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Poplar 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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year of age per 1,000 births, was 21.5 as compared with 24.9 for the previous year.
The figures for England and Wales are 24.9 and 29.2 respectively.
The causes of death are shown in Table 1 in accordance with the classification
used by the Registrar General. Deaths from neoplasms of the lung, which have for
the last decade shown a steady but progressive increase, during this year show a
slight decrease but from the general trend throughout the country this would appear
to be purely a local variation. Deaths from other diseases showed no significant
change from the numbers recorded in 1956.
STATISTICS OP THE AREA
| Area (excluding water) | 2,136 acres |
| Area (including water) | 2,331 acres |
| Population, estimated mid-year | 67,080 |
| Number of inhabited houses (according to Rate books) | 17,205 |
| Rateable Value | £ 990,205 |
| General Rate (1956-1957) | 17/4 in £ |
| Sum represented by a penny rate (1956-1957) | £ 3,800 |