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Poplar 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE XIX. —The Year 1914.
| Population estimated to the middle of the Year 1914. | Persons to an Acre 1914. * | Births. | Deaths. | Deaths of | The Deaths registered include | Deaths in Public Institutions. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deaths from | |||||||||||||||||
| Infants under One Year of aye | Persons aged 65 Years and upwards. | Principal Zymotic Diseases. | Small-pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria | Whooping Cough. | Fever. | Diarrhoea. and Enteritis.‡ | Violence. | Inquest Cases. | ||||||
| § 97 Great Towns (including London) | 17980570 | - | 447783 | 203656 | 50956 | 69353 | - | 2 | 6226 | 1620 | 2939 | 4551 | 780 | 11684 | 9758 | 20591 | 75963 |
| §London | 4518021 | - | 109007 | 64994 | 11395 | 18442 | - | - | 1385 | 316 | 706 | 918 | 147 | 3031 | 2671 | 6670 | 29715 |
| Poplar Borough | 160839 | 69.09 | 5059 | 2776 | 593 | 655 | 339 | - | 63 | 10 | 39 | 25 | 7 | 179 | 131 | 393 | 1359 |
| Poplar Sub-Dist. | 55869 | 47.90 | 1687 | 966 | 183 | 252 | 90 | - | 15 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 52 | 40 | 131 | 475 |
| Bromley | 64397 | 106.30 | 2189 | 1125 | 259 | 250 | 145 | - | 28 | 6 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 71 | 58 | 170 | 550 |
| Bow | 40573 | 73.01 | 1183 | 685 | 151 | 153 | 104 | - | 20 | 3 | 15 | 8 | - | 56 | 33 | 92 | 334 |
* See footnote pages xii. and 1. ‡ Under two years of age. § From Registrar General's Returns.
TABLEXX.— The Year 1914.
| §London | 24.3 | 14.4 | 1.4 | 0.00 | 0.31 | 0.07 | 0.16 | 0 20 | 0.03 | 0.59 | 27.64 | 104 | - | - | 10.3 | 45.7 |
| Poplar Borough | 31.45 | 17.25 | 2.10 | 0.00 | 0.39 | 0.06 | 0.24 | 0.15 | 0.04 | 0.81 | 35.38 | 117* | 9.50 | 4.07 | 14.15 | 48.95 |
| Poplar Sub-Dist. | 30.19 | 17.29 | 1.61 | 0.00 | 0.26 | 0.01 | 0.12 | 0.14 | 0.07 | 0.71 | 30.82 | 108 | 9.50 | 4.51 | 13.56 | 49.17 |
| Bromley | 33.99 | 17.46 | 2.25 | 0.00 | 0.43 | 0.09 | 0.26 | 0.13 | 0.04 | 0.90 | 32.43 | 118 | 9.56 | 3.88 | 15.11 | 48.88 |
| Bow | 29.15 | 16.88 | 2.56 | 0.00 | 0.49 | 0.07 | 0.36 | 0.19 | 0.00 | 0.81 | 47.33 | 127 | 9.39 | 3.77 | 13.43 | 48.75 |
* See footnote ** pages 12 and 13. ‡ Under two years of age. § Prom Registrar General's Returns.