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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 1947

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]

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Table: STATISTICS.Summary for 1947.

STATISTICS.

Summary for 1947.

AREA:2136 acres.
POPULATION:At Census 1931155,089.
Registrar-General's estimated civil population 194773,490.
BIRTH RATES:Poplar.London.Eng. & Wales.Poplar. 1946.
Live births26.725.7
22.720.5
Still births0.680.61
0.490.50
DEATH RATES: All causes13.513.1
12.812.0
Tuberculosis: of respiratory system0.870.88
?0.47
other forms0.070.09
?0.08
all forms0.940.97
?0.55
INFANT MORTALITY: Rates per 1,000 live births4030
3741
MATERNAL MORTALITY: Rates per 1,0000.50Nil
total births?1.17

Table: Total Males Females

Total Males Females

LIVE BIRTHS:
Legitimate18951018877Birth rate per 1,000 population 26.725.7
Illegitimate704030
196510 58907
STILL BIRTHS:502327Rate per 1,000 total births 24.823.1
DEATHS-all ages994532412Rate per 1,000 population 13.513.1
DEATHS FROM PUERPERAL CAUSES:
Puerperal sepsis-Rate per 1,000
Other maternal causes1total births 0.50Nil
INFANTILE MORTALITY RATES:
All infants per 1,000 live births4030
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate births3929
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate births5738