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Public Health Office,
Bow Road, E.3.
June, 1933.
To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors
of the Metropolitan Borough of Poplar.
Mr. Mayor, Ladies and Gentlemen,
I beg to submit my Report upon the health of the Metropolitan
Borough of Poplar for the year 1932.
Statistics.—The Registrar-General's estimate of the population is
152,400, and on this figure all rates per 1,000 of the population have been
calculated. It should be noted that this estimate is 3,900 less than the
estimated population for the year 1931 and the comparatively low figure
adversely affects the mortality rates based upon it when compared with
corresponding rates for previous years.
The birth-rate (17.2) and the death-rate (12.1) are both slightly
lower than the corresponding rates for the previous year, and the infantile
mortality rate (63) is considerably lower than the rate for 1931.
Statistics of Parliamentary Wards.—In order to ascertain if there
are any marked variations in health conditions of the various Parliamentary
Wards of the Borough the vital statistics of each Ward have been calculated
and are shown on a map facing page 8. The number of deaths of Ward
' 'residents'' classified to certain causes is shown on Table II, facing page 13.
Several years must elapse before the information thus obtained can be
of any real value.
Infectious Diseases. - There was a slight increase in the number of
cases of Scarlet Fever and of Diphtheria, but on the other hand there was
a considerable fall in the number of cases of Pneumonia notified.
Housing and Overcrowding .—Section D of this Report is devoted to
housing and associated matters, and the summary of the work of the
Housing Survey Inspectors is of interest as it shows the first complete
year's work of these officers.
Work of District Inspectors, etc.—The work done by the District
Inspectors is shown in the table facing page 24. The total inspections
during the year was 14,123—an increase of over 4,000 compared with the
previous year—and the re-inspections numbered 21,165, showing an
increase of 2,599. These figures indicate the amount of work which is
being done as compared with 10 years ago, when the inspections numbered
8,812 and the re-inspections 14,373. Even when allowance has been