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Poplar 1920

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

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Table: ZYMOTIC DISEASES. Measles, scarlet fever, pertussis, diphtheria and membranous croup, fever small-pox, diarrhoea, and enteritis.Death rates per 1,000 living.

ZYMOTIC DISEASES. Measles, scarlet fever, pertussis, diphtheria and membranous croup, fever small-pox, diarrhoea, and enteritis.Death rates per 1,000 living.

Poplar.Bromley.Bow.Borough of Poplar
19161.521.521.551 53
19171.642.071.431.76
19182.082.302.132.18
19191.190.821.181.04
19201.241.311.611.36

Table: Proportion of deaths to 1,000 deaths from all causes.

Proportion of deaths to 1,000 deaths from all causes.

Poplar.Bromley.Bow.Borough of Poplar.
191689.1395.1598.8694.25
191789.61123.5796.47104.67
191887.29103.4496.8995.97
191979.0158.6286.3072.75
192084.3590.22107.7992.68

Table: RESPIRATORY DISEASES. Bronchitis, pneumonia (all forms) and other diseases of respiratory organs Death rates per 1,000 living.

RESPIRATORY DISEASES. Bronchitis, pneumonia (all forms) and other diseases of respiratory organs Death rates per 1,000 living.

Poplar.Bromley.Bow.Borough of Poplar.
19163.473.493.783.55
19173.634.333.123.78
19185.054.994.264.83
19192.973.252.633.00
19203.693.823.473.69

Table: Proportion of deaths to 1,000 deaths from all causes.

Proportion of deaths to 1,000 deaths from all causes.

Poplar.Bromley.Bow.Borough of Poplar.
1916203.26219.62239.86218.61
1917197.81258.56209.64224.65
1918211.75223.73193.79212. 08
1919196.29229.88191.36208.31
1920250.6126314232.17250.85