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Poplar 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE IV.
Birth-rates, Death-rates, and Analysis of Mortality in the Year 1935.
| Rate per 1,000 Population . | Annual Death-rate per 1,000 Population. | Rate per 1,000 Live Births. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Causes. | Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers. | Smallpox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Whooping Cough. | Diphtheria . | Influenza. | Violence. | Diarrhœa and Enteritis (under 2 years). | Total Deaths under One Year. | |||
| Live Births | Stillbirths. | ||||||||||||
| *England and Wales | 14.7 | 0.62 | 11.7 | 0.00 | - | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.04 | 0.08 | 0.18 | 0.52 | 5.7 | 57 |
| *121 County Boroughs and Great Towns, including London | 14.8 | 0.68 | 11.8 | 0.00 | - | 0.04 | 0.01 | 0.04 | 0.09 | 0.16 | 0.45 | 7.9 | 62 |
| *140 Smaller Towns (Populations 25,000-50,000 at Census 1931) | 14.8 | 0.64 | 11.2 | 0.00 | - | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.07 | 0.17 | 0.41 | 3.8 | 55 |
| London Administrative County | 13.3 | 0.52 | 11.4 | 0.00 | - | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.04 | 0.06 | 0.11 | 0.51 | 11.2 | 58 |
| Poplar Borough | 15.4 | 0.51 | 11.0† | 0 01 | - | 0.01 | - | 0.04 | 0.08 | 0.06 | 0.42 | 4.5 | 46 |
† Crude rate. The adjusted rate is 12.3. Puerperal
Sepsis. Others. Total.
* The maternal Mortality Rates for England and Wales are as follows:- (Per 1,000 live births 1.68 2.42 4.10
(Per 1 000 total births 1.61 2.32 3 93
The Maternal Mortality Rates for Poplar are as follows:— (Per 1,000 live births 2.26 0.90 3.16
(Per 1,000 total births 2.18 0.87 3.06
*Provisional figures furnished by the Registrar-General.