London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Poplar 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
This page requires JavaScript
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-1938 | 134,400 |
| Number of Inhabited Houses (end of 1938) according to Rate Books | 23,958 |
| Rateable Value (October, 1938) | £785,611 |
| Sum represented by a Penny Rate (April, 1938) | £3,068 |
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.
(Registrar-General's Figures.)
| Total | M. | F. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live Births | Legitimate | 1,959 | 960 | 999 | Birth Rate 14.9 per 1,000 of the estimated resident population. |
| Ilegitimate | 42 | 17 | 25 | ||
| Totals | 2,001 | 977 | 1,024 | ||
| Still Births | 66 | 32 | 34 | Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births 31.9. | |
| Total | M. | F. | |||
| Deaths | 1.537 | 872 | 665 | Crude Death Rate 11.4 per 1,000 estimated resident population. Adjusted Death Rate 12.7. | |