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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TABLE IX.
METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR.
Sub-District of Poplar.
Causes of Death. (see page 55.) | Deaths in Sub-District at subjoined Ages. | Deaths in Public Institutions and certain localities within and outside Sub-District (at all ages) belonging thereto. | Total Deaths in Public Institutions, &c. | |||||||||||||
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All Ages. | Under 1. | 1 and under 5. | 5 and under 15. | 15 and under 25. | 25 and under 65. | 65 and upwards. | Poplar Union Workhouse. | Sick Asylum. | Blackwall Sick Asylum. | Stepney Union Workhouse. | Poplar Hospital. | See Footnotes. | Outlying Institutions. | |||
Smallpox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Measles | 18 | 3 | 15 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | ||
Scarlet Fever | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 4 | |
Whooping-cough | 34 | 18 | 14 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 9 | |
Diphtheria and Membranous Croup | 11 | 1 | 7 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 5 | 6 | |
Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Fever | Typhus | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Enteric | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |
Other continued | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Epidemic Influenza | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | |
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Plague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Diarrhœa | 147 | 16 | 8 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 3 | 8 | ||
Enteritis | 10 | 6 | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 6 | ||
Gastritis | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 0 | |
Puerperal Fever | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |||
Erysipelas | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |
Other Septic Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Phthisis | 96 | .. | 6 | 3 | 9 | 69 | 9 | 2 | 42 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 17 | 63 | |
Other Tuberculous Diseases | 26 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 1 | .. | 5 | .. | 1 | .. | 6 | 12 | ||
Cancer, Malignant Disease | 49 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 36 | 12 | .. | 20 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 | 27 | |
Bronchitis | 88 | 14 | 7 | .. | .. | 34 | 33 | 2 | 33 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 8 | 44 | |
Pneumonia | 87 | 15 | 19 | 6 | .. | 35 | 12 | 2 | 14 | .. | .. | 5 | .. | 14 | 35 | |
Pleurisy | 5 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | ||
Other Diseases of Respiratory Organs | 9 | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1* | 2 | 4 | |
Alcoholis Cirrhosis of Liver | 9 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |
Venereal Diseases | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | |
Premature Birth | 33 | 33 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | |
Diseases and Accidents of Parturition | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | |
Heart Diseases | 88 | 2 | .. | 3 | 6 | 50 | 27 | 3 | 15 | .. | .. | 2 | 2† | 8 | 30 | |
Accidents | 54 | 12 | 8 | 2 | .. | 20 | 12 | 1 | 7 | .. | .. | 7 | 9** | 4 | 28 | |
Suicides | 8 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 5 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 3‡ | 3 | 7 | |
Spotted Fever | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | |
Varicella | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
All other causes | 311 | 67 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 87 | 125 | 12 | 60 | 2 | .. | 7 | .. | 53 | 139 | |
All causes | 982 | 201 | 119 | 38 | 23 | 365 | 236 | 28 | 212 | 4 | .. | 29 | 15 | 155 | 443 |
On the High Seas, 1. †
Thames, Poplar, 5; Millwall
Scandinavian Sailors' Home, 1;
Docks, 3; West India Docks, 1.
Limehouse Cut, Bromley, 1.
Millwall Docks, 1. ** River
‡ Limehouse Cut, Poplar. 2;