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Poplar 1924
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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AREA AND POPULATION,
The area of the Borough is 2,136 acres, and the population, estimated
to the middle of the year by the Registrar.General, is 167,300,
giving a density of 78.3 persons per acre. The estimated population
given above has been used for calculating the various rates in the present
report. The population of London is estimated at 4,576,505.
BIRTHS.
Early in the year 1925 the Registrar.General supplied the following information, relating to the year under review :—
| Registered. | Inward Transfers. | Outward Transfers. | Nett. | ||
| Total Births—Males Females • • | 1,685 1,727 | 245 205 | 14 17 | 1,916 1,915 | 3,831 |
| Illegitimate —Males Females • • | 37 48 | 9 8 | 1 7 | 45 49 | 94 |
The birth.rate per 1,000 population was 22.9 as against 24.6, 34.1,
27.2, 26.6 and 25.6 for the years 1919.1923. During the year 3,450
notifications were received under the Notification of Births Act, 1907.
MARRIAGES.
During the year the marriages of 2,554 persons were registered,
giving a rate of 15.3, as against 20.8, 18.7, 16.2, 15.0 and 16.1 in the
five years 1919.1923.
DEATHS.
2,122 deaths were registered as having occurred in the Borough.
442 deaths of non.residents must be deducted and 343 deaths of Poplar
residents which occurred outside the Borough must be added, giving a
nett total of 2,023 and a rate of 12.1 per 1,000 of the estimated population.