bow. Poplar. London.
1891 152 152 158 — —
1895 190 184 177 —
1896 177 168 184 — —
1897 172 161 181 — —
1898 172 198 216 — —
1899 183 174 177 — —
1900 182 179 231 — —
1901 156 167 174 165 148
1902 162 152 141 153 141
1903 140 178 125 152 131
1904 141 158 159 152 146
AGE MORTALITY.
The number of deaths from one year to 65 years of age was 642 for Poplar, 712 for Bromley, and for Bow 437, making a total for the Borough of Poplar of 1791. The annual death rates per 1000 living: for the past eleven years being;: —
| Poplar. | Bromley. | Bow. | Borough of Poplar. | |
| 1894 | 11.37 | 11.46 | 10.74 | — |
| 1895 | 14.0 | 12.34 | 10.89 | — |
| 1896 | 11.94 | 11.31 | 11.11 | — |
| 1897 | 11.83 | 11.25 | 12.15 | — |
| 1898 | 12.13 | 11.14 | 13.99 | — |
| 1899 | 12.77 | 12.46 | 13.36 | — |
| 1900 | 12.93 | 11.13 | 11.47 | — |
| 1901 | 10.84 | 10.71 | 10.28 | 10.65 |
| 1902 | 11.67 | 10.25 | 11.00 | |
| 1903 | 10.55 | 9.86 | 9.62 | 10-04 |
| 1904 | 10.81 | 10.51 | 10..29 | 10-56 |
The number of deaths over 65 years was 199 for Poplar, 199
for Bromley, and 118 for Bow, making a total of 516 for the whole
Borough. The annual death rates per 1000 living for the past eleven
years being:—