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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Names of localities adopted for the purpose of these statistics ; public institutions being shown as separate localities. | 1st Quarter | 2nd Quarter | 3rd Quarter | 4th Quarter | Total. |
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Poplar Sub-District (Dwellings) | 124 | 80 | 54 | 90 | 348 |
Bow and Bromley Sub-District (Dwellings) | 98 | 56 | 39 | 67 | 260 |
St. Andrew's Hospital | 216 | 172 | 147 | 168 | 703 |
Poplar Institution | 44 | 29 | 39 | 36 | 148 |
Bow Institution | 47 | 34 | 37 | 27 | 145 |
Bromley House Institution | — | — | — | i | 1 |
Poplar Hospital | 30 | 30 | 25 | 24 | 109 |
River Thames | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
,, Lee | 2 | — | 1 | i | 4 |
Limehouse Cut | — | — | — | — | — |
Bow Creek | — | — | 1 | — | 1 |
Regents Canal | — | — | — | — | — |
East India Docks | — | — | — | — | — |
West India Docks | — | — | — | i | 1 |
South-West India Docks | — | — | — | — | — |
Millwall Docks | — | — | — | — | — |
Poplar Dry Dock | — | — | 1 | — | 1 |
Highways | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 14 |
Miscellaneous: (places of Employment ,etc) | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | 5 |
565 | 405 | 353 | 425 | 1,748 | |
Deaths occurring outside the Borough, of persons belonging thereto .. (add) | no | 106 | 79 | 83 | 378 |
Deaths occurring within the Borough, of persons not belonging thereto (deduct) | 78 | 69 | 69 | 63 | 279 |
Deaths at all ages—nett | 597 | 442 | 363 | 445 | 1,847 |