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Poplar 1946
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS.
| AREA: 2,136 ACRES. | ||||||
| POPULATION: | Census, 1931 | 155,089 | ||||
| Registrar-General's estimated civil population, 1946 | 69,010 | |||||
| London. | England & Wales. | |||||
| BIRTH RATE: | Live births | 25.7 | 21.5 | 19.1 | ||
| Still births | 0.61 | 0.54 | 0.53 | |||
| DEATH RATES: | All causes | 13.1 | 12.7 | 11.5 | ||
| TUBERCULOSIS DEATH RATES: | Respiratory | 0.88 | ? | ? | ||
| Other forms | 0.09 | |||||
| All forms | 0.97 | |||||
| INFANT MORTALITY: | Rates per 1, 000 live births | 30 | 41 | 43 | ||
| MATERNAL MORTALITY: | Rates per 1,000 total births | Nil. | 1.43 | |||
| . | 1946. | |||||
| LIVE BIRTHS: | Total. | Males. | Females. | |||
| Legitimate | 1,669 | 852 | 50 | Birth rate per 1,000 population 25.7 | ||
| Illegitimate | 104 | 54 | 50 | |||
| 1,773 | 906 | 867 | ||||
| STILL BIRTHS: | 42 | 16 | 26 | Rate per 1,000 total births 23.1 | ||
| DEATHS -All ages | 906 | 553 | 353 | Rate per 1,000 population 13.1 | ||
| DEATHS FROM PUERPERAL CAUSES: | puerperal sepsis Other maternal causes | Nil | Rate per 1,000 total births | |||
| Nil | Nil. | |||||
INFANTILE MORTALITY RATE:
All infants per 1,000 live births 30
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate births 29
Illegitimate infants. per 1,000 illegitimate births 28
CAUSES OF DEATH AT ALL AGES:
The 906 deaths at all ages ware classified by the
Registrar-General as follows:-
Whooping cough 2; Diphtheria 1; Tuberculosis (a ) of respiratory
system 61 (b) other forms 6; syphilitic disease 6; influenza 13;
Cancer of ( a) buccal cavity and oesophagus 9; (b) uterus 5;
(c) stomach and duodenum 24; ( d) breast 8; (e) all other sites 87;
Diabetes 6; ??? vascular lesions 78; Heart diseases 261;
other diseases of circulatory system 38; Bronchitis 98; Pneumonia 38;
other respiratory diseases 12 ; Ulcer of stomach or duodenum 10;