London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Poplar 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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| 14 Meningitis | 25 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 4 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6 | 9 |
| 15 Organic Heart Disease | 269 | ... | ... | 1 | 7 | 14 | 39 | 106 | 102 | 6 | 74 | 20 | ... | 4 | ... | 33 | 137 |
| 16 Bronchitis | 251 | 32 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 58 | 129 | 22 | 63 | 7 | ... | ... | 1* | 7 | 100 |
| 17 Pneumonia (all forms) | 253 | 59 | 46 | 36 | 8 | 10 | 25 | 47 | 22 | 2 | 33 | 1 | ... | 11 | 1† | 38 | 86 |
| 18 Other diseases of respiratory organs | 50 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 1 | ... | 7 | 12 | 7 | ... | 10 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 11 | 21 |
| 19 Diarrhoea and Enteritis | 195 | 150 | 29 | 5 | ... | ... | 2 | 5 | 4 | ... | 34 | ... | ... | 5 | ... | 36 | 75 |
| 20 Appendicitis and Typhlitis | 13 | ... | ... | ... | 6 | ... | 4 | 2 | 1 | ... | 5 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 6 | 12 |
| 21 Cirrhosis of Live | 22 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 8 | 12 | 1 | ... | 9 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 4 | 14 |
| 21a Alcoholism | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 |
| 22 Nephritis and Bright's Disease | 87 | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 37 | 24 | 2 | 31 | ... | ... | ... | 1‡ | 16 | 50 |
| 23 Puerperal Fever | 9 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 7 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6 | 7 |
| 24 Other accidents and diseases of Pregnancy & Parturition | 11 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 9 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 6 |
| 25 Congenital Debility and Malformation, including Premature Birth | 209 | 208 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 38 | ... | ... | 1 | 20 | 60 | |
| 26 Violent Deaths, excluding Suicide | 115 | 31 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 28 | 22 | 9 | ... | 16 | ... | ... | 16 | §13 | 24 | 69 |
| 27 Suicide | 16 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5 | 9 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ¶2 | 3 | 7 | |
| 28 Other Defined Diseases | 399 | 42 | 19 | 7 | 20 | 14 | 49 | 116 | 132 | 13 | 122 | 8 | ... | 10 | **1 | 92 | 256 |
| 29 Diseases ill-defined or unknown | 153 | ... | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | 2 | 7 | 140 | ... | 45 | 7 | 2 | ... | ††1 | 39 | 94 |
| Total Deaths | 2776 | 593 | 173 | 145 | 132 | 106 | 374 | 598 | 655 | 49 | 685 | 44 | 2 | 59 | 20 | 520 | 1379 |
| Sub-entries (included in above figures.) | |||||||||||||||||
| 14 Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 6 |
| 14 Purulent Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 28 Poliomyelitis | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 |
| 6 Croup | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 6 Croupous Laryngitis | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 26 Murder | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 |
| 26 Manslaughter | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 26 Ptomaine Poisoning | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| 28b Dysentery | 7 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 4 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 7 | 7 |
| 28 Chicken-pox | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| 28c Traumatic Tetanus | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 |
| 17 Pneumonia | 104 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 33 | 11 | 2 | 21 | ... | ... | 4 | ... | 11 | 38 |
* Police Station, Millwall, 1. † Plevna Street of Bromley, 1. ‡ Highway, Bromley, 1. § River Thames, Poplar, 5; South
West India Dock, 1; West India Dock, 2 ; Millwall Dock, 1; River Lea, Bromley, 2 ; River Lee, Bow, 1; Duekett's Canal, Bow, 1.
Limehouse Cut, Bromley, 1; River Lea, Bromley, 1, ** Highway, Bow, 1. †† Highway, Bow, 1,