Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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The following death rates* are interesting when compared with one another:—
Poplar Borough | 18.60 |
Poplar (Parish) | 18.76 |
Bromley | 18.86 |
Bow | 17.97 |
London | 16.6 |
Liverpool | 22.6 |
Manchester | 21.3 |
Edinburgh | 16.6 |
Glasgow | 19.2 |
Dublin | 23.4 |
Belfast | 20.9 |
Berlin | 16.9 |
Paris | 17.4 |
Milan | 20.0 |
Munich | 20.5 |
Vienna | 18.3 |
Moscow | 27.6 |
St. Petersburg | 23.7 |
Trieste | 25.8 |
Breslau | 23.5 |
Buda-Pesth | 19.0 |
Prague | 21.7 |
Calcutta | 30.0 |
Madras | 37.9 |
Bombay | 55.0 |
New York | 22.6 |
New Orleans | 21.5 |
Alexandria (Egyptians) | 37.3 |
Cairo (Egyptians) | 38.4 |
* Annual Summary Registrar-General.