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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Poplar 1931

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]

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Table: Infant Mortality. There were 211 deaths of children under one year of age, the death rates per 1,000 births for the past 24 years being:—

Infant Mortality. There were 211 deaths of children under one year of age, the death rates per 1,000 births for the past 24 years being:—

Borough of Poplar.County of London.
1908124 (104)113
1909130 (99)108
1910119 (106)103
1911158 (116)129
1912108 (90)90
1913113 (83)105
1914117 (117)104
1915134 (98)112
1916104 (78)89
191795 (79)103
1918107 (68)107
191983 (69)85
192081 (48)75
192183 (66)80
192279 (38)74
192360 (44)60
192472 (38)69
192575 (50)67
192670 (39)64
192766 (42)59
192871 (49)67
192975 (40)70
193055 (34)59
19317765

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Note.—The figures in brackets are the mortality rates amongst infants
visited by the Health Visitors.