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 1070 deaths in Poplar included 17 illegitimate children, 10 male and 7 female; the 1240 deaths in Bromley included 16 illegitimate children, 9 male and 7 female; the 766 Bow deaths included 5 illegitimate children, 4 male and 1 female, making a total for the Borough of 38 deaths of illegitimate children.
Males. | Females. | Totals. | |
---|---|---|---|
Poplar | 589 | 481 | 1070 |
Bromley | 683 | 557 | 1240 |
Bow | 403 | 363 | 766 |
Totals | 1675 | 1401 | 3076 |
The excess of births was as follows :—
Poplar | 270 | 354 | 624 |
Bromley | 383 | 440 | 823 |
Bow | 229 | 213 | 442 |
Totals | 882 | 1007 | 1889 |
The male births in the Borough exceeded those of the female by 149,
and the male deaths exceeded those of the female by 274, which makes a
gain of 125 females.
At the end of the years 1898, 1899, and 1900 there was a gain of
females for the Sub-Districts of Poplar and Bromley. In the Borough
for the years 1901-1909 there was also a gain of females, but for the year
1910 the males gained over the females.