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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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Table: TABLE IX.METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR.The Borough.Causes of, and Ages at, Death during the Year 1916.

TABLE IX.

METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR.

The Borough.

Causes of, and Ages at, Death during the Year 1916.

Causes of Death (see pags 41).Nett Deaths in whole Borough at subjoined Ages.Nett Deaths in Public Institutions and certain localities within and outside Borough (at all ages) belonging thereto.Nett Total Deaths in Public Institutions. &c.
All Ages.Under 1.1 and under 2.2 and under 5.5 and under 15.15 and under 25.25 and under 45.45 and under 65.65 and upwards.Poplar Union Workhouse.Sick Asylum.Bow Institution.Bromley House Institution.Poplar Hospital.See Footnotes.Outlying Institutions.
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All causesCertified
Uncertified
1. Enteric Fever5.........122.........3............25
2 Small Pox...................................................
3 Measles481023132...............4............37
4 Scarlet Fever7...214..............................77
5 Whooping Cough432611111...............2............68
6 Diphtheria and Croup28...11143..................1...1...2024
7 Influenza10..................55..................11
8 Erysipelas51..................4...2............35
9 Phthisis (Pulmonary Tuberculosis)25264121150105577174......1...58134
10 Tuberculous Meningitis4814714121............5......2...1219
11 Other Tuberculous Diseases263165452......7......1...917
12 Cancer, malignant disease143......1......1276542571.........2080
13 Rheumatic Fever19.........55234...31...1...27
14 Meningitis23944321.........3......1...1014
15 Organic Heart Disease214.........283090844846......‡116111
16 Bronchitis260328311127812517757...1...9109
17 Pneumonia (all forms)25448493076305232...49118...45104
18 Other diseases of respiratory organs38322...39145...5......1...1016
19 Diarrhoea and Enteritis107732361...121...10......2...3042
20 Appendicitis and Typhlitis9.........126.........2......1...58
21 Cirrhosis of Liver10.........1...36......5............27
21a Alcoholism4..................4...11...............2
22 Nephritis and Bright's Disease61...1133102617...91.....5...1934
23 Puerperal Fever7............16.........4............15
24 Other accidents and diseases of Pregnancy & Parturition7............25.........3......1...15
25 Congenital Debility and Malformation, including Premature Birth18217372..................42............2264
26 Violent Deaths, excluding Suicide1191241398242722217......32142590
27 Suicide9...............261...1.........1214
28 Other Defined Diseases5656514111310610927681827...9...133339
29 Diseases ill-defined or unknown2233.........394...14............216
Total Deaths252547217414485108335566641356652516717471284
Sub-entries (included in above figures.)
14 Cerebro-spinal Meningitis1352132............2......1...09o
28a Poliomyelitis211....................................22
17 Pneumonia908131132162710...22......5...1643
28 Dysentery4...............2...2..................33
26 Execution..................1........................11

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I Highway, Poplar, 1; *River Thames, 6; Millwall Docks, 2 ; West India Docks, 1 ; Highway, Poplar, 1 ; Highway, Bow, 1 ;
Bow Junction, G.E.R., 1; Highway, Bromley, 1; Limehoute Cut, 1: f Mill vail Docks, 1; River Lea, Biomley, 1.