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Poplar 1893

Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the Bow District, comprising the Parish of St. Mary Stratford-le-Bow

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Table: Table of Deaths during the year 1893, in the BOW Sanitary District of the Poplar Board of Works, classified according to Diseases, Ages, and Localities.Mortality from all Causes, at subjoined Ages.

Table of Deaths during the year 1893, in the BOW Sanitary District of the Poplar Board of Works, classified according to Diseases, Ages, and Localities.Mortality from all Causes, at subjoined Ages.

Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics; public institutions being shown as separate localities.At all ages.Under 1 year.1 and under 5.5 and under 1515 and under 225 and under 6565 and upwards
Parish of Bow7572251445328199108
Grove Hall Lunatic Asylum39.........1317
Totals7962251445329230115
Deaths occurring outside the District among persons belonging thereto...214203019169039
Deaths occurring within the District among persons not belonging thereto39.........1317

Table: Mortality from Subjoined Causes, distinguishing Deaths of Children under Five Years of Age.

Mortality from Subjoined Causes, distinguishing Deaths of Children under Five Years of Age.

Diseases.Parish of Bow.Grove Hall Lunatic AsylumTotals..Deaths occurring outside the district among persons belonging thereto.Deaths occurring within the district among persons not belonging thereto.
un. 5ov. 5un. 5ov. 5un. 5ov. 5un. 5ov. 5.un. 5ov. 5
Smallpox..................1.........
Scarlatina53......5333......
Diphtheria4422......4422128
Membranous Croup41......41............
Fevers.Typhus............................
Enteric or Typhoid...11.........1113......
Continued..............................
Relapsing..............................
Puerperal..............................
Cholera..............................
Erysipelas32......32............
Measles51......512.........
Whooping Cough15.........15...1.........
Diarrhœa and Dysentery242...12432......1
Rheumatic Fever...4.........4...2......
Ague..............................
Phthisis939...4943223...4
Bronchitis, Pneumonia & Pleurisy7481...67487937...6
Heart Disease...40...8...48...9...8
Injuries920......920213......
All other Diseases177161...201771821566...20
Totals369388...3936942750164...39