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Poplar 1931
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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| Bow and Bromley Sub-District | 128 | 69 | 36 | 74 | 307 |
| St. Andrew's Hospital | 259 | 170 | 142 | 205 | 776 |
| Poplar Institution | 53 | 32 | 17 | 28 | 130 |
| Bow Institution | 62 | 23 | 20 | 35 | 140 |
| Bromley House Institution | 1 | I | — | 1 | 3 |
| Poplar Hospital | 33 | 31 | 26 | 18 | 108 |
| River Thames | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| ,, Lee | — | 1 | 1 | — | 2 |
| Limehouse Cut | — | — | — | — | — |
| Bow Creek | — | — | — | — | — |
| Regents Canal | — | — | — | — | — |
| East India Docks | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
| West India Docks | — | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| South-West India Docks | — | — | — | — | — |
| Millwall Docks | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Poplar Docks | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| Highways | 5 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 13 |
| Miscellaneous: (places of Employment ,etc) | — | — | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 697 | 411 | 310 | 454 | 1,872 | |
| Deaths occurring outside the Borough, of persons belonging thereto (add) | 96 | 82 | 73 | 81 | 332 |
| Deaths occurring within the Borough, of persons not belonging thereto (deduct) | 9i | 57 | 56 | 55 | 259 |
| Deaths at all ages—nett | 702 | 436 | 327 | 480 | 1,945 |