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Metropolitan Borough of Poplar
Comprising the Registration Sub-Districts of Poplar,Bromley And Bow
ANNUAL REPORT
of the
MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH
To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors of the Metropolitan
Borough of Poplar.
Sir, Madam and Gentlemen,
In accordance with the "Sanitary Officers' (London) Order, 1801,"
of the Local Government Board, dated 8th December, 1891, I have the
pleasure of submitting to you my twenty-fifth Annual Report, which
deals with the year 1917, and includes the Annual Reports of the Sanitary
Inspectors, also that of the Lady Inspector and of the Sanitary Inspector
engaged in enforcing the bye-laws for Houses let in Lodgings or occupied
by members of more than one family. The reports of the Lady Health
Visitors are also included.
VITAL STATISTICS.
The population of the Borough, calculated by the Registrar General
is 143,443 for the death rate and 159,898 for the birth rate ‡:—
London. Poplar. Bromley. Bow.
4,026,901† 49,826 57,432 36,185
55,543 64,019 40,336
being 61.62 per acre for the Borough of Poplar, 42.72 per acre in Poplar
Sub-District, 94.80 in Bromley, and 65.11 in Bow.* These estimated
populations are the figures used in calculating the various rates in the
present Report for the year 1917.
* These figures are calculated upon the acreage of the district including the inland
water area, not tidal and foreshore, but exclusive of area covered by water they are:—
67.15 per acre for the Borough of Poplar, 49.02 for the Sub-District of Poplar, 97.50
for the Sub-Eistrict of Bromley, and 66.63 for the Sub-District of Bow. County of
London 60.0 (Census 1911).
† Based on the returns furnished under the National Registration Act, 1915 and
under the scheme for rationing of sugar.
‡ See ililics end of first paragraph, page 2.