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Poplar 1931
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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During the year 2,212 notifications were received under the
Notification of Births Act, 1907.
The following Table shows where the births in 1931 occurred:—
| 1. Attended by Doctors | 14.8 per cent. | 58.3 per cent. |
| 2. Attended by Midwives | 43.5 per cent. | |
| 41.7 per cent. | |||
| St. Andrew's Hospital | 19.2 per cent. | ||
| 1. East End Maternity Hospital | 18.2 per cent. | 22.5 | |
| 2. Other Institutions | 4.3 per cent. | ||
| 100 | |||
Marriages.
During the year the marriages of 2,962 persons were registered,
giving a rate of 18.9, as against 15.8, 17.5, 17.8, 17.8 and 18.4 in the
five years 1926-1930.
Deaths.
1,872 deaths were registered as having occurred in the Borough.
259 deaths of non-residents must be deducted, and 332 deaths of Poplar
residents which occurred outside the Borough must be added, giving a
net total of 1,945 and a rate of 12.4 per 1,000 of the estimated population.
The Registrar-General's table shows a total of 1,942 deaths, but this does
not affect the rate of 12.4
The natural increase of population represented by excess of births
over deaths was 797.