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Poplar 1914

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

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SUMMARY OF VITAL STATISTICS FOR 1914.
Area of Borough (excluding Water)* 2,136 acres
„ Poplar Sub-District „ 1,004 „
„ Bromley „ „ 589 „
Bow „ „ 543 „
Population (Census 1911)—Borough 162,442
„ ,, Poplar Sub-District 56,393
„ „ Bromley „ 65,226
„ „ Bow „ 40,823
„ Estimated to Middle of 1914—Borough 160,839
„ „ „ Poplar Sub-District 55,869
„ ,, ,, Bromley ,, 64,397
„ „ „ Bow „ 40,573
Density†—Borough 75.29
„ Poplar Sub-District 55.64
„ Bromley „ 109.33
Bow „ 74.72
Marriages—Borough 1,492
,, Poplar Sub-District 651
„ Bromley 560
„ Bow 281
Births—Borough 5,059
„ Poplar Sub-District 1,687
„ Bromley „ 2,189
„ Bow „ 1,183
Birth Rate—Borough 31.45
„ Poplar Sub-District 30.19
„ Bromley „ 33.99
„ Bow „ 29.15
Deaths—Borough 2,776
„ Poplar Sub-District 966
„ Bromley „ 1,125
„ Bow „ 685
Death Rate—Borough 17.25
„ Poplar Sub-District 17.29
„ Bromley „ 17.46
„ Bow „ 16.88
Infantile Mortality—Borough 117 per 1,000 births
„ Poplar Sub-District 108 „ „
„ Bromley „ 118 „ „
„ Bow „ 127 „ „
Inhabited Houses (Census 1911)—Borough 22,472
„ „ Poplar Sub-District 8,201
„ ,, Bromley „ 8,721
„ „ Bow „ 5,550
*Land and Inland Water. Acres. Inland Water only. Acres. Tidal Water and Foreshore. Acres.
Bow 555.7 12.5 9.8
Sub-Districts Bromley 605.8 17.3 19.1
Poplar 1166.2 161.9 296.9
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.