Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar]
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TABLE III. The year 1896.
Population estimated to the middle of the Year 1896. | Persons to an Acre (1896.) | Births. | Deaths | The Deaths registered include | |||||||||||||
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Deaths of | Deaths from | Inquest Cases. | Deaths in Public Institutions. | ||||||||||||||
Infants under 1 Year of Age. | Persons aged 65 Years and upwards | Principal Zymotic Diseases | Smallpox. | Measles | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping Cough. | Fever. | Diarrhœa. | Violence. | |||||||
33 Great Towns | 10,846,971 | 35.1 | 339,115 | 208,534 | 56,768 | — | 31,550 | 25 | 7,839 | 2,406 | 4,202 | 6,245 | 2,073 | 8,760 | 7,849 | 15,514 | 41,808 |
London | 4,421,955 | 59.2 | 135,796 | 83,511 | 21,853 | — | 14,100 | 9 | 3,697 | 942 | 2,683 | 2,937 | 609 | 3,223 | 3,439 | 7,568 | 23,178 |
Poplar | 57,829 | 49.6 | 2031 | 1251 | 361 | 199 | 213 | 0 | 49 | 8 | 26 | 57 | 12 | 61 | 71 | 171 | 316 |
Bromley | 69,803 | 114.8 | 2615 | 1422 | 441 | 191 | 254 | 0 | 32 | 19 | 56 | 62 | 10 | 72 | 69 | 211 | 349 |
TABLE IV.
The year 1896.
Annual Rate per 1000 Persons Living. | Deaths under 1 Year to 1000 Births. | Annual Death Rate per 1000 living. | Percentage to Total Deaths. | |||||||||||||
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Births. | Deaths from all causes. | Deaths from | ||||||||||||||
Principal Zymotic Diseases. | Smallpox. | Measles | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping Cough. | Fever. | Diarrhœa | Violence. | ||||||||
Aged 1 to 65 Years. | Aged 65 Years and upwards | Inquest Cases. | Deaths in Public Institutions. | |||||||||||||
33 Great Towns | 30.7 | 18.9 | 2.86 | 0.00 | 0.71 | 0.22 | 0.38 | 0.57 | 0.19 | 0.79 | 0.71 | 167 | — | — | 7.4 | 20.0 |
London | 30.2 | 18.6 | 3.14 | 0.00 | 0.82 | 0.21 | 0.60 | 0.65 | 0.14 | 0.72 | 0.77 | 171 | — | — | 9.1 | 27.8 |
Poplar | 35.1 | 21.6 | 3.68 | 0.00 | 0.84 | 0.13 | 0.44 | 0.98 | 0.20 | 1.05 | 1.22 | 177 | 11.94 | 3.44 | 13.6 | 25.2 |
Bromley | 37.4 | 20.3 | 3.63 | 0.00 | 0.45 | 0.27 | 0.80 | 0.88 | 0.14 | 1.03 | 0.98 | 168 | 11.31 | 2.73 | 14.8 | 24.5 |