Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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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. |
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Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Measles | .. | 17 | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | |
Scarlet fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Whooping-cough . | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Diphtheria and membranous croup | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 |
Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Typhus | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Enteric | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
Other continued | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Epidemic influenza | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Plague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Diarrhœa | .. | 31 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 38 |
Enteritis | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Puerperal fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Erysipelas | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 3 |
Other septic diseases | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 3 |
Phthisis | 1 | 154 | .. | 4 | 4 | 1 | 184 | |
Other tubercular diseases | .. | 11 | .. | l | .. | .. | .. | 13 |
Cancer, malignant disease | .. | 57 | .. | 4 | 8 | .. | .. | 74 |
Bronchitis | 14 | 67 | .. | 7 | 1 | 1 | .. | 97 |
Pneumonia | .. | 31 | .. | 10 | 9 | l | .. | 54 |
Pleurisy | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
Other diseases of respiratory organs | 5 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 6 |
Alcholism Cirrhosis of liver | 6 | 11 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 19 |
Venereal diseases | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
Premature birth | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Diseases and accidents of parturition | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Heart diseases | 13 | 46 | .. | 6 | 6 | .. | .. | 80 |
Accidents | 10 | 27 | 4 | 13 | 43 | .. | .. | 97 |
Suicides | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 7 |
All other causes | 34 | 159 | 37 | 43 | 24 | 8 | .. | 305 |
All causes | 85 | 631 | 82 | 107 | 106 | 16 | 2 | 1029 |