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Poplar 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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Poplar
Bromley
Bow
Borough of
Poplar
1909
142.85
136.60
117.21
134.18
1910
95.72
108.84
54.63
91.39
1911
205.60
223.38
240.20
221.39
1912
108.22
128.78
55.11
103.69
1913
125.25
108.71
137.82
121.60
1914
93.16
128.88
151.82
122.11
RESPIRATORY DISEASES
Death rates per 1,000 living
Poplar
Bromley
Bow
Borough of
Poplar.
1894
33
4.3
—
—
1895
5.2
6.0
—
—
1896
4.0
4.4
—
—
1897
3.6
4.0
—
—
1898
3.3
4.11
—
—
1899
4.90
4.89
—
—
1900
4.66
4.74
3.95
—
1901
4.09
3.95
3.61
3.92
1902
3.61
3.89
3.27
3.64
1903
2.89
3.56
2.78
3.13
1904
3.67
3.75
2.96
3.52
1905
3.52
3.62
3.28
3.50
1906
3.15
3.95
3.29
3.50
1907
3.73
3.77
3.66
3.73
1908
3.07
2.88
3.22
3.03
1909
3.47
3.88
2.91
3.49
1910
3.09
3.58
3 .06
3.27
1911
3.18
3.81
2.91
3.37
1912
3.47
3.52
3.54
3.51
1913
3.56
3.36
2.98
3.33
1914
3.49
3.58
3.15
3.44
Proportion of deaths to 1,000 deaths from all causes
Poplar
Bromley
Bow
Borough of
Poplar.
1894
173.9
225.4
—
—
1895
212.0
266.3
—
—
1896
185.4
216.5
—
—
1897
170.7
203.3
—
—
1898
157.0
194.4
—
-
1899
211.2
216.2
—
-