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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 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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| Residents Males Females | Non-Residents* Males Females | Totals | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age not stated (i.e. unknown, newly born) | 3 | 3 | — | 11 | |
| Stillborn | — | 1 | — | — | I |
| Under 1 year | 3 | 3 | 1 | — | 7 |
| 1 to 5 years | 4 | 1 | 9 | ||
| 3 | 5 | 1 | 17 | ||
| 3 | — | 17 | |||
| 5 | 6 | 37 | |||
| 41 | 6 | 71 | |||
| 31 | 5 | 73 | |||
| Totals | 65 | 237 | |||
*Brought from outside the Borough for the convenience of the Coroner.
Inquests were held on 159 (post-mortem examinations, 49), and 70
other post-mortem examinations were made by order of the Coroner. The
total number of post-mortem examinations made was 119. Eight bodies
were brought to the Mortuary for custody (5 from Fever Hospitals and
3 awaiting inquests at Coroner's Courts elsewhere).
In a number of instances post-mortem examinations were made at
the Poplar Mortuary and inquests held at either Stepney or Shoreditch
Coroner's Courts.