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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Poplar 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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Principal causes of death 19)5.
( Registrar- Generals Classification)
Total Deaths during the year 1859 — Males lO33. females 826.
Percentage of deaths In Riblic Inslilulions to lolal deaths 69.5.
Note:- Nearly 70 per cent. of deaths ascribed to Heart Disease were of persons of 65
or more years of age.