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

TABLE XI.

METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR.

Sub-District of Bromley.

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 causesCertified
Uncertified
1 Enteric Fever1.........1..............................11
2 Small Pox...................................................
3 Measles19496.................................22
4 Scarlet Fever5...2...3..............................55
5 Whooping Cough2111361...............1............23
6 Diphtheria and Croup8...341........................1...07
7 Influenza7..................34..................11
8 Erysipelas41..................3...2............24
9 Phthisis (Pulmonary Tuberculosis)97338318,37223...20............1645
10 Tuberculous Meningitis124332...............3............47
11 Other Tuberculous Diseases111...31321......5......1...410
12 Cancer, malignant disease60...............73221...26............632
13 Rheumatic Fever10.........31231...1............23
14 Meningitis105...2111.........2......1...58
15 Organic Heart Disease76.........1373629...342.........844
16 Bronchitis1061342...1334495271.........134
17 Pneumonia (all forms)92022112313158...18......4...1739
18 Other diseases of respiratory organs17212......66......3......1...59
19 Diarrhæa and Enteritis413091.........1......6......2...1220
20 Appendicitis and Typhlitis3.........1...2.........1......1...12
21 Cirrhosis of Liver3.........1...11......2............13
21a Alcoholism1..................1...........................
22 Nephritis and Bright's Disease20......111494...4......1...712
23 Puerperal Fever4............13.........3...............3
24 Other accidents and diseases of Pregnancy & Parturition1...............1..................1......1
25 Congenital Debility and Malformation, including Premature Birth82802.....................14............1226
26 Violent Deaths, excluding Suicide4541343913819......142*1137
27 Suicide5...............131...1.........1†13
28 Other Defined Diseases2173084753039943692...5...52131
29 Diseases ill-defined or unknown82............141...4............15
Total Deaths9382107056334013022322692645...323184497
Sub-Entries (included in above figures).
14 Cerebro-spinal Meningitis63...111............1......1...46
28a Poliomyelitis...................................................
17 Pneumonia293641......72...9......3...315
28 Dysentery3...............1...2..................33

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* Highway, Bromley, 1; Limchou.e Cut, 1. † River Lee, Bromley, 1.