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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: TABLE VIIIMETROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR, T he B orough.Causes of, and Ages at, Death during the Year1918.

TABLE VIII

METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR, T he B orough.

Causes of, and Ages at, Death during the Year1918.

Causes of Death (see page 28).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 causesCertified31773442392591902345006367753279240683225471522
Uncertified1.....................1..................11
1 Enteric Fever1............1...........................11
2 Small Pox......................................................
3 Measles15115646l11...............25............833
4 Scarlet Fever2.........2..............................22
5 Whooping Cough611821193...............24............630
6 Diphtheria and Croup3129119........................5...2328
7 Influenza5249284254861649645694213...42148
8 Erysipelas31............11......2...............2
9 Phthisis (Pulmonary Tuberculosis)29847219541247513...76114*194177
10 Tuberculous Meningitis32531473........................4...1014
11 Other Tuberculous Diseases262653352...13..................
12 Cancer, malignant disease146..................881571524......12179

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13 Rheumatic Fever7......112111..................22
14 Meningitis2024563.........12......2...712
15 Organic Heart Disease232.........8134172981821423‡131134
16 Bronchitis27424195211171141126991......798
17 Pneumonia (all forms)37761515933295857295752...15§453151
18 Other diseases of respiratory organs231...2...2396...81.........312
19 Diarrhoea and Enteritis5836117.........13...10......2...1628
20 Appendicitis and Typhlitis]1.........5312......4......3...310
21 Cirrhosis of Liver7..................43...1...1......13
21a Alcoholism................................................
22 Nephritis and Bright's Disease32...1......151213...61...1...1018
23 Puerperal Fever6............15.........4............15
24 Other accidents and diseases of Pregnancy & Parturition7............43.........2............46
25 Congenital Debility and Malformation, including Premature Birth11510843..................21............1940
26 Violent Deaths excluding Suicide123141111710122929228......33**122297
27 Suicide10135122††217
28 Other Defined Diseases59538101210165511733732036...6...153371
29 Diseases ill-defined or unknown64.........1...1......1.........‡‡1...2
Total Deaths31783442392591902345006367763279140683225481522
Sub-entries (included in above figures.)
14 Cerebro-spinal Meningitis621...21...........................33
28a Poliomyelitis211..........................................
17 Pneumonia196910222232404219553......312082
28 Dysentery12...............453............3...66
28 Botulism1.............................................

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*River Thames, Poplar, 1 †Highway, Bromloy, 1. ‡Highway, Poplar, 1. §Millwall Doeks, Poplar, 1; Bromley Sub-District, 1; Poplar
Police Station, 1; Highway, Bow, 1. **River Thames. Poplar, 3; East India Docks, Poplar, 1; West India Docks, Poplar, 1; Bow Creel:,
Poplar, 1; Limohouso Out, Poplar, 1; Iiimehouse Cut, Bromley, 3; River Lee, Bromley, 1; Highway, Bromloy, 1.††Bow Creek, Poplar, 1;
Duckett's Canal, Bow, 1.‡‡ River Lee, Bow, 1.