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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Poplar 1915

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

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Table: The corrected number of births with additions and subtractions is as follows :—

The corrected number of births with additions and subtractions is as follows :—

Males.Females.Totals.
Poplar7998051,604
Bromley9801,0121,992
Bow5395521,091
Totals†2,3182,3694,687

Table: † See page 5, Transferable Births.

† See page 5, Transferable Births.

Particulars.Males.Females.Totals.
*Poplar (Sub-District).
Registrar's Weekly Returns7817981,579
Births occurring outside the Sub-District of persons belonging thereto :—
Mothers' Home, Commercial Road2328272856
London Hospital20
Woolwich (Homes for Mothers and Babies)10
Clapham Maternity Hospital10
City of London Lying-in Hospital11
Births occurring w-ithin the Sub-District of persons not belonging thereto :—
Poplar Union W orkhouseBromley61092131
Bow03
Others35
31, Sturry Street14
Births, nett7998051,604
Bromley.
Registrar's Weekly Returns9579801,937
Births occurring outside the Sub-District of persons belonging thereto :—
Mothers' Home, Commercial Road..2128233462
Poplar Union Workhouse69
Stepney (Underwood Street)10
City of London Lying-in Hospital..01
Clapham Maternity Hospital01
Births occurring within the Sub-District of persons not belonging thereto :—
Sick Asylum25127
Bromley House Institution31
Births, nett9801,0121,992
Bow.
Registrar's Weekly Returns5255441,069
Births occurring outside the Sub-District of persons belonging thereto :—
Mother's Home, Commercial Road..7141822
Poplar Union Workhouse03
Sick Asylum11
London Hospital21
City of London Lying-in Hospital41
Clapham Maternity Hospital01
Births, nett5395521,091