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Poplar 1908

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

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AGE MORTALITY.
The number of deaths from one year to 65 years of age was 529 for
Poplar, 569 for Bromley, and for Bow 379, making a total for the Borough
of Poplar of 1477. The annual death rates per 1,000 living for the past
fifteen vears being :—
Poplar.
Bromley.
Bow.
Borough of
Poplar.
1894 11.37 11.46 10 74 —
1895 140 12.34 10.89 —
1896 11.94 11.31 11 11 —
1897 11.83 11.25 12.15 —
1898 12.13 11.14 13.99 —
1899 12.77 12.46 13.36 —
1900 12.93 11.13 11.47 —
1901 10.84 10.71 10.28 10.65
1902 11.67 10.25 11 00 10.93
1903 10.55 9.86 9.62 10.04
1904 10.81 10.51 10.29 10.56
1905 9.75 9.57 896 9.48
1906 9.42 9.79 8.25 9.27
1907 ... 9.41 ... 9.91 8.78 9.45
1908 ... 8.74 ... 8.50 8.80 8.66
The number of deaths over 65 years was 251 for Poplar, 226 for
Bromley, and 152 for Bow, making a total of 629 for the whole Borough.
The annual death rates per 1,000 living for the past fifteen years
being:—
Poplar.
Bromley.
Bow.
Borough of
Poplar.
1894 3.0 2.2 2.8 —
1895 4.1 2.9 3.0
1896 3.4 2.7 2.6 —
1897 3.64 2.55 3.55
1898 3.40 2.75 403 —
1899 4.25 3.96 4.46 —
1900 4.61 304 3.41 —
1901 4.26 309 3.35 3 56
1902 3.90 3.21 2.94 3.38
1903 3.45 2.45 2.67 2.85
1904 3.35 2.93 2.78 3.04
1905 3.70 3.09 2.84 3.24
1906 3.50 3.44 3.50 3.48
1907 4 06 3.32 3.47 3.62
1908 4.14 3.37 3.53 369