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Poplar 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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Section A.
STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE BOROUGH.
| Area of Borough (excluding water) | 2,136 acres |
| Population (Census, 1931) | 155.089 |
| Registrar-General's estimate of resident population-mid-1937 | 136,800 |
| Number of Inhabited Houses (end of 1937) according to Rate Books | 23,977 |
| Rateable Value (October, 1937) | £775,847 |
| Sum represented by a Penny Rate (April, 1937) | £3,061 |
Social Conditions, including the chief occupations of the
inhabitants, and the influence of any particular occupation
on public health.
Poplar is an industrial district with a number of large factories and
several docks. There are also many wharves along the river, which
bounds the Borough on the south.
EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS.
| Total | M. | F. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live Births | Legitimate | 2,071 | 1,049 | 1,022 | Birth Rate 15.5 per 1,000 of the estimated resident population. |
| Illegitimate | 44 | 21 | 23. | ||
| Totals | 2,115 | 1,070 | 1.045 | ||
| Still Births | 62 | 32 | 30 | Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births 28.5. | |
| Total | M. | F. | |||
| Deaths | 1,728 | 935 | 793 | Crude Death Rate 12.6 per 1,000 estimated resident population . Adjusted Death Rate 14.0. | |