Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[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 | 17.63 |
| Poplar (Parish) | 18.05 |
| Bromley | 18.10 |
| Bow | 16.29 |
| London | 15.6 |
| Liverpool | 21.01 |
| Manchester | 20.06 |
| Edinburgh | 16.2 |
| Glasgow | 17.9 |
| Dublin | 21.3 |
| Belfast | 20.1 |
| Berlin | 17.2 |
| Paris | 17.4 |
| Milan | 21.4 |
| Munich | 20.1 |
| Vienna | 19.3 |
| Moscow | 27.9 |
| St. Petersburg | 25.0 |
| Trieste | 28.1 |
| Breslau | 23.0 |
| Buda-Pesth | 19.2 |
| Prague | 22.0 |
| Venice | 22.9 |
| Calcutta | 34.4 |
| Madras | 58.7 |
| Bombay | 48.6 |
| New York | 18.3 |
| New Orleans | 22.0 |
| Alexandria (Egyptians) | 31.5 |
| Cairo (Egyptians) | 35.1 |
* Annual Summary Registrar-General.