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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 1951

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

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Table: EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR.

EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR.

MalesFemalesTotal
Live Births: Legitimate6026211,223
Illegitimate212647
Rate per 1,000 estimated resident population:
Recorded17.3
Standardised16.8
Stillbirths: Legitimate141529
Illegitimate1-1
Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births23.1
Deaths506430936
Death rate per 1,000 estimated resident population:
Recorded12.8
Standardised14.4
Deaths of Infants under one year of age:
Legitimate221739
Illegitimate-11
Death rate of Infants under one year of age:
All infants per 1,000 live births31.5
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births31.9
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births21.3