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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 1918
Annual report for the year 1918 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 | 151 | 100 | 84 | 255 | 590 |
| Union Workhouse | 16 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 44 |
| Baffin Buildings | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Council Buildings | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| Grosvenor Buildings | 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 19 |
| Hanbury Buildings | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Hudson Buildings | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Montreal Buildings | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| Ontario Buildings | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Ottawa Buildings | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Prestage Buildings | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 2 |
| Quebec Buildings | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 2 |
| Toronto Buildings | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Winnipeg Buildings | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| River Thames | ... | 4 | 2 | ... | 7 |
| East India Docks | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 2 |
| London Graving Dock | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| West India Docks | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 2 |
| South-West India Docks | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | 3 |
| Poplar Dock, G.W.R. | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Mill wall Docks | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 |
| Green's Dry Dock | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 |
| Limehouse Cut | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 |
| Highway | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 |
| Trinity Wharf | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Bow Creek | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Police Station | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| 179 | 118 | 97 | 286 | 680 | |
| Deaths occurring outside the sub-district among persons belonging thereto* + | 115 | 113 | 99 | 192 | 519+ |
| Deaths occurring within the sub-district among persons not belonging thereto — | 14 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 42— |
| Deaths at all ages—nett | 280 | 224 | 192 | 461 | 1157 |
* Including 301 deaths in the Bromley Sub-District:—Sick Asylum, 246; Poplar
Hospital, 35; and Bow Institution, 16; Bromley House Institution, 2; Sub-district
Bromley, 1; River Lea, Bromley, 1.