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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 1909
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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| Population estimated to the middle of the Year 1909. | Persons to an Acre 1909 * | Births | Deaths | The Deaths registered include | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deaths of | Deaths from | Inquest Cases. . | Deaths in Public Institutions. | ||||||||||||||
| Infants under One Year of age | Persons age d 65 Years and upwards. | Principal Zymotic Diseases. | Small-pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria | Whooping Cough. | Fever. | Diarrhoea. | Violence. | |||||||
| 76 Great Towns | 16445281 | – | 421052 | 240374 | 49668 | – | 23107 | 14 | 7810 | 2409 | 3872 | 953 | 6223 | 8487 | 18803 | 64500 | |
| London | 4833938 | – | 116559 | 67632 | 12582 | – | 6285 | 2324 | 383 | 605 | 1246 | 148 | 1577 | 2430 | 6470 | 27215 | |
| Poplar Borough | 170688 | 73.32 | 5138 | 2802 | 670 | 597 | 376 | 152 | 22 | 78 | 14 | 92 | 148 | 379 | 1148 | ||
| Poplar Sub-Dist. | 60804 | 52.13 | 1784 | 1008 | 230 | 219 | 144 | 59 | 9 | 32 | 50 | 134 | 417 | ||||
| Bromley | 66685 | 2115 | 230 | 153 | 54 | 6 | 39 | 4 | 40 | 63 | 164 | 456 | |||||
| Bow | 43199 | 77.73 | 1239 | 674 | 159 | 148 | 79 | 39 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 35 | 275 | ||||
* See footnote, pages viii. and 2.
| Annual Rate per 1,000 Persons Living | Deaths under Once Year to 1,000 Births. | Annual Death Rate per 1000 living | Percentage to Total Deaths. | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Births | Deaths from all causes. | Deaths from | ||||||||||||||
| Principal Zymotic Diseases. | Smallpox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphthœria | Whooping Cough. | Fever. | Diarrhœa. | Violence. | Aged to 65 years. | Aged 65 years & upwards | Inquest Cases. | Deaths in Public Institutions. | ||||
| 76 Groat Towns | 25.7 | 14.7 | 1.42 | 0.48 | 0.11 | 0.15 | 0.24 | 0.06 | 0.38 | 0.52 | – | – | 26.8 | |||
| London | 24.2 | 14.0 | 1.31 | 0.48 | 0.08 | 0.13 | 0.26 | 0.03 | 0.33 | 0.50 | – | – | 9.6 | |||
| Poplar Borough | 30.10 | 16.41 | 2.20 | 0.00 | 0.89 | 0.12 | 0.10 | 0.08 | 0.53 | 0.86 | 8.99 | 3.49 | 13.52 | |||
| Poplar Sub-Dist. | 29.34 | 2.36 | 0.00 | 0.13 | 0.46 | 0.13 | 0.52 | 9.19 | 3.60 | 13.29 | ||||||
| Bromley | 31.71 | 16.79 | 2.29 | 0.80 | 0.14 | 0.50 | 0.05 | 0.59 | 9.13 | 14.64 | ||||||
| Bow | 28.08 | 15.60 | 0.00 | 0.90 | 0.06 | 0.09 | 8.49 | |||||||||
* See Footnote ** page 12.