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Poplar 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE IV. Birth.rates, Death.rates, and Analysis or Mortality in the Year 1936.
| Rate per 1,000 Population. | Annual Death.rate per 1,000 Population. | Hate per 1,000 Live Births. | Percentage of Total Deaths. | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Causes. | Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers. | Small. pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Whooping Cough. | Diphtheria. | Influenza. | Violence. | Diarrhœa and Enteritis (under 2 years). | Total Deaths under One Year. | Certified by Registered Medical Practitioners. | Inquest Cases. | Certified by Coroner after P.M. No Inquest. | Uncertified Causes of Death. | |||
| Live Births | Stillbirths. | ||||||||||||||||
| *England and Wales | 14.8 | 0.61 | 12.1 | 0.01 | — | 0.07 | 0.01 | 0.05 | 0.07 | 0.14 | 0.52 | 5.9 | 59 | ||||
| *122 County Boroughs and Great Towns, including London | 14.9 | 0.67 | 12.3 | 0.01 | — | 0.09 | 0.01 | 0.06 | 0.08 | 0.14 | 0.45 | 8.2 | 63 | ||||
| *143 Smaller Towns (Populations 25,000. 50,000 at Census 1931) | 15.0 | 0.64 | 11.5 | 0.00 | — | 0.04 | 0.01 | 0.04 | 0.05 | 0.15 | 0.39 | 3.4 | 55 | ||||
| *London Administrative County | 13.6 | 0.53 | 12.5 | 0.01 | — | 0.14 | 0.01 | 0.06 | 0.05 | 0.14 | 0.52 | 14.4 | 66 | ||||
| Poplar Borough | 15.0 | 0.46 | 12.5† | — | — | 0.35 | 0.01 | 0.11 | 0.09 | 0.11 | 0.47 | 16.6 | 72 | 88.6 | 6.2 | 5.1 | 0.1 |
†Crude rate. The adjusted rate is 13.8.
Puerperal
Sepsis.
Others.
Total.
*The Maternal Mortality Rates for England and Wales are as follows:—
Per 1,000 live births 1.40 2.41 3.81
Per 1,000 total births 1.34 2.31 3.65
The Maternal Mortality Rates for Poplar are as follows:—
Per 1,000 live births 0.47 1.42 1,89
Per 1,000 total births 0.46 1.38 1.84
*Provisional figures furnished by the Registrar-General.