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Poplar 1919

Annual report for the year 1919 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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Table: TABLE XI METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Sub-District of Bow. Causes of, and Ages at, Death during the Year 1019.

TABLE XI METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Sub-District of Bow. Causes of, and Ages at, Death during the Year 1019.

Causes of Death (see page 28).Nett Deaths in Sub-District at subjoined Ages.Nett Deaths in Public Institutions and certain localities within and outside Sub-Districts(at -all ages) belonging thereto.Nett Deaths in Public Institutions, &c.
All Ages.Under 1.1 and under 2.2 and under 5.5 and under 15.15 and under 25.25 and under 45.45 and under 65.65 and upwards.Poplar Union Workhouse.Sick Asylum.Bow Institution.Bromley House Institution.Poplar Hospital.See Footnotes.Outlying Institutions. "NT , . Iv .1 .
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All causesCertified53376141919277313217371552...1395263
Uncertified
1 Enteric Fever4............21...1...1............12
2 Small Pox...................................................
3 Measles1......1.......................................
4 Scarlet Fever...................................................
5 Whooping Cough...................................................
6 Diphtheria and Croup141265...............1............1112
7 Influenza3822l...514113...9............413
8 Erysipelas2.....................2...2...............2
9 Phthisis (Pulmonary Tuberculosis)47......1172117......12............1426
10 Tuberculous Meningitis3......2......1.........1............23
11 Other Tuberculous Diseases2.........1...............1............12
12 Cancer, malignant disease38...............320151181.........525
13 Rheumatic Fever2............1......1...1...............1
14 Meningitis21.........1............1...............1
15 Organic Heart Disease52......15232120141...1...714
16 Bronchitis523...1......41925117............220
17 Pneumonia (all forms)41343...55129...17............219
18 Other diseases of respiratory organs91......1...151........................
19 Diarrhoea and Enteritis27173l......11418............615
20 Appendicitis and Typhlitis4............1111...1............34
21 Cirrhosis of Liver2...............1...1..................11
21a Alcoholism...................................................
22 Nephritis and Bright's Disease5..................23...2............35
23 Puerperal Fever1...............1.........1...............1
24 Other accidents and diseases of Pregnancy & Parturition1...............1..............................
25 Congenital Debility and Malformation, including Premature Birth36351.....................7............613
26 Violent Deaths, excluding Suicide1821...4122614.........¶1814
27 Suicide3..................21........................
28 Other Defined Diseases128111222131978236.........**21959
29 Diseases ill-dsfined or unknown1.....................1...1...............1
Total Deaths53376141919277313217371552...1395263
Sub-Entries (included in above figures).
14 Cerebro-spinal Meningitis2.........11............1............12
28a Poliomyelitis...................................................
28b Encephalitis1.........1..............................11
17a Pneumonia29...11...5688...16............117

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¶ Duckett's Canal, Bow; ** River Lea, Bow, 1; Highway, Bow, 1.