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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 X.METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR.Sub-District of Poplar.Causes of, and Ages at, Death during the Year 1916.

TABLE X.

METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR.

Sub-District of Poplar.

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

Causes of Death (see page 41).Nett Deaths in whole Sub-District at subjoined Ages.Nett Deaths in Public Institutions and certain localities within and outside Sub-District (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 causesCertifiedUncertified
1 Enteric Fever1...............1........................11
2 Small Pox...................................................
3 Measles2151051...............1............1
4 Scarlet Fever...................................................
5 Whooping Cough6312.......................................
6 Diphtheria and Croup11...461...............1............89
7 Influenza1..................1...........................
8 Erysipelas...................................................
9 Phthisis (Pulmonary Tuberculosis)621271941222...23......1...3155
10 Tuberculous Meningitis3093981............2......2...812
11 Other Tuberculous Diseases12113412.........2............57
12 Cancer, malignant disease46...............32815217............726
13 Rheumatic Fever6.........23......1...2......1......3
14 Meningitis941121............1............23
15 Organic Heart Disease88............31637323264......153
16 Bronchitis861131......424438256...1...646
17 Pneumonia (all forms)91171383312296...16......4...1636
18 Other diseases of respiratory organs10............2242...1............45
19 Diarrhoea and Enteritis4326851...111...4............1014
20 Appendicitis and Typhlitis2...............2.........................22
21 Cirrhosis of Liver4...............13......1............12
21a Alcoholism2..................2...11...............2
22 Nephritis and Bright's Disease26...1......24136...21...4...714
23 Puerperal Fever1...............1..............................
24 Other accidents and diseases of Pregnancy & Parturition2...............2........................11
25 Congenital Debility and Malformation, including Premature Birth60564.....................12............618
26 Violent Deaths, excluding Suicide55717531212814......1710†941
27 Suicide3..................3..................1§...1
28 Other Defined Diseases20423233423451013641...4...50122
29 Diseases ill-defined or unknown4...............121...4...............4
Total Deaths920164535237421282262181820912...3412179464
Sub-Entries (included in above figures).
14 Cerebro-spinal Meningitis52......21............1............12
28a Poliomyelitis...................................................
17 Pneumonia33222...27153...6......2...917
28 Dysentery1...............1..............................
26 Execution..................1........................11

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* Highway, Poplar, 1. † River Thames, Poplar, 6 ; Millwall Docks, 2 ; West India Docks, 1; Highway, Poplar, 1,
§ Millwall Docks, 1.