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Poplar 1925
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE IV.
Birth-rate, Death-rate, and Analysis of Mortality During the Year 1925.
| 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. | Smallpox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Whooping Cough. | Diphtheria. | Influenza. | Violence. | Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under 2 years). | Total Deaths under One Year. | Causes of Death Certified by Registered Med ical Practitioners. | Inquest Cases. | Uncertified Causes of Death. | ||
| England and Walesf | 18.3 | 12.2 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.13 | 0.03 | 0.15 | 0.07 | 0.32 | 0.47 | 8.4 | 75 | 92.1 | 6.9 | 1.0 |
| 105 County Boroughs and Great Towns, including London † | 18.8 | 12.2 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.17 | 0.03 | 0.18 | 0.09 | 0.30 | 0.43 | 10.8 | 79 | 92.1 | 7.3 | 0.6 |
| 157 Smaller Towns (adjusted Populations 20,000.50,000) † | 18.3 | 11.2 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.15 | 0.02 | 0.14 | 0.06 | 0.31 | 0.38 | 7.6 | 74 | 93.0 | 5.9 | 1.1 |
| London † | 18.0 | 11.7 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.08 | 0.02 | 0.19 | 0.11 | 0.23 | 0.46 | 10.6 | 67 | 91.1 | 8.9 | 0.0 |
| Poplar Borough | 22.7 | 11.7 | — | — | 0.16 | — | 0.36 | 0.05 | 0.12 | 0.52 | 138 | 75 | 88.9 | 11.0 | 0.1 |
* Non.civilians are included in these figures for England and Wales, but not for other areas,
† 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 1925,
while those for the towns have been calculated on populations estimated to the middle of 1924.