[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough].

  • Poplar (London, England). Metropolitan Borough.
Date:
[1927]
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    16 TABLE IV. Birth.rate, Death.rate, and Analysis of Mortality During the Year 1926. Birth rate per 1,000 Total Popula tion. Annual Death.rate per 1,000 Population . Rate per 1,000 Births. Percentage of Total Deaths. All Causes. Enteric Fever. Small pox. Measles. Scarlet Fever. Whooping Cough. Diph theria. Influenza. Violence. Diarrh(ca and Enteritis (under 2 years). Total Deaths under One Year. Causes of Deat h Certi fied by Registered Med ical Practitioners Inquest Cases. Uncertified Causes of Death. England and Walesf 17.8 11.6 0.01 0.00 0.09 0.02 010 0.07 0.22 0.47 8.7 70 91.8 7.2 1.0 105 County Boroughs and Great Towns, including Londonf 18.2 11.6 0.01 0.00 0.12 0.02 0.10 0.10 0.22 0.43 11.8 73 92.0 7.5 0.5 158 Smaller Towns (ad justed Populations 20,000.50,000) † 17.6 10.6 0. 01 0.00 0.07 0.02 0.11 006 0.23 0.40 6.6 67 92.6 6.3 1.1 London† 17.1 11.6 0.01 0.00 0.20 002 0.05 0.12 0.17 0.48 11.8 64 90.6 9.4 0.0 Poplar Borough 21.6 11 .4 0 02 — 0.23 0. 02 0. 05 0.13 0.14 0.54 17. 2 70 86.0 13.9 01 The rates for England and Wales and for Poplar have been calculated on a population estimated to the middle of 1926, while those for the towns have been calculated on populations estimated to the middle of 1925. The mortality rates refer to the whole population as regards England and Wale3, but only to civilians as regards London, the groups of towns and Poplar. The following rates for certain specified towns may be of interest : Death Kate:—Liverpool 13.7 ; Manchester 13.17 ; Edinburgh 13.5 : Glasgow 14.2; Dublin 14.! ; Belfast 15.4.f Infantile Mortality Kate:—Liverpool 104: Manchester 86.6 : Edinburgh 80 ; Glasgow 103: Dublin 106: Belfast 112.t †Provisional figures.