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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Queen Charlotte's Lying-in Hospital.
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bromley.
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The birth notified from Greenwich was a male and belonged to
Poplar sub-district.
During the year 1908, births took place in institutions within the
Borough as follows:—
Males. Females. Total. Remarks.
Poplar Union Workhouse 43 54 97 All Poplar Borough births
with the exception of
3 males.
Sick Asylum 6 4 10 As above, with the exception
of one male and
one female.
City of London Union
Infirmary 1 0 1 Non-resident.
Stepney Union Workhouse 2 8 10 All Stepney Borough
births with exception of
two illegitimate females
belonging to Bromley.
Poplar Hospital 0 0 0
The number of births as per headings of Registrar's weekly returns
was as follows:—
Males.
Females.
Totals.
Poplar
967
910
1877
Bromley
1051
1111
2162
Bow
639
665
1304
Totals
2657
2686
5343
The corrected number of births with additions and subtractions is as
follows:—*
Particulars. Malts. Females. Totals.
*Poplar (Sub-District).
Registrar's Weekly Returns 967 910 1877
Births occurring outside the Division
of persons belonging thereto:—
Mothers' Home, Commercial
Road 24 35
London Hospital 2 2
Stepney Union Workhouse
(Bromley) 0 27 0 38 65
Whitechapel Infirmary 0 1
Greenwich Borough 1 0