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Poplar 1912
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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† Transferable Births Registered during the year 1912.
At the beginning of the year 1913 the Registrar-General afforded the following information :—
| Inward Transfers. | Outward Transfers. | |
|---|---|---|
| Legitimate—Males | 135 | 4 |
| Females | 92 | 5 |
| Illegitimate—Males | 7 | 17 |
| Females | 4 | 15 |
| Total—Males | 142 | 21 |
| Females | 96 | 20 |
The corrected totals of births for the Borough would therefore be :—
Males. Females. Total.
2649 2397 5046
giving a rate of 31.22 per 1000 inhabitants.
The corrected number of illegitimate births belonging to the Borough
would be:—
Males. Females. Total.
53 35 88
The annual birth rate per 1000 living being:—
| Poplar. | Bromley. | Bow. | Borough of Poplar. | County of London. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1894 | 33.3 | 36.3 | 32.6 | — | — |
| 1895 | 34.7 | 37.9 | 34.0 | — | - |
| 1896 | 35.1 | 37.4 | 32.4 | — | — |
| 1897 | 32.8 | 36.1 | 34.6 | — | — |
| 1898 | 34.3 | 36.6 | 31.9 | — | — |
| 1899 | 33.7 | 35.6 | 34.3 | — | — |
| 1900 | 33.7 | 35.7 | 34.0 | — | — |
| 1901 | 35.5 | 34.3 | 33.1 | 34.4 | 29.0 |
| 1902 | 34.5 | 36.2 | 32.9 | 34.8 | 28.5 |
| 1903 | 33.9 | 35.9 | 33.0 | 34.5 | 28.4 |
| 1904 | 32.5 | 34.0 | 30.8 | 32.7 | 27.9 |
| 1905 | 30.9 | 33.6 | 31.1 | 32.0 | 27.1 |
| 1906 | 31.0 | 31.8 | 31.8 | 31.5 | 26.5 |
| 1907 | 30.50 | 31.89 | 29.65 | 30.83 | 25.6 |
| 1908 | 31.10 | 33.44 | 30.94 | 31.98 | 25.2 |
| 1909 | 29.34 | 31.71 | 28.69 | 30.10 | 24.2 |
| 1910 | 28.65 | 31.89 | 27.79 | 29.69 | 23.6 |
| 1911 | 30.10 | 31.63 | 29.60 | 30.59 | 24.8 |
| 1912 | 29.69 | 32.95 | 29.67 | 30.93 | 24.5 |
| * This is the lowest rate recorded in the Metropolis since civil registration was established. The rate in England and Wales in 1912 was 23'8 per 1,000 of the estimated population. B2 | |||||