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Poplar 1909

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

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SUMMARY OF VITAL STATISTICS
FOR 1909.
Area of Borough (excluding Water)* 2,136 acres.
„ Poplar Sub-District „
„ Bromley ,, ,, 1,593 „
„ Bow „ „ 543 „
Population (Census 1901)—Borough 168,822
„ „ Poplar Sub-District 58,514
, „ Bromley „ 68,319
„ Bow „ 41,989
„ Estimated to Middle of 1909—Borough 170,688
,, „ „ Poplar Sub-District 60,804
,, ,, Bromley ,, 66,685
,, ,, ,, Bow „ 43,199
Density†—Borough 79.91
,, Poplar and Bromley Sub-Districts 80.04
,, Bow Sub-District 79.52
Marriages—Borough 1,375
„ Poplar Sub-District 556
„ Bromley ,, 479
„ Bow „ 340
Births—Borough 5,138
„ Poplar Sub-District 1,784
„ Bromley ,, 2,115
„ Bow „ 1,239
Birth Bate—Borough 30.10
,, Poplar Sub-District 29.34
„ Bromley ,, 31.71
„ Bow ,, 28.68
Deaths—Borough 2,802
„ Poplar Sub-District 1,008
„ Bromley ,, 1,120
„ Bow ,, 674
Death Bate—Borough 16.41
„ Poplar Sub-District 16.57
„ Bromley ,, 16.79
„ Bow „ 15.60
Infantile Mortality—Borough 130 per. 1,000 births
,, Poplar Sub-District 128 ,, „
„ Bromley „ 132 „ „
,, Bow „ 128 „ „
Inhabited Houses (Census 1901)—Borough 22,613
,, „ Poplar and Bromley Sub-Districts 16,922
„ „ Bow Sub-District 5,691
* Land and Inland Tidal Water
Inland Water. Water only. & 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.