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Poplar 1915

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

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5
f Transferable Births Registered during the year 1915.

Table: At the beginning of the year 1916 the Registrar.General afforded the following information:—

At the beginning of the year 1916 the Registrar.General afforded the following information:—

Inward Transfers.Outward Transfers.
LegitimateMales731
Females .652
IllegitimateMales105
Females .125
TotalMales836
Females .777

Table: The corrected total births for the Borough would therefore be:—

The corrected total births for the Borough would therefore be:—

Males.Females.Total.
2,3402,3924,732

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giving a rate of 3028 per 1,000 inhabitants.

Table: The corrected number of illegitimate births belonging to the Borough would be:—

The corrected number of illegitimate births belonging to the Borough would be:—

Males.Females.Total.;
4866114

Table: The annual birth rate per 1,000 living being:—

The annual birth rate per 1,000 living being:—

Poplar.Bromley.Borough ofCounty of London.
Bow.Poplar.
190631031.831.831.526.5
190730.5031.8929.6530.8325.6
1908311033.4430.9431.9825.2
190929.3431.7128.6930.1024.2
191028.6531.8927.7929.6923.6
191130.1031.6329.6030.5924.8
191229.6932.9529.6730.9324.5
191332.9733.3729.9132.3624.5
191430.1933.9929.1531.4524.3
191529.5531.8427.6729.9922.6*

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*The rate in England and Wales in 1915 was 21.8 per 1,000 of the estimated population,
and lower than the rate in any other year on record.
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