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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 non-residents and those from outlying institutions, that certain
additions and deductions from the parishes have to be made in
respect of themselves, but when considering the Borough as a whole,
then from the 3045 deaths which were registered there must be
deducted 479 deaths of actual non-residents and 427 deaths in
institutions entirely outlying must be added, making a total for the
Borough of 2993. upon which the death rate is calculated.
The 1077 deaths in Poplar included 14 illegitimate children, 5 male and 9 female; the 1222 deaths in Bromley included 13 illegitimate children, 7 male and 6 female; the 694 Bow deaths included 7 illegitimate children, 4 male and 3 female, making a total for the Borough of 34 deaths of illegitimate children.
| Poplar | 569 | 508 | 1077 |
| Bromley | 667 | 555 | 1222 |
| Bow | 376 | 318 | 694 |
| Totals | 1612 | 1381 | 2993 |
The excess of births was as follows : —
| Poplar | 372 | 396 | 768 |
| Bromley | 516 | 530 | 1046 |
| Bow | 285 | 349 | 634 |
| Totals | 1173 | 1275 | 2448 |
The male births in the Borough exceeded those of the female by
129, but the male deaths exceeded those of the female by 231, which
makes a gain of 102 females.
At the end of the years 1898, 1899, and 1900 there was also an
excess of females for the Parishes of Poplar and Bromley. In the
Borough for the years 1901-1904, females also exceeded the males.