Annual report for the year 1918 on the sanitary condition and vital statistics of the Metropolitan Borough of Poplar, comprising the registration sub-districts of Poplar, Bromley and Bow.

  • Poplar (London, England). Metropolitan Borough.
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[1919]
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Credit: Annual report for the year 1918 on the sanitary condition and vital statistics of the Metropolitan Borough of Poplar, comprising the registration sub-districts of Poplar, Bromley and Bow. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    v. SUMMARY OF VITAL STATISTICS FOR 1918. Area of Borough (excluding Water)* 2,136 acres „ Poplar Sub-District „ 1,004 „ „ Bromley „ „ 589 „ „ Bow „ „ 543 „ Population (Census 1911)—Borough 162,442 „ „ Poplar Sub-District 56,393 „ „ Bromley „ 65,226 „ „ Bow „ 40,823 „ **Estimated to Middle of 1918—Borough 139,530 156,338 „ „ „ Poplar Sub-District 48,467 54,306 „ „ „ Bromley „ 55,865 62,594 „ „ „ Bow „ 35,198 39,438 Density†—Borough 65.32 „ Poplar Sub-District 48.27 „ Bromley „ 94.84 Bow 64.82 Marriages—Borough 2,616 „ Poplar Sub-District 1,256 „ Bromley „ 858 „ Bow „ 502 Births—Borough 3,203 „ Poplar Sub-District 1,134 „ Bromley „ 1,337 „ Bow „ 732 Birth Rate—Borough 20.48 „ Poplar Sub-District 20.88 „ Bromley „ 21.35 „ Bow „ 18.56 Deaths—Borough 3,178 „ Poplar Sub-District 1,157 „ Bromley „ 1,247 „ Bow „ 774 Death Rate—-Borough ., 22.77 „ Poplar Sub-District 23.87 „ Bromley „ 22.32 „ Bow „ 21.98 Infantile Mortality—Borough 107 per 1,000 births „ Poplar Sub-District 112 „ „ „ Bromley „ 106 „ „ „ Bow „ ' 101 „ „ Inhabited Houses (Census 1911)—-Borough 22,472 „ „ Poplar Sub-District 8,201 „ „ Bromley „ 8,721 Bow „ 5,550 *Land and Inland Tidal Water Inland Water. Water only. and Foreshore. Acres. Acres. Acres. Bow 555.7 12.5 9.8 Sub-Districts Bromley 605.8 17.3 19.1 I Poplar 1166.2 161.9 296.9 Borough 2327.7 191.7 325.8 The last column tidal water and foreshore is not included in the first column, and therefore must not be deducted to arrive at land area. ** See italics end of first paragraph, page 2. † Without water.