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Poplar 1954
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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England and Wales which is the lowest figure ever recorded for the country.
The causes of death are shown in Table I in accordance with the classification
used by the Registrar General. There is a reduction of deaths from tuberculosis
of the lungs from 25 in 1953 to 13 in 1954, a reduction in deaths from all forms
of diseases of the heart and circulation from 306 in the previous year to 284 and
a reduction in deaths from Bronchitis from 77 to 58. Deaths from other diseases
show no significant change from the numbers recorded in 1953.
STATISTICS OF THE AREA
| Area (excluding water) | 2,136 acres |
| Population, estimated mid-year | 71,690 |
| Number of inhabited houses (according to Rate Books) | 17,966 |
| Rateable Value | £583,114 |
| General Rate (1953-1954) | 21/8d. in £ |
| Sum represented by a penny rate (1953-1954) | £2,310 |
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