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Poplar 1894

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 II. (A) Table of Deaths during the year 1894, in the BROMLEY Division of the Metropolitan Sanitary District of Poplar, classified according to Diseases, Ages and Localities.

TABLE II. (A) Table of Deaths during the year 1894, in the BROMLEY Division of the Metropolitan Sanitary District of Poplar, classified according to Diseases, Ages and Localities.

Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics; public institutions being shown as separate localities.Mortality from all Causes, at subjoined ages.Mortality from subjoined Causes, distinguishing Deaths of Children under Five Years of Age.
At all Ages.Under 1 year.1 and under 5.5 and under 15.15 and under 25.25 and under 65.65 and upwards.Smallpox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.Measles.Whooping Cough.Diarrhoea and Dysentery.Rheumatic Fever.Ague.Phthisis.Bronchitis, Pneumonia & Pleurisy.Heart Disease.Injuries.All other Diseases.Total.
Typhus.Enteric, or Typhoid.Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.
(a)(b)(c)(d)(e)(f)(g)(h)(i)12345678910111213141516171819202122
Bromley1000355228502923999Under 5...8141.................3813025......1122316279583
5 upuds...33......513......7...34...65994816160417
Sick Asylum60138431025343142Under 5.................................144............16......4781
5 upwds................1............113......1151017210216520
City of London Infirmary10667...15240Under 5...................................................1......1?13
5 upwds.................................................169915893
Stepney Union Workhouse9341......3157Under 5............................................................55
5 upwds.................................................3131215988
Poplar Hospital4321133195Under 5.......................................1...............10213
5 upwds.................................................1......25430
River Lea4......112...Under 5..................................................................
5 upwds..........................................................4...4
Limehouse Canal1......1.........Under 5..................................................................
5 upwds..........................................................1...1
Police Station1..........1...Under 5..................................................................
5 upwds.......................................................1......1
Total18494052906559687343Under 5...8141..................3953426......1139326345395
5 upwds....33......61...3...18...64...200222142581971154
The subjoined numbers have also been taken into account in judging of the mortality of this Division of the Sanitary District.
Deaths occurring outside the Division or District among persons belonging thereto.182194130146018Under 51614......1.................................13...22360
5 upwds359...7........................1...910151845122
Deaths occurring within the Division or Distric among persons not belonging thereto.6873746925365205Under 5......1........................821.........1375183
5 upwds.............1............1......2......109938236280604