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Poplar 1913

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]

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Table: SUMMARY OF VITAL STATISTICS FOR 1913.

SUMMARY OF VITAL STATISTICS FOR 1913.

Area of Borough (excluding Water)12,136 acres
„ Poplar Sub.District1,004 „
„ Bromley „ ,,589 „
„ Bow „ „543 „
Population (Census 1911)—Borough162,449
„ „ Poplar Sub.District56,327
,, „ Bromley „65,285
,, „ Bow ,,40,837
„ Estimated to Middle of 1913—Borough160,913
„ „ „ Poplar Sub.District55,885
„ „ „ Bromley „64,485
„ „ „ Bow „40,543
Densityf—Borough75.33
„ Poplar Sub.District55.66
„ Bromley109.48
„ Bow74.66
Marriages—Borough1,497
„ Poplar Sub.District721
„ Bromley „466
„ Bow „310
Births—Borough5,208
„ Poplar Sub.District1,843
„ Bromley „2,152
„ Bow „1,213
Birth Bate—Borough32.36
„ Poplar Sub.District32.97
„ Bromley „33.37
„ Bow „29.91
Deaths—Borough2,689
„ Poplar Sub.District998
„ Bromley „1,067
„ Bow „624
Death Rate—Borough16.71
„ Poplar Sub.District17.85
„ Bromley „16.54
Bow ,,15.39
Infantile Mortality—Borough112 per 1,000 births.
„ Poplar Sub.District107
„ Bromley „117
Bow ,,112
Inhabited Houses (Census 1911)—Borough22,472
„ „ Poplar Sub.District8,201
„ „ Bromley „8,721
„ „ Bow „5,550

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*Land and
Inland Water.
Acres.
Inland
Water only.
Acres.
Tidal Water
and Foreshore.
Acres.
Sub.Districts
Bow
Bromley
Poplar
555.7
605.8
1166.2
12.5
17.3
161.9
9.8
19.1
296.9
Borough
2327.7
191.7
325.8
The last column "tidal water and foreshore "is not included in the first column,
and therefore must not be deducted to arrive at " land " area.
†Without water.