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Poplar 1922

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]

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Table: TABLE X. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Sub-District of Bromley. Causes of, and Ages at, Death during the Year 1922.

TABLE X. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Sub-District of Bromley. Causes of, and Ages at, Death during the Year 1922.

Causes of Death (see page 26).Nett Deaths in whole Sub-District at subjoined Ages.Nett Deaths in Public Institutions and certain localities within and outside Sub-District (at all ages) belonging thereto.Nett Deaths in Public Institutions, &c.
All Ages.Under 1.1 and under 2.2 and under 5.5 and under 15.15 and under 25.25 and under 45.45 and under 65.65 and upwards.Poplar Institution.St. Andrew's Hospital.Bow Institution.Bromley House Institution.Poplar Hospital.See Footnotes.Outlying Institutions.
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All causesCertified93313910878353810419723422258......226158466
Uncertified
1 Enteric Fever...................................................
2 Small Pox2...............11.....................22
3 Measles2741211..................7............411
4 Scarlet Fever4...13.................................44
5 Whooping Cough561229141...............17............522
6 Diphtheria and Croup241986...............6............1824
7 Influenza393332...712912............36
8 Erysipelas2..................11...2...............2
9 Phthisis (Pulmonary Tuberculosis)84......342030261...25......1...2147
10 Tuberculous Meningitis2.........2....................................
11 Other Tuberculous Diseases9......1114...1...4............48
12 Cancer, malignant disease63...1.........43028319......2...1236
13 Rheumatic Fever2............1......1..................11
14 Meningitis511...2...1.........4...............4
15 Organic Heart Disease67...1...3272232510............722
16 Bronchitis130121481...83750841......1...252
17 Pneumonia (all forms)12431281724111120...32......5*1644
18 Other diseases of respiratory organs81...1...1...231...............23
19 Diarrhœa and Enteritis13921.........1......2......1...58
20 Appendicitis and Typhlitis8.........2312......5............38
21 Cirrhosis of Liver3.........1...1...1...1............12
21a Alcoholism...................................................
22 Nephritis and Bright's Disease19...1.........2106...10............515
23 Puerperal Fever2...............2.........2...............2
24 Other accidents and diseases of Pregnancy & Parturition2...............11...........................
25 Congenital Debility and Malformation, including Premature Birth484521..................5......2...714
26 Violent Deaths, excluding Suicide201...111538...8......3†2417
27 Suicide8...............251............1‡124
28 Other Defined Diseases162193675173372456......6§240108
29 Diseases ill-defined or unknown...................................................
Total Deaths93313910878353810419723422258......226158466
Sub-Entries (included in above figures). 14 Cerebro-spinal Meningitis1.........1...............1...............1
17 Pneumonia5253624101012...25......31130
28(a) Ac. Polioencephalitis1......1.......................................

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* Bow Sub-District, 1.
† Canal Dry Dock, Poplar, 1; River Lee, Bow, 1.
§ Bow Cemetery Bromley, 1; East India Docks, Poplar, 1.
‡ River Lee, Bromley, 1.