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]
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TABLE VI.
Causes or Death. | Poplar Institution. | St. Andrew's Hospital. | Bow Institution. | Bromley House Institution. | Poplar Hospital. | Total deaths in Publio Institutions within the Borough. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All causes | Certified | 148 | 641 | 137 | 1 | 97 | 1024 |
Uncertified | – | – | – | – | – | ||
1. Enteric Fever | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
2. Small-pox | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
3. Measles | – | 10 | –_ | – | – | 10 | |
4. Scarlet Fever | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
5. Whooping Cough | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
6. Diphtheria | – | 2 | – | – | – | 2 | |
7. Influenza | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
8. Encephalitis Lethargica | – | – | – | – | – | ||
9. Meningococcal Meningitis | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | |
10. Tuberculosis of respiratory system | 7 | 54 | 4 | – | 2 | 67 | |
11. Other Tuberoulous Diseases | – | 3 | – | – | 3 | 6 | |
12. Cancer, malignant disease | 12 | 105 | 3 | – | 8 | 128 | |
13. Rheumatic Fever | – | 5 | – | – | – | 5 | |
14. Diabetes | – | 8 | –_ | – | –_ | 8 | |
15. Cerebral hæmorrhage, etc. | 2 | 10 | – | – | 2 | 14 | |
16. Heart Disease | 78 | 125 | 39 | – | 5 | 247 | |
17. Arterio sclerosis | 3 | 29 | 34 | – | 1 | 67 | |
18. Bronchitis | 6 | 4 | – | – | 2 | 12 | |
19. Pneumonia (all forms) | 2 | 45 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 65 | |
20. Other Respiratory Diseases | – | 3 | – | – | 1 | 4 | |
21. Ulcer of Stomach or Duodenum | – | 8 | – | – | 1 | 9 | |
22. Diarrhœa, etc. | – | 13 | – | – | 4 | 17 | |
23. Appendicitis and Typhlitis | – | 7 | – | – | 7 | 14 | |
24. Cirrhosis of Liver | 1 | 9 | – | – | – | 10 | |
25. Acute and Chronic Nephritis | 10 | 38 | 37 | – | 3 | 88 | |
26. Puerperal Sepsis | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | |
27. Other accidents and diseases of pregnancy and parturition | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
28. Congenital Debility and malformation, premature birth | – | 32 | – | – | 1 | 33 | |
29. Suicide | – | 2 | – | – | 1 | 3 | |
30. Other Deaths from Violence | 7 | 27 | 3 | – | 25 | 62 | |
31. Other Defined Diseases | 20 | 98 | 14 | – | 17 | 149 | |
32. Causes ill-defined or unknown | – | 2 | – | – | – | 2 | |
All Causes Totals | 148 | 641 | 137 | 1 | 97 | 1024 |