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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 1923

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

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Table: The following death rates for the year 1923 are interesting when compared with one another:—

The following death rates for the year 1923 are interesting when compared with one another:—

Annual Rate per 1,0C0 persons living.Deaths of Children under one year of age to 1,000 Births.
Poplar Borough11.360†
*England and Wales11.669
*105 Great Towns‡11.672
*157 Smaller Towns10.669
*London11.260
Liverpool13.799
Manchester13.488
Edinburgh13.882
Glasgow14.290
*Dublin (City)14.4111
Belfast13.8101
* Provisional figures furnished by the Registrar-General. ‡ Including London.