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Poplar 1911
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE VII.
| Year. | Population estimated to middle of each Year. | Births. | Total Deaths Registered in the District. | Transferable Deaths.† | Nett Deaths belonging to the District. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uncorrected Number. | Nett. | |||||||||||
| Number.* | Rate. | of Non-residents registered in the District. | of Residents not registered in the District. | Under 1 Year of Age | At all Ages. | |||||||
| Number. | Rate. | |||||||||||
| Number.* | Rate per 1000 Nett Births. | Number. | Rate.* | |||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| 1906 | 41,384 | 1330 | 1362 | 32.9 | 473 | 11.4 | 5 | 237 | 202 | 148 | 705 | 17.0 |
| 1907 | 41,269 | 1246 | 1272 | 30.8 | 427 | 10.3 | 7 | 258 | 152 | 119 | 678 | 16.4 |
| 1908 | 41,154 | 1304 | 1332 | 32.3 | 415 | 10.0 | 6 | 291 | 169 | 119 | 700 | 17.0 |
| 1909 | 41,038 | 1204 | 1239 | 30.1 | 399 | 9.7 | 4 | 279 | 159 | 128 | 674 | 16.4 |
| 1910 | 40,923 | 1172 | 1205 | 29.4 | 329 | 8.0 | 3 | 278 | 151 | 125 | 604 | 14.7 |
| 1911 | 40,808 | 1175 | 1208 | 29.6 | 417 | 10.2 | 3 | 352 | 195 | 165 | 766 | 18.7 |
Notes.—This Table is arranged to show the gross births and deaths in the subdistrict,
and the births and deaths properly belonging to it with the corresponding rates.
The rates are calculated per 1000 of the estimated gross population.
*In Column 6 are included the whole of the deaths registered during the year as
having actually occurred within the sub-district
In Column 12 are entered the number in Column 6, corrected by subtraction of
the number in Column 8 and by addition of the number in Column 9. Deaths in
Column 10 are similarly corrected by subtraction of the deaths under 1, included
in the number given in Column 8, and by addition of the deaths under 1 included in
the number given in Column 9.
† "Transferable Deaths" are deaths of persons who, having a fixed or usual residence
in England or Wales, die in a district other than that in which they resided.
The deaths of persons without fixed or usual residence-e.g., casuals—are not included
in Columns 8 or 9, except in certain instances under 3 (6) below.
The following special cases arise as to Transferable Deaths:—
(1) Persons dying in institutions for the sick or infirm, such as hospitals, lunatic
asylums, workhouses and nursing homes (but not almshouses) are regarded as residents
of the district in which they had a fixed or usual residence at the time of admission.
If the person dying in an institution had no fixed residence at the time of admission,
the death is not transferable. If the patient has been directly transferred from one
such institution to another, the death is transferable to the district of residence at the
time of admission to the first institution.
(2) The deaths of infants born and dying within a year of birth in an institution
to which the mother was admitted for her confinement are referred to the district of
fixed or usual residence of the parent.
(3) Deaths from violence are referred (a) to the district of residence, under the
general rule; (6) if this district is unknown, or the deceased had no fixed abode, to the
district where the accident occurred, if known; (c) failing this, to the district where
death occurred, if known; and (d) failing this, to the district where the body was found.
Area of District in acres
(exclusive of area
covered by water)
543.
Total population at all ages
Number of inhabited houses
Average number of persons per house
40,837
5,550
7.35
At
Census
of 1911.