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Poplar 1917
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE XIX.
Birth Rate, Death Rate, and Analysis or Mortality During the Year 1917.
| Birthrate pee 1,000 Total Population. | Annual Death-rate per 1,000 Civilian Population. | Rate per 1,000 Births. | Percentage or Total Deaths.* | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Causes | Enteric Fever. | Small-pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Whooping-cough. | Diphtheria. | Violence. | Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under 2 years). | Total Deaths under One Year. | Deaths in Public Institutions. | Certified P Causes. | Inquest Cases. | Uncirtified Causes of Death. | ||
| England and Wales | 17.8 | 14.4 | 0.03 | 0.00 | 0.30 | 0.02 | 0.13 | 0 .13 | 0.52 | 12.18 | 97 | 25.7 | 91.5 | 7.0 | 1.5 |
| 96 Great Towns including London (Census Populations exceeding 50,000) | 18.1 | 14.6 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.41 | 0.03 | 0.15 | 0.13 | 0.53 | 16.14 | 104 | 31.2 | 91.5 | 7.6 | 0.9 |
| 148 Smaller Towns (Census Populations 20,000.50,000) | 18.0 | 13.2 | 0.03 | — | 0.30 | 0.02 | 0.15 | 0.13 | 0.45 | 10.08 | 93 | 17.5 | 92.8 | 5.4 | 1.8 |
| London | 17.5 | 15.0 | 0.02 | — | 0.48 | 0.02 | 0.13 | 0.14 | 0.59 | 18.70 | 103 | 47.1 | 90.5 | 9.4 | 0.1 |
| Poplar Borough | 23.12 | 16.84 | 0.27 | — | 0.63 | 0.02 | 0.21 | 0.16 | 1.06 | 20.27 | 95 | 50.9 | — | 14.5 | — |
| Poplar Sub.District | 23.40 | 18.36 | 0.38 | — | 0.58 | 0.02 | 0.08 | 0.12 | 1.54 | 20.76 | 95 | 51.9 | — | 16.7 | — |
| Bromley | 23.94 | 16.76 | 0.27 | — | 0.81 | 0.01 | 0.40 | 0.22 | 0.78 | 16.30 | 97 | 49.7 | — | 12.4 | — |
| Bow | 21.49 | 14.89 | 0.11 | — | 0.41 | 0.05 | 0.08 | 0.11 | 0.85 | 26.52 | 92 | 51.5 | — | 14.4 | — |
*Non.civilians are included in these figures for England and Wales but not for other areas.