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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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TABLE XIV.
| Population estimated to the middle of the Year 1904. | Persons to an Acre 1904. * | Births | Deaths | The Deaths registered include | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deaths of | Deaths from | Inquest Cases. | Deaths in Public Institutions. | ||||||||||||||
| Infants under One Year of Age. | Persons aged 65 Years and upw'rds | Principal Zymotic Diseases. | Smallpox. | Measles | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria | Wh'p- ing cough | Fever. | Diarrhoea. | Violence. | |||||||
| 15271287 | — | 442788 | 262559 | 70888 | — | 38046 | 208 | 7218 | 1786 | 2925 | 6065 | 1557 | 18287 | 9180 | 19470 | 58876 | |
| 4648950 | 62.1 | 129335 | 77094 | 18903 | — | 9990 | 25 | 2261 | 365 | 729 | 1507 | 302 | 4801 | 2976 | 7406 | 26955 | |
| 169519 | 72.8 | 5544 | 3154 | 847 | 516 | 537 | 3 | 90 | 24 | 82 | 75 | 13 | 250 | 157 | 442 | 1031 | |
| 59378 | 50.9 | 1930 | 1114 | 273 | 199 | 146 | 3 | 30 | 10 | 19 | 20 | 1 | 63 | 55 | 155 | 378 | |
| 67696 | 111.8 | 2306 | 1277 | 366 | 199 | 259 | 0 | 46 | 12 | 45 | 32 | 7 | 117 | 59 | 195 | 416 | |
| 42445 | 76.4 | 1308 | 763 | 208 | 118 | 132 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 18 | 23 | 5 | 70 | 43 | 92 | 237 | |
* See footnote, page 2.
TABLE XV.
| Annual Rate per 1,000 Persons Living. | Deaths uuder One Year to 1,000 Uirths. | Annual Death Rate. per 1,000 living. | Percentage to Total deaths. | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Births. | Deaths from all causes. | Deaths from | ||||||||||||||
| Principal Zymotic Diseases. | Smallpox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping Cough. | Fever. | Diar-rhcea. | Violence. | Aged 1 to 65 years. | Aged 65 Years and upw'ds. | Tnquest Ceses. | Deaths in Public Institutions. | ||||
| 76 Great Towns | 29.1 | 17.2 | 2.49 | 0.01 | 0.47 | 0.12 | 0.19 | 0.40 | 0.10 | 1.20 | 0.60 | 160 | — | — | 7.4 | 22.4 |
| 27.9 | 16.6 | 2.18 | 0.01 | 0.49 | 0.08 | 0.16 | 0.33 | 0.07 | 1.04 | 0.64 | 146 | — | — | 9.6 | 35.0 | |
| 32.70 | 18.60 | 3.16 | 0.01 | 0.53 | 0.14 | 0.48 | 4.4 | 0.7 | 1.47 | 0.92 | 152 | 10.56 | 3.04 | 4.01 | 32.08 | |
| 32.50 | 18.76 | 2.45 | 0.05 | 0.50 | 0.16 | 0.31 | 0.33 | 0.01 | 147 | 0.92 | 141 | 18.12 | 3.35 | 13.91 | 33.93 | |
| 34.06 | 18.86 | 3.82 | 0.00 | 0.67 | 0.17 | 0.66 | 0.47 | 0.110 | 172 | 087 | 158 | 10.51 | 2.93 | 15.27 | 32.57 | |
| 30.81 | 17.97 | 3.10 | 0.00 | 0.32 | 0.04 | 0.42 | 0.54 | 0.11 | 164 | 1.01 | 159 | 10.29 | 2.78 | 12.05 | 31.00 | |