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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 1905
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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Of these births, 72 were illegitimate in Poplar, 30 males and 42
females. In Bromley there were 24 illegitimate births, 8 males
and 16 females. In Bow there were 10 illegitimate births, 3 males
and 7 females, making a total of 106* in the Borough.
The annual birth rate per 1000 living being:—
| Poplar. | Bromley. | Bow. | Borough of Poplar. | County of London. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1894 | 33.3 | 36.3 | 32.6 | — | — |
| 1895 | 34.7 | 37.9 | 34.0 | — | — |
| 1896 | 35.1 | 37.4 | 32.4 | - | — |
| 1897 | 32.8 | 36.1 | 34.6 | — | — |
| 1898 | 34.3 | 36.6 | 31.9 | — | — |
| 1899 | 33.7 | 35.6 | 34.3 | — | — |
| 1900 | 33.7 | 35.7 | 34.0 | — | — |
| 1901 | 35.6 | 34.3 | 33.1 | 34.4 | 29.0 |
| 1902 | 34.5 | 36.2 | 32.9 | 34.8 | 28.5 |
| 1903 | 33.9 | 35.9 | 33.0 | 34.5 | 28.4 |
| 1904 | 32.5 | 34.0 | 30.8 | 32.7 | 27.9 |
| 1905 | 30.9 | 33.6 | 31.1 | 32.0 | 27.1 |
" to Poplar occurring in those Boroughs were forwarded by Medical Officers of
" Health, to be added to the Poplar Births, but that Poplar could not recipro"
cate as the Registrars had not been requested to make such returns.
"Other births might have occurred within the jurisdiction of the Poplar
" Sanitary Authority, which did not belong to the Borough, and now such
" information could only be ascertained after great trouble, but these births
" could readily have been made known to the Medical Officer of Health if the
" Registrars had made weekly returns according to the approval of the
" Registrar-General.
" If returns of births are received weekly from the Registrars, those births
" not belonging to the Borough can be reported to the various Medical Officers
"of Health, and 'Hints regarding the Management of Infants' can be
" immediately posted off to the mothers of children belonging to Poplar."
* The three births which occurred in the City of London Union Infirmary
and forwarded to the Medical Officer of the City of London were births of
illegitimate children, not included in these figures (06). Of the 24 births
which occurred in the Stepney Union Workhouse, 13 were illegitimate births
(9 male and 4 female), not included in the 106.