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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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TABLE VI. Vital Statistics during 1906 and Previous Years. Bow Parish.
| Year. | Population estimated to Middle of each Year. | Births. | Total Deaths Registered in the District. | Total Deaths in Public Institutions in the District. | Deaths of Non-residents registered in Public Institutions in the District. | Deaths of Residents registered in Public Institutions beyond the District. | Nett Deaths at all Ages belonging to the District. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number. | Rate.* | Under 1 Year of Age. | At all Ages. | |||||||||
| Number. | Rate per 1000 Births registered. | Number. | Rate.* | |||||||||
| Number. | Rate.* | |||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| 1896 | 41,702 | 1355 | 32.4 | 231 | 170.4 | 706 | 16.9 | 37 | 37 | 186 | 855 | 20.5 |
| 1897 | 41,762 | 1445 | 34.6 | 255 | 176.4 | 826 | 19.7 | 53 | 53 | 148 | 921 | 22.0 |
| 1898 | 41,822 | 1346 | 32.1 | 274 | 203.5 | 917 | 21.9 | 53 | 53 | 187 | 1051 | 25.1 |
| 1899 | 41,882 | 1456 | 34.7 | 249 | 171.0 | 881 | 21.0 | 61 | 61 | 194 | 1014 | 24.2 |
| 1900 | 41,942 | 1444 | 31.4 | 304 | 210.5 | 782 | 18.6 | 37 | 35 | 223 | 970 | 23.1 |
| 1901 | 42,010 | 1393 | 33.1 | 231 | 165.8 | 629 | 14.9 | 21 | 29 | 216 | 816 | 19.4 |
| 1902 | 42,161 | 1388 | 32.9 | 179 | 128.9 | 542 | 12.8 | 32 | 33 | 275 | 784 | 18.5 |
| 1903 | 42,303 | 1398 | 33.0 | 156 | 111.5 | 473 | 11.1 | 16 | 20 | 242 | 695 | 16.4 |
| 1904 | 42,445 | 1308 | 30.8 | 196 | 149.8 | 548 | 12.9 | 18 | 24 | 239 | 763 | 17.9 |
| 1905 | 42,591 | 1328 | 31.1 | 171 | 128.7 | 456 | 10.7 | 21 | 29 | 267 | 694 | 16.2 |
| Averages for years 1896-1905 | 42,062 | 1386 | 32.9 | 224 | 161.6 | 676 | 16.0 | 34 | 37 | 217 | 856 | 20.3 |
| 1906 | 42,740 | 1362 | 31.8 | 176 | 129.2 | 473 | 11.0 | 1 | 5 | 237 | 705 | 16.4 |
•Rates in Columns 4, 8 and 13 calculated per 1000 of estimated population.
Note.—The deaths to be included in Column 7 of this table are the whole of
those registered during the year as having actually occurred within the district or
division. The deaths to be included in Column 12 are the number in Column 7,
corrected by the subtraction of the number in Column 10 and the addition of the
number in Column 11.
By the term "Non-residents" is meant persons brought into the district on
account of sickness or infirmity, and dying in public institutions there ; and by the
term "Residents" is meant persons who have been taken out of the district on
account of sickness or infirmity, and have died in public institutions elsewhere.
Area of District in acres '
(exclusive of area
covered by water) ..
540.
Total population at all ages .. 41,989 1
Number of inhabited houses .. 5,691 ,
Average number of persons per house 7'37 1
At
Census
of 1901.