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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]
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Births, Maternal Mortality and Infantile Mortality during the twenty years
1919 to 1938.
The following Table shows the Birth rate, Maternal Mortality rate
and the number and rate per 1 ,ooo births of:—
(a) Deaths of infants under 2 weeks old;
(b) Deaths of infants from 2 weeks to 12 months old;
| Live Births. | Birth rate per 1,000 population | Maternal Mortality. | Deaths of Infant | Deaths of visited infants. | ||||||||
| rate per 1,000 | Under 2 weeks. | 2 weeks to 12 months. | Total under one year. | Total under one year. | Rate per 1,000 visited. | |||||||
| Live Births. | Total Births. | No. | Rate. | No. | Rate. | No. | Rate. | |||||
| 1919 | 3,949 | 24.6 | 2.78 | _ | 106 | 26.8 | 222 | 56.2 | 328 | 83 | 243 | 69 |
| 1920 | 5,457 | 34.1 | 3.48 | _ | 121 | 22.2 | 326 | 59.7 | 447 | 82 | 213 | 48 |
| 1921 | 4,478 | 27.2 | 3.57 | ___ | 92 | 20.5 | 282 | 62.9 | 374 | 83 | 243 | 66 |
| 1922 | 4,417 | 26.6 | 3.17 | _ | 108 | 24.5 | 241 | 54.5 | 349 | 79 | 147 | 38 |
| 1923 | 4,256 | 25.6 | 3.29 | _ | 101 | 23.7 | 154 | 36.1 | 255 | 60 | 163 | 44 |
| 1924 | 3,831 | 22.9 | 1.30 | __ | 75 | 19.5 | 202 | 52.7 | 277 | 72 | 128 | 38 |
| 1925 | 3,831 | 22.7 | 3.13 | _ | 73 | 19.0 | 215 | 56.1 | 288 | 75 | 174 | 50 |
| 1926 | 3,658 | 21.6 | 3.97 | _ | 75 | 20.5 | 183 | 50.0 | 258 | 70 | 136 | 39 |
| 1927 | 3,309 | 19.8 | 2.72 | _ | 68 | 20.6 | 150 | 45.3 | 218 | 66 | 138 | 42 |
| 1928 | 3,228 | 19.9 | 2.47 | _ | 64 | 19.8 | 166 | 51.4 | 230 | 71 | 152 | 49 |
| 1929 | 3,064 | 19.1 | 3.26 | ___ | 77 | 25.1 | 153 | 49.9 | 230 | 75 | 123 | 40 |
| 1930 | 3,056 | 19.3 | 1.31 | 1.26 | 66 | 21.6 | 101 | 33.5 | 167 | 55 | 102 | 34 |
| 1931 | 2,739 | 17.5 | 2.55 | 2.47 | 60 | 21.8 | 151 | 55.1 | 211 | 77 | 139 | 50 |
| 1932 | 2,616 | 17.2 | 4.20 | 4.07 | 57 | 21.8 | 109 | 41.6 | 166 | 63 | 74 | 28 |
| 1933 | 2,295 | 15.4 | 1.74 | 1.70 | 59 | 25.7 | 64 | 27.9 | 123 | 54 | 81 | 34 |
| 1934 | 2,267 | 15.5 | 3.53 | 3.40 | 37 | 16.3 | 103 | 45.4 | 140 | 62 | 72 | 31 |
| 1935 | 2,215 | 15.4 | 3.16 | 3.06 | 47 | 21.2 | 55 | 24-8 | 102 | 46 | 95 | 41 |
| 1936 | 2,110 | 15.0 | 1.89 | 1.84 | 35 | 16.6 | 118 | 55.9 | 153 | 72 | 99 | 44 |
| 1937 | 2,115 | 15.5 | 0.94 | 0.92 | 32 | 15.1 | 97 | 45.9 | 129 | 61 | 77 | 35 |
| 1938 | 2,001 | 14.9 | 2.50 | 2.42 | 34 | 17.0 | 86 | 43.0 | 120 | 60 | — | - |
(Tables showing the causes of death are given as follows:—
Deaths under 1 year, page 12.
Deaths from puerperal causes, page 123.