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Poplar 1907
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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Males. Females. Totals.
Poplar 555 471 1026
Bromley 572 603 1175
Bow 352 326 678
Totals 1479 1400 2879
The excess of births was as follows:—
Males. Females. Total Gain.
Poplar 398 413 811
Bromley 470 495 965
Bow 274 320 594
Totals 1142 1228 2370
The female births in the Borough exceeded those of the male by 7,
but the male deaths exceeded those of the female by 79, which makes a
gain of 86 females.
At the end of the years 1898, 1899, and 1900 there was also an excess
of females for the Sub-Districts of Poplar and Bromley. In the Borough
for the years 1901-1906, females also exceeded the males.