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Poplar 1915
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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During the year the marriages of 4,302 persons were registered in
the Borough, giving an annual rate of 27.53 per 1,000 of the estimated
population, the rate for England and Wales being 19.3, and for London
25.7.
The annual marriage rate per 1,000 living being :—
| Poplar and Bromley. | Bow. | Borough of Poplar. | County of London. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1906 | 16.8 | 17.9 | 171 | 17.1 | |||
| 1907 | 17.01 | 18.93 | 17.49 | 17.0 | |||
| 1908 | 14.90 | 15.93 | 15.19 | 15.9 | |||
| 1909 | 16.23 | 15.74 | 16.11 | 15.8 | |||
| 1910 | 16.10 | 15.45 | 15.93 | 16.0 | |||
| Poplar. | Bromley. | Bow. | Borough o Poplar. | : County of London. | |||
| 1911 | 22.67 | 13.86 | 14.89 | 17.17 | 17.8 | ||
| 1912 | 23.41 | 16.98 | 17.01 | 19.22 | 18.6 | ||
| 1913 | 25.80 | 14.45 | 15.29 | 18.60 | 18.3 | ||
| 1914 | 23.30 | 17.39 | 13.85 | 18.55 | 191 | ||
| 1915 | 34.86 | 24.55 | 22.17 | 27.53 | 25.7 | ||
Deaths.
In the 52 weeks 3,139 deaths were registered in the Borough of
Poplar, 708 deaths having occurred in the Sub.District of Poplar, 2,052
in Bromley, and 379 in Bow; from the 708 deaths which took place in
Poplar there must be deducted 64 deaths of non.residents, and to the
remainder must be added 523 deaths which occurred in outlying institutions,
making a total of 1,167 deaths of Poplar parishioners. Treating
the 2,052 registered deaths in Bromley in a similar manner, viz., deducting
1,084 deaths of non.parishioners and adding 187 deaths in outlying
institutions, the deaths to be assigned to this sub.district will be found
to be 1,155. From the 379 Bow deaths, there must be deducted 3 nonresidents
and add 361 deaths in outlying institutions, making a total of
737 deaths.