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Poplar 1932

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

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TABLE II.—CAUSES OF, AND AGES AT DEATH DURING 1932.

(This Table has been revised (1) to comply with latest classification of Causes of Death : and (2) to show the number of deaths allocated to each Parliamentary Ward in the Borough.)

Causes of Death. (Manual of the International List of Causes of Death. 1931.)Total Deaths.Sex.Ages at Death- in Years.Number of Deaths of Residents of Wards.Nett Deaths in Public Institutions (at all ages)Nett Total Deaths in Public Institutions, etc.Causes of Death
Total All AgesUnder 5 years.5-10-15-20-25-35-45-55-65-75 and overBow.Bromley.Poplar.Poplar Institution.St. Andrew's Hospital.Bow Institution.Bromley House Institution.Poplar Hospital.See Footnotes.Outlying Institutions.
0-1-2-Total under 5years
North.West.Central.South.Northwest.North-East.Southwest.South East.Central.North-West.West.East.Mill-wall.Cubitt Town.
1234567891011121 13141516
All CausesCertified18471665041257282146589095,167292412381 I1131261077012814514614415219417212491135131675531183781238All Causes
Uncertified................................
1 Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers3M1......................1..................1..11....................331 Typhoid and Paratyphoid fevers
F2................1..1......
2 Measles31M11352101..................121......322..9353..1........24252 Measles
F2065920....................
3 Scarlet Fever3M3..193....................1............1..1....................333 Scarlet Fever
F..............................
4 Whooping Cough6M43..14............................................2....1........454 Whooping Cough
F21..19....................
5 Diphtheria17M6112411................11..13212..1..122..2........15175 Diphtheria
F1113373..1..............
6 Influenza25M9..........1....1..313113111371411......1........566 Influenza
F16..........12....11245
7 Encephalitis lethargica3MI..................1................1....11..........12..........37 Encephalitis lethargica
F2................11........
8 Cerebro-spinal Fever6M43....3........1......................2....12........6..........68 Cerebro-spinal Fever
F211........................
9 Tuberculosis of Respiratory137M76........41315161693..12127777101410141010710561........26929 Tuberculosis of Respiratory system
F611121014166742..
10 Other Tuberculous Diseases18M9..112121111......42....1..11..322....9........61510 Other Tuberculous Diseases
F9..224219..............
11 Syphilis4M3......................12............2..........2................1111 Syphilis
F1..........................1
12 General Paralysis of the Insane,7M6..............2..22..................1....2211....1........6712 General Paralysis of the Insane tabes dorsalis
F1........................1..
13 Cancer, malignant disease200M126..........11..221646431511171171213121419221818818575....33511813 Cancer, malignant disease
F74..1..1........1310212612
14 Diabetes11M7....................14112..111..1111..11..16......2914 Diabetes
F4................1..12..
15 Cerebral haemorrhage, etc.53M29..............1....316946134124484246124......12615 Cerebral haemorrhage,etc.
F24................13479
16 Heart Disease529M257..........132i5224085983434381839484640455552302624961863..52 (a)5434616 Heart Disease
F272....1..3..33711143b86109
17 Aneurysm4M2..................11......1......1..............2............3317 Aneurysm
F2..................11....
18 Other circulatory diseases74M38....................1914141327567346744151201..1..174018 Other circulatory diseases
F36..1..1............1101113
19 Bronchitis89M5241..5..1....261014146325612815105764..38........44219 Bronchitis
F372114..11....129109
20 Pneumonia (all forms)131M82128525..112..61313107676813151591417545646....31 (b)217720 Other Respiratory Diseases
F49106117......4..2479
21 Other Respiratory Diseases14m9..........1..1133..221211......211116........2921 Peptic Ulcer
F5..1..1........121..
22 Peptic Ulcer28M25................24963124422....22513..3..11........122322 Peptic Ulcer
F3....................111
23 Diarrhoea, etc28M18152118....................22123551..1..21....19....21 (c)52723 Diarrhoea, etc.
F1010..10....................
24 Appendicitis8M6....11............111....1..1..2..1111........4....1..3824 Appendicitis
F2........1....1............
25 Cirrhosis of Liver7M5....................131..11......2....1..11......3........1425 Cirrhosis of Liver
F9....................11....
26 Other diseases of liver, etc.4M1....................1......2....11..........1........1226 Other diseases of liver etc.
F3....................111
27 Other Digestive diseases29m151..12..1........13812312142232123..18......1(d)42327 Other Digestive diseases
F142....132..........133
28 Acute and Chronic Nephritis42M18............13..12523......23412562335219........52628 Acute and Chornic Nephritis
F24..........21324111
29 Puerperal Sepsis6F6............i41..........1..1..11..2......3........3629 Puerperal Sepsis
30 Other Puerperal causes6F6............123................31..............2..4..........430 Other Puerperal causes
31 Congenital Debility, Premature Birth, Malfornations,etc.66\r3231..132....................25328763572448..14....1..324731 Congenital Debility, PrematureBirth, Malformation,etc,
F3433134....................
32 Senility10m6......................1521..11..111..2....11........5732 Senility
F4........................13
33 Suicide21M15............123342....14121..11334......5....21 (c)61433 Suicide
F6..............1121..i..
34 Other violence63M443115458152462236224746753..5..20....911(f)195934 Other violence
F192114..11......1246
35 Other defined causes164m1111741224223io71117201313101161112881416211081611681..41(g)5013535 Other defined caises
F534298614546586
36 Causes ill-defined, or unknown..m..........................................................................36 Causes ill-defined or unknown
F........................................................................
All Causes{m103193241913611142430465511118622519311312610770128145146144152194172124911351316755..31183781238All Causes
F816732622121177222844405610618V188
Totals18471665041257282146589095167292412381

Footnotes (a) Highways, 2.
(b) Highway, 1.
(c) Observation Wards, 1.
(d) Observation Wards, 1. (e) River Lee, 1. (f) River Thames, 2; River Lee, 3; West India Docks, 1; Poplar Dry Dock 1; Highways 4. (g) Observation Wards. 1.