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Poplar 1924
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE V.
Birth.rate, Death.rate, and Analysis of Mortality During the Year 1924.
| – | Birthrate per 1,000 Total Population. | Annual Death.rate per 1,000 Civilian Population. | Rate per 1,000 Births. | Percentage of Total Deaths.1 | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Causes. | Enteric Fever. | Smallpox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Whooping Cough. | Diphtheria. | Influenza. | Violence. | Diarrhtea and Enteritis (under 2 years). | Total Deaths under One Year. | Causes of Death Certified by Ketristered Med ical Practitioners. | Inquest Cases. | Uncertified Causes of Death. | ||
| England and Walesf | 18.8 | 12.2 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.12 | 0.02 | 0.10 | 0.06 | 0.49 | 0.44 | 7.3 | 75 | 92.3 | 6.6 | 1.1 |
| 105 County Boroughs and Great Towns, including London† | 19.4 | 12.3 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.18 | 0.03 | 0.12 | 0.08 | 0.45 | 0.40 | 9.2 | 80 | 92.5 | 6.9 | 0.6 |
| 157 Smaller Towns (adjusted Populations 20,000.50,000) t | 18.9 | 11.2 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.08 | 0.02 | 0.09 | 0.06 | 0.50 | 0.36 | 6.2 | 71 | 93.3 | 5.5 | 1.2 |
| Londonf | 18.7 | 121 | 0.01 | — | 0.29 | 0.03 | 0.11 | 0.12 | 0.36 | 0.44 | 8.4 | 69 | 91.3 | 8.6 | 0.1 |
| Poplar Borough | 22 9 | 121 | 0.06 | — | 0.22 | 0.03 | 0.23 | 012 | 0 29 | 052 | 7.6 | 72 | 89 3 | 10.7 | 0.0 |
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* Non.civilians are included in these figures for England and Wales, but not for other areas.
f Provisional figures for England and Wales, 105 Great Towns, 157 Smaller Towns and London.
The rates for England and Wales and for Poplar have been calculated on a population estimated to the middle of 1924,
while those for the towns have been calculated on populations estimated to the middle of 1923.