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]
This page requires JavaScript
TABLE XII. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR.
Causes of Death (see page 26). | Poplar Institution. | St. Andrew's Hospital. | Bow Institution. | Bromley House Institution. | Poplar Hospital. | Total deaths in Public Institutions within the Borough. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All causes | Certified | 20 | 752 | 133 | 28 | 109 | 1042 |
Uncertified | |||||||
1 Enteric Fever | 1 | 1 | |||||
2 Small Pox | |||||||
3 Measles | 12 | 12 | |||||
4 Scarlet Fever | |||||||
5 Whooping Cough | 10 | 10 | |||||
6 Diphtheria and Croup | 11 | 11 | |||||
7 Influenza | l | 1 | |||||
8 Erysipelas | 4 | 4 | |||||
9 Phthisis (Pulmonary Tuberculosis) | 74 | 1 | 83 | ||||
10 Tuberculous Meningitis | 4 | 4 | 8 | ||||
11 Other Tuberculous Diseases | 8 | 1 | 2 | 11 | |||
12 Cancer, malignant disease | 86 | 5 | 7 | 100 | |||
13 Rheumatic Fever | 1 | 1 | |||||
14 Meningitis | 3 | 3 | 6 | ||||
15 Organic Heart Disease | 5 | 54 | 46 | 1 | 5 | 111 | |
16 Bronchitis | 7 | 112 | 25 | 1 | 145 | ||
17 Pneumonia (all forms) | 67 | 10 | 11 | 88 | |||
18 Other diseases of respiratory organs | 9 | 1 | 10 | ||||
19 Diarrhoea and Enteritis | 36 | 4 | 41 | ||||
20 Appendicitis and Typhlitis | 5 | 8 | 13 | ||||
21 Cirrhosis of Liver | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||||
21a Alcoholism | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||
22 Nephritis and Bright's Disease | 13 | 6 | 2 | 21 | |||
23 Puerperal Fever | 4 | 4 | |||||
24 Other accidents and diseases of Pregnancy and Parturition | 3 | 3 | |||||
25 Congenital Debility and Malformation, including Premature Birth | 29 | 1 | 30 | ||||
26 Violent Deaths, excluding Suicide | 17 | 4 | 35 | 56 | |||
27 Suicide | 5 | 4 | 9 | ||||
28 Other Defined Diseases | 7 | 179 | 32 | 20 | 18 | 256 | |
29 Diseases ill-defined or unknown | |||||||
Total Deaths | 20 | 752 | 133 | 28 | 109 | 1042 | |
Sub-Entries (included in above figures). | |||||||
14 Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||||
28a Poliomyelitis | |||||||
17 Pneumonia | 52 | 4 | 6 | 62 |