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Poplar 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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†Transferable Births Registered during the year 1914.
At the beginning of the year 1915 the Registrar-General afforded
the following information:—
Inward Outward
Transfers. Transfers.
Legitimate—Males 101 2
Females 89 2
Illegitimate—Males 7 2
Females 3 5
Total—Males 108 4
Females 92 7
The corrected total births for the Borough would therefore be:—
Males. Females. Total.
2578 2495 5073
giving a rate of 31.66 per 1,000 inhabitants.
The corrected number of illegitimate births belonging to the Borough
would be:—
Males. Females. Total.
53 51 104
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 |
| 1913 | 32.97 | 33.37 | 29.91 | 32.36 | 24.5 |
| 1914 | 30.19 | 33.99 | 29.15 | 31.45 | 24.3 |
| *This is lowest rate recorded in the Metropolis since civil registration was established. The rate in England and Wales in 1913 was 23.9 per 1,000 of the estimated population. | |||||
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