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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 1908

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]

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Males. Females. Totals.
Poplar 521 482 1003
Bromley 576 502 1078
Bow 357 343 700
Totals 1454 1327 2781

Table: The excess of births was as follows:—

The excess of births was as follows:—

Males.Females.Total Gain.
Poplar443436879
Bromley5156441159
Bow295337632
Totals125314172670

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The female births in the Borough exceeded those of the male by 37,
and the male deaths exceeded those of the female by 127, which makes a
gain of 164 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 1901-1907, females also exceeded the males.