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Metropolitan Borough of Poplar
Comprising the Registration Sub-Districts of Poplar and Bow
and Bromley .
ANNUAL REPORT
of the
MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH.
To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors of the Metropolitan
Borough of Poplar.
Sir, Ladies and Gentlemen,
In accordance with the "Sanitary Officers' Order, 1926," I have
pleasure in submitting my 34th Annual Report. It refers to the year
1926.
Births.—The birth-rate further declined to the low figure of
21.6.
Mortality.—The rate of mortality at all ages was 11.4 per 1,000
population and the infant mortality rate 70 per 1,000 nett births.
These are the second lowest rates recorded for the Borough.
Deaths from cancer numbered 215 (122 male, 93 female), as against
191 (104 male, 87 female) in 1925. Deaths from tuberculosis and from
diseases of the respiratory system were fewer than in the previous year.
Deaths from whooping-cough numbered 9 as compared with 60 in 1925.
Infectious Diseases.—Notifications of infectious diseases were in
excess of the number for 1925.