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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
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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| Sub-Districts. | Number of Inquests held in the Sub-Districts. | Deduct Inquests held on non-parishioners. | Add Inquests held on parishioners from outlying districts. | Total Inquests belonging to each Sub-District. | Verdict from Violence. | Verdict from Natural Causes. |
| Poplar | 91 | 23 | 43 | 111 | 42 | 69 |
| Bromley | 210 | 125 | 19 | 104 | 36 | 68 |
| Bow | 36 | 3 | 36 | 69 | 21 | 48 |
| Totals | 337 | 151 | 98 | 284 | 99 | 185 |
For annual rates of deaths from violence per 1,000 persons living and the percentages of inquest cases to total deaths, see Table XVIII page 45.
| Poplar. | Bromley. | Bow. | Poplar. | Bromley. | Bow. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| By Railway | 2 | 3 | ||||
| By Vehicles and Horses | 23 | 2 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Ships, Boats and Docks (exclusive of drowning) | 11 | 2 | ||||
| Building Operations | 1 | |||||
| Conflagrations | 1 | |||||
| Burns, Scalds and Explosions | 18 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Drowning (accidental not suicidal) | 14 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |
| Suffocation in Bed | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Poisons or Poisonous Vapours | ||||||
| Other and not stated Causes | 7 | 41 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
| Homicide | ||||||
| Suicide | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Murder | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Anthrax | 1 | |||||
| Ptomaine Poisoning | 1 | |||||
| Total | 29 | 108 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 |