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Poplar 1928
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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The corrected birth rate per 1,000 population was 19.9, as against
25.6, 22.9, 22.7, 21.6 and 19.8 for the years 1923-1927.
During the year, 2,768 notifications were received under the
Notification of Births Act, 1907.
MARRIAGES.
During the year, the marriages of 2,890 persons were registered,
giving a rate of 17.8, as against 16.1, 15.3, 16.2, 15.8 and 17.5 in the
five years 1923-1927.
DEATHS.
1,838 deaths were registered as having occurred in the Borough.
260 deaths of non-residents must be deducted, and 331 deaths of Poplar
residents which occurred outside the Borough must be added, giving a
nett total of 1,909 and a rate of 11.8 per 1,000 of the estimated population.
The natural increase of population represented by excess of births
over deaths was 1,319.