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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Poplar 1920

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

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Table: The following death rates for the year 1920 are interesting when compared with one another :—

The following death rates for the year 1920 are interesting when compared with one another :—

Annual Rateper 1,000 persons livingDeaths of Children under one year of age to 1,000 Births.
Poplar Borough14.72811
Poplar (Sub-District)14.7383
Bromley14.5575
Bow ...14.9690
England and Wales12.480
96 Great Towns‡12.585
148 Smaller Towns11.380
London12.475
Liverpool16.4113
Manchester13.297
Edinburgh13.389
Glasgow15.3105
Dublin (City)39.1137
Belfast17.5132

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† See Footnote ** page 8.
‡ Including London.