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Poplar 1896
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar]
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The following table gives the excess of births over deaths since 1880
TABLE III.
| Bow—1880 | 794 | Bow—1888 | 727 |
| 1881 | 709 | 1889 | 611 |
| 1882 | 757 | 1890 | 514 |
| 1883 | 812 | 1891 | 484 |
| 1884 | 757 | 1892 | 408 |
| 1885 | 745 | 1893 | 434 |
| 1886 | 807 | 1894 | 576 |
| 1887 | 669 | 1895 | 598 |
| 1896 | 500 |
During the year 1896 the deaths have been 855—males 430,
females 425; as against a total of 826 for 1895, and 777 for 1894.
These deaths include those of inhabitants which occurred in outlying
institutions and exclude those which occurred in the Grove Hall
Lunatic Asylum, these latter being 37. The annual death-rate for
Bow for 1896 was 20.4 per 1000 of the inhabitants, as against 19.7
for 1895, and 18.8 for 1894.
TABLE IV.
| Year. | Population. (Bow & Bromley.) | Birth-rate. (Bow & | Death-rate. Bromley.) | Zymotic Death-rate. (Bow & Bromley.) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1871 | 68,024 (Bow.) | 41.9 (Bow.) | 27.24 (Bow.) | 6.3 (Bow.) |
| 1881 | 37,063 | 38.5 | 19.6 | 3.4 |
| 1891 | 40,378 | 32.8 | 21.0 | 3.0 |
| 1892 | 40,714 | 31.9 | 22.1 | 3.6 |
| 1893 | 41,143 | 34.0 | 23.5 | 4.3 |
| 1894 | 41,495 | 32.3 | 18.8 | 3.8 |
| 1895 | 41,850 | 34 | 19.7 | 2.8 |
| 1896 | 41,747 | 32.4 | 20.4 | 3.8 |