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Poplar 1905
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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During the year the marriages of 2846 persons were registered
in the Borough, giving an annual rate of 16.7 per 1000 of the
estimated population, the rate for England and Wales being 15.3
and for London 16.9.
The annual marriage rate per 1000 living being :—
| Poplar and Bromley. | Bow. | Borough of Poplar. | County of London. | |
| 1894 | 14.07 | — | — | — |
| 1895 | 13.7 | — | — | — |
| 1896 | 16.0 | — | — | — |
| 1897 | 16.92 | — | — | — |
| 1898 | 17.92 | — | — | — |
| 1899 | 17.90 | — | — | — |
| 1900 | 18.36 | — | — | — |
| 1901 | 18.7 | 23.6 | 19.9 | 17.6 |
| 1902 | 14.3 | 21.0 | 15.9 | 17.8 |
| 1903 | 16.6 | 19.9 | 17.4 | 17.4 |
| 1904 | 16.9 | 19.6 | 17.6 | 17.0 |
| 1905 | 16.2 | 18.3 | 16.7 | 16.9 |
In the 52 weeks 3045 deaths were registered in the Borough of
Poplar, 798 deaths having occurred in the Parish of Poplar, 1791
in Bromley, and 456 in Bow; from the 798 deaths which took
place in Poplar there must be deducted 54 deaths of non-residents,
and to the remainder must be added 333 deaths which occurred in
outlying institutions, making a total of 1077 deaths of Poplar
parishioners. Treating the 1791 registered deaths in Bromley in
the same manner, viz., deducting 778 deaths of non-parishioners and
adding 209 deaths in outlying institutions, the deaths to be assigned
to this parish will be found to be 1222. From the 456 Bow deaths,
there must be deducted 29 non-residents and added 267 deaths in
outlying institutions, making a total of 694 deaths.
In dealing separately with the parishes as above, it will be seen
by referring to Tables I., II. and III. that in considering the deaths