Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Annual report for the year 1916 on the sanitary condition and vital statistics of the Metropolitan Borough of Poplar, comprising the registration sub-districts of Poplar, Bromley and Bow
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Notification of Zymotic Enteritis (Summer Diarrhoea).
Notifiable from 1st June to 30th September.
Age periods. Years. | Number of notifications. | Number of deaths. | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Poplar. | Bromley. | Bow. | lotal. | Poplar. | Bromley. | Bow. | Total. | |
Under 1 | 105 | 119 | 27 | 251 | 18 | 20 | 11 | 49 |
1—5 | 203 | 278 | 45 | 526 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 21 |
5—15 | 27 | 52 | 4 | 83 | 1 | — | — | 1 |
15—25 | 17 | 35 | 4 | 56 | — | — | — | — |
25—45 | 35 | 64 | 11 | 110 | — | — | — | — |
45—65 | 28 | 41 | 11 | 80 | — | 1 | — | 1 |
65 and upwards | 4 | 15 | 7 | 26 | — | — | — | — |
All ages—totals | 419 | 604 | 109 | 1,132 | 29 | 27 | 16 | 72 |
Sub-Districts. | Number of Inquests held in the Sub-Districts. | Deduct Inquests held on nonparishioners. | Add Inquests held on parishioners from outlying districts. | Total Inquests belonging to each Sub-District. | Verdict from Violence. | Verdict from Natural Causes. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Poplar | 137 | 40 | 53 | 150 | 58 | 92 |
Bromley | 293 | 179 | 19 | 133 | 50 | 83 |
Bow | 54 | 2 | 31 | 83 | 20 | 63 |
Totals | 484 | 221 | 103 | 366 | 128 | 238 |