London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Poplar 1903

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

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TABLE XII.

METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR.

Total Deaths (at all ages) in Public Institutions within the Borough.

(Resident and non-resident included.)

Causes of Death.Poplar Union Workhouse.Sick Asylum.City of London Union Infirmary.Stepney Union Workhouse.Poplar Hospital.Grove Hall.1 Sick Asylum, Black wall.Totals deaths in Public Institutions within the Borough.
Small-pox................
Measles..17..31....21
Scarlet fever................
Whooping-cough ...............9
Diphtheria and membranous croup..1....1....2
Croup................
Typhus................
Enteric..............3
Other continued................
Epidemic influenza..............3
Cholera................
Plague................
Diarrhœa..311..1....38
Enteritis..1..1......2
Puerperal fever................
Erysipelas..1..11....3
Other septic diseases..1....2....3
Phthisis115415..441184
Other tubercular diseases..11..l......13
Cancer, malignant disease..57..48....74
Bronchitis1467..711..97
Pneumonia..31..109l..54
Pleurisy..111......3
Other diseases of respiratory organs5......1....6
Alcholism Cirrhosis of liver611..11....19
Venereal diseases......3......3
Premature birth1....1......2
Diseases and accidents of parturition................
Heart diseases1346..66....80
Accidents102741343....97
Suicides1..1..2....7
All other causes341593743248..305
All causes85631821071061621029