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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 1906
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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Illegitimate Births (1906).
| Particulars. | Males. | Females. | Totals. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poplar (Parish). | |||||
| Registrar's Weekly Returns | 33 | 36 | 69 | ||
| Mothers' Home, Commercial Road | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| London Hospital | 2 | 1 | |||
| Poplar Union Workhouse (Bromley, Bow) and others | 15 | 18 | 33 | ||
| Births at all ages, nett | 21 | 19 | 40 | ||
| Bromley. | |||||
| Registrar's Weekly Returns | 13 | 19 | 32 | ||
| London Hospital | 1 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 17 |
| Poplar Union Workhouse | 8 | 8 | |||
| Sick Asylum :—Bow, and one belonging to Bethnal Green (female) | 1 | 2 | |||
| City of London Union Infirmary | 2 | 8 | 0' | 9 | 17 |
| Stepney Union Workhouse | 5 | 7 | |||
| Births at all ages, nett | 14 | 18 | 32 | ||
| Bow. | |||||
| Registrar's Weekly Returns | 7 | 6 | 13 | ||
| Poplar Union Workhouse Sick Asylum | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 12 |
| 1 | 1 | ||||
| Births at all ages, nett | 12 | 13 | 25 | ||
making a corrected total of 97 illegitimate births for the Borough:—
47 Males and 50 females.