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Poplar 1915

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

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The various rates quoted in this Report for the years 1906 to 1911
are the rates as stated in previous Reports ; they are calculated upon the
then estimated populations, but the rates in Tables IV., V., VI. and
VII have been calculated upon revised estimated populations based
upon the censuses of 1901 and 1911 with the exception of the populations
for 1915, which as stated above, have been calculated by the
Registrar General on the returns furnished under the National
Registration Act, 1915.
Births and Transferable Births.
During the year 1915, 120 births were notified outside the Borough
belonging thereto : —108 from Stepney, three from Lambeth, eight from
Finsbury and one from Woolwich. The Stepney births occurred in the
Mothers' Home, Commercial Road, in Underwood Street, and in the
London Hospital. The Finsbury births occurred in the City of London
Lying-in Hospital, the Lambeth births in the Clapham Maternity Hospital,
and the Woolwich birth in the Home for Mothers and Babies.
Mothers' Home, Commercial Road.
poplar.
bromley.
bow.
Male.
23
Female.
27
Male.
21
Female.
23
Male.
7
Female.
1
City of London Lying-in Hospital.
poplar.
bromley.
bow.
Male.
1
Female.
1
Male.
0
Female.
1
Male.
4
Female.
1
London Hospital.
poplar.
bromley.
bow.
Male.
2
Female.
0
Male.
0
Female.
0
Male.
2
Female.
1
Clapham Maternity Hospital.
poplar.
bromley.
bow.
Male.
1
Female.
0
Male.
0
Female.
1
Male.
0
Female.
1