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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 1916
Annual report for the year 1916 on the sanitary condition and vital statistics of the Metropolitan Borough of Poplar, comprising the registration sub-districts of Poplar, Bromley and Bow
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For annual rates of deaths from violence per 1,000 persons living and the percentages of inquest cases to total deaths, see Tables XIX. and XX., page 57.
| Violent deaths which actually occurred in Poplar, Bromley and Bow, not deducting non residents, were as follows:— | Deaths occurring entirely outside the Borough, but belonging thereto. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poplar. | Bromley. | Bow. | Poplar. | Bromley. | Bow. | |
| By Railway | ... | 4 | 1 | ... | ... | ... |
| By Vehicles and Horses | 2 | 34 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Ships, Boats and Docks (exclusive of drowning) | ... | 10 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... |
| Building Operations | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 2 |
| Conflagrations | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Burns, Scalds and Explosions | 2 | 20 | 1 | ... | ... | 2 |
| Drowning (accidental not suicidal) | 33 | 5 | ... | 3 | 5 | ... |
| Suffocation in Bed | 3 | 5 | 1 | ... | ... | ... |
| Poisons or Poisonous Vapours | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... |
| Other and not stated Causes | 14 | 64 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Homicide | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Suicide | 4 | 4 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... |
| Manslaughter | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Murder | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Execution | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... |
| Total | 58 | 149 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 7 |
MORTUARY.
Number of Bodies Received into Council's Mortuary,
Cottage Street.
The following is a list of the number of bodies received into the Council's Mortuary, Cottage Street, Poplar, classified according to the ages of the deceased:—
| No age stated | 3 |
| Stillborn | 5 |
| Under 1 | 49 |
| 1 to 5 | 35 |
| 5 to 15 | 15 |
| 15 to 25 | 21 |
| 25 to 65 | 190 |
| 65 and upward | 92 |
| Total | 410 |