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Public Health Office,
Bow Road, E.3.
19th July, 1928.
To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors of the Metropolitan Borough
of Poplar.
Mr. Mayor, Ladies and Gentlemen,
I beg to submit my first Annual Report upon the Vital Statistics
and Sanitary Condition of the Borough.
The publication of this report has been delayed owing to the amount
of extra work which has devolved upon the department as a result of the
flooding caused by the overflowing of the Thames, early in January, and
an outbreak of Smallpox which occurred in March, April, May and
June of this year.
A full report of the flooding will be included in the next annual
report; meanwhile, the following facts may be of interest:—
(i) Number of houses flooded 1,141
(ii) Number of houses from which damaged
household goods were removed 93
(iii) Number of houses disinfected 1,131
(iv) No outbreak of infectious disease followed as
a result of the flooding.
In preparing this report, whilst following the arrangement prescribed
by the Ministry of Health in Circular No. 834, I have endeavoured to
retain some of the features of the reports which have been presented to
you in former years.
Population.—The Registrar-General's estimate of the population is
the lowest since 1923, being 2,000 less than his estimate for 1926. This
adversely affects the death rate for 1927 when compared with the corresponding
rates for the years 1924-1926.
Births.—The corrected births were fewer than those of preceding
years and the birth rate per 1,000 of the population, 19.8, is the lowest
recorded in the Borough.