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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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DEATHS FROM DROWNING, ETC., AND DEATHS OF
PERSONS OF UNKNOWN ADDRESSES INCLUDED
IN THE MORTALITY STATISTICS.

Table: The following deaths have been included in the Mortality Statistics of the respective Sub-districts as there is no reason fcr believing that such deaths will be shown in the Mortality Tables of some other District:—

The following deaths have been included in the Mortality Statistics of the respective Sub-districts as there is no reason fcr believing that such deaths will be shown in the Mortality Tables of some other District:—

Poplar (Sub District).
15th Mar. River Thames, of Blackwall StairsShip's CookMale, 24 yrs.Violent suffocation by drowning caused by falling out of a boat off Victoria Dock Buoy while returning to his schooner Perserveranee, of Fowey. Acc. Inq.
21st April West India DockUnknown occupationMale, about 35 yrs.Found dead. Suffocation by drowning, but how deceased got into the water and was so drowned the evidence fails to prove. Inq.
2nd J une River Thames, of Torrington StairsUnknownFemale, about 5 mins.Found dead. Suffocation by drowning, but whether criminally or otherwise there is no evidence to show. Inq.
23rd June River Thames, off Cook's WharfMate of sailing barge Western Belle, of no fixed abode.Male, 26 yrs.Violent Suffocation by drowning caused by the deceased falling into the River Thames owing to his oar break-ing whilst he was sculling his boat. Acc. Inq.
11th Aug. Poplar Hospital...Seaman on S.S. Iatombi, native of IndiaMale, 28 yrs.
Cerebral hæmorrhage.
29th Aug. Millwall DocksShip's trimmer, of NorwayMab, 27 yrs.Found dead. Suffocation by drowning, but how or by what means deceased came into the water there is no evidence to show. Inq.
1st Nov. Cane Hall AsylumSeaman, of streets of PoplarMale, 66 yrs.Valvular disease of heart and aortic degeneration. Embolism of middle cerebral artery. Fibroid disease of right lung.