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Poplar 1930

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

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TABLE II. The Borough. Causes of, and Ages at, Death during the Year 1930.

Causes of Death. 1Total Deaths.Sex.Nett Deaths at Subjoined Ages.Nett Deaths in Sub-Districts.Nett Deaths in Public Institutions and certain localities within and outside Borough (at all ages) belonging thereto.Nett Deaths in Public Institutions, etc.
All Ages.Under 1 year.1 to 2 years.2 to 5 year*Total under 5 years.5 to 9 years.10 to 14 years.15 to 19 years.20 to 24 years.25 to 34 years.35 to 44 years.45 to 54 years.55 to 64 years.05 to 74 years.75 years and over.Poplar.Bow and Bromley.
Poplar Institution.St. Andrew's Hospital.Bow Institution.Bromley House Institution.Poplar Hospital.See Footnotes.Outlying Institutions,etc.
2345678910111213141516
Certified All causes Uncertified1682168216748432582525435178861562823473318927901420254..28242071130
....................................................
1 Enteric FeverM..................................................
F..............................
2 Smallpox1M................................1............11
F1............................
3 Measles30M1024391..................1416..10........1323
4 Scarlet FeverF203124191..................
4M2..112....22............44
5 Whooping CoughF2....22....................
3M11....1....................21................
8 DiphtheriaF211..2....................
17M12?.33831................89............1416
F5145....................
7 Influenza3MI..1..1....................12................
F21....1............1......
8 Encephalitis lethareica.1M..............................1..................
F1............................
9 Meningococcal Meningitis4M43....3..1................22..1........34
F..............................
10 Tuberculosis of respiratory svstem134M81........118139151513518252752....1..2989
F53..1121261014881..1
11 Other Tuberculous Diseases12M2..112....................48........2..510
F1011132..221..........
12 Cancer, Mallgnaet disease211M136................2422484119 (10910212105....2..32151
F75..............3121221916
IS Rheumatic Fever10M7........2..1....3........64..5........27
F3..........1................
14 D iabetes21M6..............11....2111013
F15....................166211..8........5
15 Cerebral haemorrbage, etc.32M111....1....................1017
F21....................33781029....1..5
16 Heart Disease407M186........11511513366954212251
F221....22..2139..13316197195761342..1335
17 Arterlo-sclerosis66M39..................127171243(a32
F27....................23101223220......37
18 Bronchitis48M29..................2..681327(b10
F191....11..........13672154..........
19 Pneumonia (all forms)112M68195428..2....271041235802
F441474251..2....23461542441510
20 Other Respiratory Diseases9M52....2............111..50
F4....11........1....2....4..3......12
21 Ulcer of Stomach or Duodenum14M10..................134....7(c)13
F4....................31....7........v..6
22 Diarrhoea, etc.25M1410....12....................1022
F1191..10..............1....15..11....1..10
23 Appendicitis and Typhlitis13M0..1..1..1..21....1....1113
F7..........11..32........2..7....4..2
24 Cirrhosis of LiverM10..................21241812
F4..........1......111....619........2
25 Acute and Chrouic Nephritis78M47............4..2211315104257
F31..........21......5884301038........9
20 Puerperal Sepsis ..4M..............................44
F4..............121............1........3
27 Other accidents and diseases of pregnancy and parturitionM..................................................
..F..............................................
28 Congenital Debility and malformation, premature birth77M44422..44..................14247
F3333....33....................35..32........15
29 SuicideM15..............1............013
18F3................11..1....12..2....146
30 Other Deaths from Violence79M59..1234347635115839407211..0(d) 122774
F204....4..11..2....2..8
81 Other Defined Diseases233M117953173423688162327121
F1168141341539714221622112is95....100177
82 Causes ill-defined or unknown2M1..............1........(f)
F1....11......................2..2........2
Deaths from All CausbsM923912419134151424283457871702071538927901426254..28243071130
F75976242412410111923442969112140178
Totals168216821074843258252543517886156282347331

(a) Highways, 3. (d) River Lee,3; Bow Station, District Railway,1.
(b) Highways, 3. (e)River Lee,4; Bow Thames, 2; Limehouse Cut, 1; Millwall Dock, 1; Christchurch Draw Dock 1; Highways, 3.
(c) Highways, 1. (a) Highways, 1.