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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 X.METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Sub-District of Bromley.Causes of, and Ages at, Death during the Year 1918.

TABLE X.

METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Sub-District of Bromley.

Causes of, and Ages at, Death during the Year 1918.

Causes of Death (see page 28).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 Onion Workhouse.Sick Asylum.Bow Institution.Bromley House Institution.Poplar Hospital.See Footnotes.Outlying Institutions.
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All causesCertified1247142100107901012332222828334172456203615
Uncertified
1Enteric Fever...................................................
2Small Pox...................................................
3Measles79436318...............16............521
4Scarlet Fever2.........2..............................22
5Whooping Cough14356..................4............15
6Diphtheria and Croup16...574........................3...1215
7Influenza2182916284172292134921......1471
8Erysipelas21............1.........1...............1
9Phthisis (Pulmonary Tuberculosis)11224172051234...29...113668
10Tuberculous Meningitis122...631...........................23

Table: Table X.METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR.Sub-District of Bromley.Causes of and ages at, Death during the year 1918.

Table X.

METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR.

Sub-District of Bromley.

Causes of and ages at, Death during the year 1918.

Causes of Death (see page 28).Nett Death in whole Sub-District at Subjoined Ages.Nett Death in public Institution 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 CausesCertified1247142100107901012032222828334172456203615
Uncertified...................................................
1Enteric Fever...................................................
2Small Pox...................................................
3Measles79436318...............16............521
4Scarlet Fever2.........2..............................22
5Whooping Cough14356..................4............15
6Diphtheria and Croup16...574........................3...1215
7Influenza21829162841722921349212...1471
8Erysipelas21............1.........1...............1
9Phthisis(Pulmonary Tuberculosis)11224172051234...29...12...3668
10Tuberculous Meningitis122...631.....................1...23
11Other Tuberculous Diseases3......11...1.........1............12
12Cancer, malignant disease54...............42921...212.........932
13Rheumatic Fever3......1...11........................11
14Meningitis1023221............1......2...58
15Organic Heart Disease88.........37172734...326...2...848
16Bronchitis115128321327592295.........339
17Pneumonia (all forms)15527152216142425121431...8§1193
18Other diseases of respiratory organs9......2...1141...2............35
19Diarrhoea and Enteritis181061............1...3......2...49
20Appendicitis and Typhlitis7........3211......2......3...27
21Cirrhosis of Liver1..................1......1...............1
21aAlcoholism...................................................
22Nephritis and Bright's Disease10...1.........135............1...34
23Puerperal Fever3...............3.........3...............3
24Other accidents and diseases of Pregnancy & Parturition3............21.........1............12
25Congenital Debility and Malformation, including Premature Birth55541.....................11............1122
26Violent Deaths, excluding Suicide47514843101219......16**5738
27Suicide2...............11......1......1......2
28Other Defined Diseases20717643518421121741...2...54132
29Diseases ill-defined or unknown21.........1.................................
Total Deaths1247142100107901012032222828333172456203614
Sub-Entries (included in above figures).
14Cerebro-spinal Meningitis421...1..............................22
28aPoliomyelitis...................................................
17Pneumonia896410111319188...32......11741
28Dysentery4..................22..................11
28Botulism1..................1...........................

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§Poplar Police Station, 1. **Limehouse Cut, Bromley, 3; River Thame , Poplar, 1; Highway, Bromley, 1.