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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viii.
SUMMARY OF VITAL STATISTICS
FOR 1907.
Area of Borough (excluding Water) * 2,136 acres.
„ Poplar Sub-District „ 1,593 ,,
„ Bromley „ ,,
„ Bow „ „ 543 „
Population (Census 1901)—Borough 168,822
„ „ Poplar Sub-District 58,514
„ „ Bromley „ 68,319
,, ,, Bow ,, 41,989
„ Estimated to Middle of 1907—Borough 170,209
„ „ „ Poplar Sub-District 60,221
„ „ „ Bromley ,, 67,098
„ „ ,, Bow „ 42,890
Density!—Borough 79.68
„ Poplar and Bromley Sub-Districts 79.92
,, Bow Sub-District 78.98
Marriages—Borough 1,489
„ Poplar Sub-District 664
„ Bromley „ 419
„ Bow „ 406
Births—Borough 5,249
„ Poplar Sub-District 1,837
„ Bromley „ 2,140
Bow „ 1,272
Birth Rate—Borough 30.88
,, Poplar Sub-District 80.50
,, Bromley ,, 31.89
„ Bow „ 29.65
Deaths—Borough 2,879
„ Poplar Sub-District 1,026
„ Bromley „ 1,175
Bow „ 678
Death Rate—Borough 16.84
„ Poplar Sub-District 17.03
„ Bromley ,, 17.51
„ Bow „ 15.80
Infantile Mortality—Borough 124 per 1,000 births
,, Poplar Sub-District 116 ,, „
,, Bromley „ 134 ,, „
„ Bow „ 119 „ ,,
Inhabited Houses (Census 1901)—Borough 22,613
,, „ Poplar and Bromley Sub-Districts 16,922
„ „ Bow Sub-District 5,691
* Land and Inland Water. Inland Water only. Tidal Water & Foreshore.
Acres. Acres. Acres.
Bow 555.7 12.5 9.8
Sub-Districts Bromley 605.8. 17.3 19.1
Poplar 1166.2. 161.9 296.9
Borough 2327.7 191.7 325.8
The last column " tidal water and foreshore " is not included in the first column, and
therefore must not be deducted to arrive at "land" area.
†Without water.