Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
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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TABLE I.
| Names of localities adopted for the purpose of these statistics: public institutions being shown as separate localities. | 1st Quarter | 2nd Quarter | 3rd Quarter | 4th Quarter | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poplar Sub-District | 107 | 108 | 101 | 117 | 433 |
| Union Workhouse | 12 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 45 |
| Baffin Buildings | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 |
| Council Buildings | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 |
| Grosvenor Buildings | 2 | ... | 3 | 2 | 14 |
| Hanbury Buildings | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Hudson Buildings | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... |
| Montreal Buildings | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Ontario Buildings | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 3 |
| Ottawa Buildings | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Prestage Buildings | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| Quebec Buildings | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Toronto Buildings | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Winnipeg Buildings | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| River Thames | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 |
| East India Docks | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| West India Docks | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 |
| South-West India Docks | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 |
| Poplar Collier Dock | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Millwall Docks | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| Limehouse Cut | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 |
| Highway | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 2 |
| Millwall Police Station | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Blackwall Station, G. E. Ry. | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 134 | 143 | 126 | 140 | 543 | |
| Deaths occurring outside the subdistrict among persons belonging thereto* + | 117 | 112 | 100 | 105 | 434 + |
| Deaths occurring within the subdistrict among persons not belonging thereto | 16 | 15 | 10 | 16 | 57— |
| Deaths at all ages—nett | 235 | 240 | 216 | 229 | 920 |
*Including 255 deaths in the Bromley Sub-District :—Sick Asylum, 209; Poplar
Hospital, 34; and Bow Institution, 12.