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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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 Borough | 15.29 | 119† |
Poplar (Sub-District) | 16.07 | 114 |
Bromley | 15.48 | 119 |
Bow | 13.93 | 125 |
77 Great Towns | 13.4 | 115 |
London | 12.7 | 103 |
Liverpool | 17.7 | 140 |
Manchester | 16.1 | 131 |
Edinburgh | 14.0 | 111 |
Glasgow | 15.1 | 121 |
Dublin | 19.9 | 142 |
Belfast | 18.6 | 143 |
Berlin | 14.7 | 157 |
Paris | 16.7 | 118 |
Milan | 17.1 | 113 |
Munich | 15.9 | 166 |
Vienna | 15.8 | 176 |
Moscow | 26.9 | 297 |
St. Petersburg | 24.1 | 262 |
Trieste | 22.9 | 190 |
Breslau | 19.1 | 188 |
Buda-Pesth | 19.3 | 148 |
Prague | 18.4 | 164 |
Rome | 18.5 | 123 |
Turin | 14.9 | 137 |
Bucharest | 25.6 | 200 |
Calcutta | 23.0 | 274 |
Madras | 35.7 | 294 |
Bombay | 35.7 | 414 |
New York | 16.0 | 126 |
New Orleans | 19.4 | — |
Alexandria (Egyptians) | 36.7 | 278 |
Cairo (Egyptians) | 39.7 | 292 |
Chicago | 15.1 | — |
Buenos Ayres | 16.5 | 97 |
Rio de Janeiro | 20.6 | 166 |