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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AGE MORTALITY.
The number of deaths from one year to 65 years of age was 559 for
Poplar, 609 for Bromley, and for Bow 367, making a total for the Borough
of Poplar of 1535. The annual death rates per 1,000 living for the past
sixteen years being :—
Poplar.
Bromley.
Bow.
Borough of
Poplar.
1894 11.37 11.46 10.74 —
1895 14.0 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 8.96 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
1909 9.19 9.13 8.49 8.99
The number of deaths over 65 years was 219 for Poplar, 230 for
Bromley, and 148 for Bow, making a total of 597 for the whole Borough.
The annual death rates per 1,000 living for the past sixteen 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 4.03 —
1899 4.25 3.96 4.46 —
1900 4.61 3.04 3.41 —
1901 4.26 3.09 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 3.69
1909 3.60 3.44 3.42 3.49
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