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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 1898
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the North District, comprising the Parish of St. Mary Stratford-le-Bow
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Table of Deaths during the year 1898, in the BOW Division, (Metropolitan) Poplar Sanitary District, classified according to Diseases, Ages, and Localities. Table A.
Mortality from all Causes, at subjoined Ages.
| Names of Localities adopted for the Purpose of these Statistics; Public institutions being shown as separate localities. | At all ages. | Under 1 year. | 1 and under 5. | 5 and under 15 | 15 and under 25 | 25 and under65 | 65 and upwards | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parish of Bow | 864 | 274 | 165 | 33 | 31 | 233 | 128 | ||||||||
| Grove Hall Lunatic Asylum | 53 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 38 | 13 | ||||||||
| Totals | 917 | 274 | 165 | 33 | 33 | 271 | 141 | ||||||||
| Deaths occurring outside the District among persons belonging thereto | 187 | 18 | 16 | 9 | 10 | 92 | 42 | ||||||||
| Deaths occurring within the District among persons not belonging thereto | 53 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 38 | 13 | ||||||||
| Mortality from Subjoined Causes, distinguishing Deaths of Children under Five Years of Age. | |||||||||||||||
| Diseases. | Parish of Bow. | Grove Hall Lunatic Asylum | Totals. | Deaths occurring outside the district among persons belonging thereto | Deaths occurring within the district among persons not belonging thereto. | ||||||||||
| un. 5 | ov. 5 | un. 5 | ov. 5 | un. 5 | ov. 5 | un. 5. | ov. 5. | un. 5. | ov. 5. | ||||||
| Smallpox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||
| Scarlatina | 3 | 3 | ... | ... | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | ... | ... | |||||
| Diphtheria | 11 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 3 | ... | ... | |||||||
| MembranousCroup | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||
| Fevers. | Typhus | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||
| Enteric or Typhoid | ... | 6 | ... | ... | ... | 6 | ... | 4 | ... | ... | |||||
| Continued | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||
| Relapsing | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||
| Puerperal | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||
| Cholera (Infantile) | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||
| Erysipelas | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||
| Measles | 33 | 5 | ... | ... | 33 | 5 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | |||||
| Whooping Cough | 32 | ... | ... | ... | 32 | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | |||||
| Diarrhoea and Dysentery | 40 | 2 | ... | ... | 40 | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | |||||
| Rheumatic Fever | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||
| Phthisis | 7 | 74 | ... | 7 | 7 | 81 | 2 | 23 | 7 | ... | |||||
| Bronchitis, Pneumonia & Pleurisy | 113 | 87 | ... | 7 | 113 | 94 | 7 | 24 | 7 | ... | |||||
| Heart Disease | ... | 49 | ... | 4 | ... | 53 | ... | 17 | 4 | ... | |||||
| Injuries | 5 | 21 | ... | ... | 5 | 21 | 1 | 12 | ... | ... | |||||
| All other Diseases | 193 | 167 | ... | 35 | 193 | 202 | 10 | 67 | 35 | ... | |||||
| Totals | 439 | 425 | ... | 53 | 439 | 478 | 34 | 153 | 53 | ... | |||||
Area and Population of the District or Division to which this Return
Relates.
Area in Acres 563
Population (Last Census) 40,378
„ (Estimated to middle of 1897) 42,080
Death Rates —
General 205 per 1000 Population, estimated to middle of 1897
Infants (under 1 year of age) 203 per 1000 Births registered.