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Poplar 1914

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

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Table:

Poplar.Bromley.Bow.Borough of Poplar.
1900196.5230.4--
1901198.34202.09186.27196.90
1902170.67205.10176.02185.31
1903154.05190.25169.78172.57
1904195.69198.90165.13189.60
1905194.98200.49201.72198.79
1906176.96218.39200.00199.26
1907219.29215.31231.56220.56
1908185.44179.03197.14185.90
1909209.32231.25186.94212.70
1910192.46231.29220.19210.32
1911167.28200.80155.35177.82
1912202.91321.02211.02214.17
1913199.39203.37193.91199.70
1914201.86205.33186.86199.56

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INFANT MORTALITY.*
Infantile Mortality; Notification of Births Act, 1907;
National Conference on Infantile Mortality; Royal
College of St. Katharine; Maternity and Child WelfareReturn
as to Notification of Births during the year 1913;
Maternity and Child Welfare; Handbill—Maternity
Centres and Weighing of Babies; Grants to Schools for
Mothers and Infant Consultations ; Second Health Visitor
—a resignation and an appointment ; infants Milk Bill.

Table: Infantile Mortality. There were 183 deaths of children under one year of age belonging to Poplar, 259 deaths under one year of age belonging to Bromley, and 151 deaths under one year of age belonging to Bow, making a total for the Borough of 593.† The death rates of children under one year per 1,000 births for the past 21 years being :—

Infantile Mortality. There were 183 deaths of children under one year of age belonging to Poplar, 259 deaths under one year of age belonging to Bromley, and 151 deaths under one year of age belonging to Bow, making a total for the Borough of 593.† The death rates of children under one year per 1,000 births for the past 21 years being :—

Poplar.Bromley.Bow.Borough of Poplar.County of London.
1894152152158--
1895190184177--
1896177168184--

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* For Tables of Infantile Mortality, see Tables XIV., XV., XVI. and XVII., pages
89-92.
†The 593 deaths of infants under one year of age include deaths in outlying institutions
and allow for deductions of non-residents.
The actual deaths inside the Borough without deducting non residents and not
including deaths occurring in outlying institutions were 566—138 Poplar, 320 Bromley
and 108 Bow.