London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Poplar 1909

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

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The following death rates* are interesting when compared with one another :—

Annual Rate per 1,000 persons living.Deaths of Children under one year of age to 1000 Births.
Poplar Borough16.41130†
Poplar (Sub-District)16.57128
Bromley16.79132
Bow15.60128
London14.0108
Liverpool19.0144
Manchester17.9134
Edinburgh15.3119
Glasgow17.5133
Dublin20.9141
Belfast18.2139
Berlin15.1158
Paris17.4 *96
Milan20.3139
Munich17.6192
Vienna16.8172
Moscow29.6?
St. Petersburg24.6249
Trieste24.6206
Breslau20.3212
Buda-Pesth19.2159
Prague19.1150
Rome19.3140
Turin15.4115
Bucarest26.4206
Calcutta28.6?
Madras34.4295
Bombay35.7405
New York16.2130
New Orleans18.7—
Alexandria (Egyptians)34.6298
Cairo (Egyptians)42.4376
Philadelphia15.8—
Boston17.7—
Baltimore17.9—
Toronto22.3—
Rio de Janeiro19.5160

* Annual Summary Registrar-General. †See Footnote ** page 12.
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