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Poplar 1910

[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, and Ages at, Death during the Year 1910.

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.
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..............................
Measles18315..........2........24
Scarlet Fever2....2..................24
Whooping-cough3418142........5........49
Diphtheria and Membranous Croup11173..............1..56
Croup..............................
FeverTyphus..............................
Enteric2........2....2..........2
Other continued..............................
Epidemic Influenza3........3..............11
Cholera..............................
Plague..............................
Diarrhœa147168....1211....3..38
Enteritis1063....1..12........36
Gastritis3....1....................0
Puerperal Fever2........2..............22
Erysipelas2........2..11..........2
Other Septic Diseases..............................
Phthisis96..6396992422......1763
Other Tuberculous Diseases26768131..5..1..612
Cancer, Malignant Disease49....1..3612..20........727
Bronchitis88147....3433233....1..844
Pneumonia8715196..3512214....5..1435
Pleurisy512....1..........1..23
Other Diseases of Respiratory Organs922....41........11*24
Alcoholis Cirrhosis of Liver9........81..2..........2
Venereal Diseases21......1..............11
Premature Birth3333..........3..........14
Diseases and Accidents of Parturition1........1..............11
Heart Diseases882..365027315....22†830
Accidents541282..201217....79**428
Suicides8......35....1......3‡37
Spotted Fever11......................11
Varicella1..1........................
All other causes3116721748712512602..7..53139
All causes9822011193823365236282124..2915155443

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;