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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| Population estimated to the middle of the Year 1906. | Persons to an Acre 1906. * | Births | Deaths | The Deaths registered include | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deaths of | Deaths from | Inquest Cases. | Deaths in Public Institutions. | ||||||||||||||
| Infants under One Year of age | Persons aged 65 Years and upwards. | Principal Zymotic Diseases. | Small-pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria | Whooping Cough. | Fever. | Diarrhoea. | Violence. | |||||||
| 76 Great Towns | 15818360 | - | 438985 | 250302 | 63803 | — | 35367 | 18 | 6254 | 1948 | 2976 | 4399 | 1413; | 18329 | 8891 | 19220 | 58767 |
| London | 4721217 | 60.1 | 124880 | 71155 | 16307 | — | 9047 | — | 1909 | 533 | 691 | 1226 | 264 | 4424 | 2794 | 6910 | 25961 |
| Poplar Borough | 169975 | 73.0 | 5363 | 2991 | 822 | 592 | 488 | 0 | 101 | 12 | 28 | 50 | 11 | 286 | 161 | 424 | 1047 |
| Poplar Parish | 59935 | 51.4 | 1860 | 1068 | 293 | 210 | 174 | 0 | 33 | 5 | 6 | 35 | 8 | 92 | 53 | 146 | 388 |
| Bromley | 67300 | 111.2 | 2141 | 1218 | 327 | 232 | 200 | 0 | 53 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 120 | 56 | 177 | 426 |
| Bow | 42740 | 77.0 | 1362 | 705 | 202 | 150 | 114 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 74 | 47 | 101 | 233 |
* See footnote, page 2.
| London | 26.5 | 15.1 | 1.93 | 0.00 | 0.41 | 0.11 | 0.15 | 0.26 | 0.06 | 0.94 | 0.59 | 131 | _- | -_ | 9.7 | 36.5 |
| Poplar Borough | 31.55 | 17.59 | 2.87 | 0.00 | 0.59 | 0.07 | 0.16 | 0.29 | 0.06 | 1.68 | 0.94 | 153 | 9.27 | 3.48 | 14.17 | 35.00 |
| Poplar Parish | 31.03 | 17.81 | 2.90 | 0.00 | 0.55 | 0.08 | 0.10 | 0.58 | 0.05 | 1.53 | 0.96 | 157 | 9.42 | 3.50 | 13.67 | 36.32 |
| Bromley | 31.81 | 18.09 | 2.97 | 0.00 | 0.78 | 0.08 | 0.16 | 0.07 | 0.07 | 1.78 | 0.83 | 152 | 9.79 | 3.44 | 14.53 | 34.97 |
| Bow | 31.86 | 16.49 | 2.66 | 0.00 | 0.35 | 0.02 | 0.25 | 0.23 | 0.07 | 1.73 | 1.09 | 148 | 8.25 | 3.50 | 14.32 | 33.04 |