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Poplar 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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The causes of death are shown in Table I in accordance with the classification
used by the Registrar General. Deaths from neoplasms of the lung, show a decrease
on last years figures.
No significant change in deaths from other diseases was recorded.
STATISTICS OF THE AREA
Area (excluding water) 2,136 acres
Area (including water) 2,331 acres
Population, estimated mid-year 63,540
Number of inhabited houses (according to Rate books) 16,618
Rateable Value £1,247,206
General Rate (1958-1959) 19/0 in £
Sum represented by a penny rate (1958-1959) £4,800
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