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Poplar 1920
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE XVIII.
| — | Birthrate per 1,000 Total Population. | Annual Death-rate per 1,000 Civilian Population. | Rate per 1,000 Births. | Percentage of Total Deaths.* | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Causes | Enteric Fever. | Small-pox. | Measles. | Scarlet . Fever. | Whooping-cough. | Diphtheria. | Influenza. | Violence. | Diarrhœa and Enteritis (under 2 years). | Total Deaths under One Year. | Deaths in Public Institutions. | Certified Causes. | Inquest Cases. | Uncertified Causes of Death. | ||
| England and Wales | 0.11 | |||||||||||||||
| 96 Great Towns, including London (Census Populations exceeding 50,000) | ||||||||||||||||
| 148 Smaller Towns (Census Populations 20,000-50,000) | 0.02 | 0.19 | 0.03 | 0.10 | 0.38 | 7.8 | 1.5 | |||||||||
| London | 26.5 | 12.4 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.05 | 0.22 | 0.47 | 13.5 | ||||||||
| Poplar Borough | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.20 | 0.08 | 0.70 | 86.9 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| Poplar Sub-District | 14.7 | 0.05 | 0.00 | 0.05 | 0.10 | 0.30 | 0.30 | 0.25 | 85.2 | |||||||
| Bromley | 35.8 | 14.5 | 0.00 | 0.04 | 0.18 | 0.09 | 0.46 | 0.31 | 0.57 | 5.2 | 75 | 87.1 | 0.0 | |||
| Bow | 32.7 | 14.9 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.44 | 0.04 | 0.39 | 0.29 | 0.47 | 10.5 | 90 | 46.4 | 88.7 | 11.3 | ||
* Non-civilians are included in these figures for England and Wales but not for other areas.