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Poplar 1921

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

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ZYMOTIC DISEASES.
Measles, scarlet fever, pertussis, diphtheria and membranous croup, fever,
small-pox, diarrhoea and enteritis.

Table: Death rates per 1,000 living.

Death rates per 1,000 living.

Poplar.Bromley.Bow.Borough of Poplar
19171.642.071.431.76
19182.082.302.132.18
19191.190.821.181.04
19201.241.311.611.36
19211.841.421.521.59

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.
191789.61123.5796.47104.67
191887.29103.4496.8995.97
191979.0158.6286.3072.75
192084.3590.22107.7992.68
1921145.80107.79126.27125.35

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.
19173.634.333.123.78
19185.054.994.264.83
19192.973.252.633.00
19203.693.823.473.69
19212.612.812.462.65

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.
1917197.81258.56209.64224.65
1918211.75223.73193.79212.08
1919196.29229.88191.36208.31
1920250.61263.14232.17250.85
1921206.32213.30203.66208.61