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Poplar 1917

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

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6
Transferable Births Registered during the year 1917.

Table: At the beginning of the year 1917 the Registrar.General afforded the following information:—

At the beginning of the year 1917 the Registrar.General afforded the following information:—

Inward Transfers.Outward Transfers.
LegitimateMales872
Females741
IllegitimateMales1114
Females416
TotalMales9816
Females7817

Table: The corrected total births for the Borough, according to Registrar General, is:— .

The corrected total births for the Borough, according to Registrar General, is:— .

Males.Females.Total.
1,9641,7793 743

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giving a rate of 23 40 per 1,000 inhabitants.

Table: The number of illegitimate births belonging to the Borough, according to the Registrar General, is —

The number of illegitimate births belonging to the Borough, according to the Registrar General, is —

Males.Females.Total.
554095

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

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

Poplar.Bromley.Bow.Borough of Poplar.County ol London.
190831.1033.4430.9431.9825.2
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
191626.8627.9725.3226.9221.5
191723.4023.9421.4923.1317.5*

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* The rate in England and Wales in 1917 was 17.8 per 1,000 of the estimated popula.
tion, and lower than the rate in any other year on record.