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Poplar 1902

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]

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Table: TABLE XI. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Parish of Bow. Causes of, and Ayes at, Death during the year 1902.

TABLE XI. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Parish of Bow. Causes of, and Ayes at, Death during the year 1902.

Causes of Death.Deaths in whole Parish at subjoined Ages.Deaths in Public Institutions and certain localities within or without (at all ages) belonging thereto.Total Deaths in Public Institutions, etc.
All Ages.Under 1.1 and under 5.5 and under 15.15 and under 2525 and under 6565 and upwardsUnion W'kh'seSick Asylum.S'kAsvl'm Black wall,St pn yU 11 W'rkh'se, Bromley.Poplar HospitalSee Foot Notes.Outlying Instit't'ns
Small-pox33244320..................*13031
Measles10271............2...............2
Scarlet fever5...41...........................55
Whooping-cough2512112............1............12
Diphtheria and membranous croup3...21...........................22
Croup.............................................
FeverTyphus.............................................
Enteric6.........13...1...............45
Other continued.............................................
Epidemic influenza,4............31........................
Cholera.............................................
Plague.............................................
Diarrhœa34247......3......12.........14
Enteritis19112...213..................11
Puerperal fever2............2.....................22
Erysipelas.............................................
Other septic diseases1............1......1...............1
Phthisis9423...11724341...1......768
Other tubercular diseases2197......2......1............67
Cancer, malignant disease36...1......2510...10............515
Bronchitis8219611282749.........†12l(j
Pneumonia5121132...132...2............19
Pleurisy.............................................
Other diseases of respiratory organs521......2...11............13
Alcoholism7............61..................11
Cirrhosis of liver Venereal diseases11.......................................
Premature birth1717.......................................
Diseases and accidents of parturition2............2......1...............1
Heart diseases6521...73518...7.........‡11220
Accidents3775...2118...4.........§415...
Suicides12.........291...1.........¶15...
Glanders1............1......1...............1
All other causes2116516756949833............2970
All causes7841969032343081241811621...8136281

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* Council's Shelter, Glaucus Street, Bromley, 1. t Highway, Bow, 1. ‡Old Ford Railway Station, 1; §Bow
Baths, 1; Victoria Park, Bow, 1; Lea Cut, Bow, 1; Bromley Lock, Bromley, 1. IT Duckett's Canal, 1.