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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 1904
[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.