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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 1893

[Report on the sanitary condition of the parishes of Poplar and Bromley within the Poplar District with vital statistics]

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Table: TABLE X.—continued. Mortality from Subjoined Causes, distinguishing Deaths of Children under Five years of age.

TABLE X.—continued. Mortality from Subjoined Causes, distinguishing Deaths of Children under Five years of age.

Diseases.BromleySick AsylumCity of London InfirmaryStepney Union WorkhousePoplar HospitalRiver LeaLimehouse or Lea CutNorth London RailwayTotalsDeaths occurring outside division or district, among persons belonging theretoDeaths occurring within division or district, among persons not belonging thereto
un. 5ov. 5un. 5ov. 5un. 5ov. 5un. 5ov. 5un. 5ov. 5un. 5ov. 5un. 5ov. 5un. 5ov. 5un. 5ov. 5un. 5ov. 5un. 5ov. 5
Smallpox......................................................32......
Scarlatina1210..........................................121063......
Diphtheria278..........................................27873......
Membranous Croup61.....................1..................62............
Fevers — Typhus,...1.............................................1............
Enteric or Typhoid114...1....................................115114......
Continued..................................................................
Relapsing..................................................................
Puerperal...1...1...1.................................3.........2
Cholera.....................2*...........................2*.........2*
Erysipelas14...4...2...1........................111.........5
Measles5...7.......................................12.........6...
Whooping Cough2616...1.................................3311...5...
Diarrhœa and Dysentery69884...1..............................77131...64
Rheumatic Fever...6...1...2.................................9.........2
Ague..................................................................
Phthisis835...68...12...12........................8127211...75
Bronchitis, Pneumonia & Pleurisy1151161799...8...7........................1322306151188
Heart Disease129...43...6...4...1..................283...7137
Injuries914110............211...4...61...1345...13121
All other Diseases22117135192244639........................264446143731221
Totals50141974423376765913...4...61...58810064110561457

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* English Cholera.