Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
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 II.
| 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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bromley Sub-District | 161 | 120 | 91 | 255 | 627 |
| Sick Asylum | 322 | 233 | 191 | 430 | 1176 |
| Bow Institution | 72 | 73 | 43 | 134 | 322 |
| Bromley House Institution | 43 | 21 | 13 | 56 | 133 |
| Poplar Hospital | 41 | 36 | 35 | 44 | 156 |
| Adelaide Buildings | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 |
| Melbourne Buildings | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 |
| Sydney Buildings | 1 | 1 | ... | 2 | 4 |
| Hawthorn Buildings | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 3 |
| River Lee | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 2 |
| Limehouse Cut | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | 3 |
| Highway | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 2 |
| Bow Creek | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Great Eastern Railway | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 |
| Bromley Lock | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 643 | 485 | 373 | 930 | 2431 | |
| Deaths occurring outside the sub-district among persons belonging thereto1 + | 60 | 38 | 47 | 68 | 213+ |
| Deaths occurring within the sub-district among persons not belonging thereto | 375 | 288 | 224 | 510 | 1397- |
| Deaths at all ages-- nett | 328 | 235 | 196 | 488 | 1247 |
* Including 10 deaths in the Poplar Sub-District, viz.:—Union Workhouse, Poplar,
8; Poplar Police Station, 1 ; River Thames, Poplar, 1.