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Poplar 1917

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

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vii.
SUMMARY OF VITAL STATISTICS FOR 1917.
Area of Borough (excluding Water) 2,13G acres
„ Poplar Sub-District „ 1,004 ,,
„ Bromley „ „ 589 „
„ Bow „ „ 543 „
Populat ion (Census 1911)—Borough 162,442
„ „ Poplar Sub-District 56,393
„ „ Bromley „ 65,226
„ „ Bow „ 40,823
„ "'Estimated to Middle of 1917—Borough 143,443
159,898
„ „ „ Poplar Sub-District 49,826
55,543
„ „ „ Bromley „ 57,432
64,019
Bow „ 36,185 40,336
Density-)-—Borough .67.15
„ Poplar Sub-District 49.62
„ Bromley „ 97.50
,, Bow „ 66.63
Marriages—Borough 2,440
„ Poplar Sub-District. 1,086
„ Bromley „ 892
„ Bow „ 462
Births—Borough 3,700
„ Poplar Sub-District 1,300
„ Bromley ,, 1.533
,, Bow „ 867
Birth Rate—Borough 23.13
„ Poplar Sub-District 23.40
,, Bromley „ 23.94
Bow „ 21.49
Deaths—Borough 2,417
„ Poplar Sub-District 915
„ Bromley „ 963
„ Bow „ 539
Death Hate—Borough 16.84
„ Poplar Sub-District 18.36
„ Bromley „ 16.76
,, Bow „ 14.89
Infantile Mortality—Borough 95 per 1,000 births
„ Poplar Sub-District 95 „ „
„ Bromley „ 97 „ „
„ Bow „ 92 „ „
Inhabited Houses (Census 1911)—Borough 22,472
„ „ Poplar Sub-District 8,201
Bromley „ 8,721
„ „ Bow „ 5,550
"Land and
Inland Water.
Inland
Water only.
Tidal Water
and Foreshore.
\cres.
Acres.
Acres.
Sub-Districts
Bow
Bromley
Poplar
Borough
555.7
605.8
1166.2
2327.7
12.5
17.3
161.9
191.7
9.8
19.1
296.9
325.8
The last column "tidal water and foreshore" is not included in the first column,
and therefore must not be deducted to arrive at " land " area.
** See italici end of first paragraph, page 2. † Without water.