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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: TABLE XII.METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR,Total Deaths (at all ages) in Public Institutions within the Borough.(Resident and Non-Resident included.)

TABLE XII.

METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR,

Total Deaths (at all ages) in Public Institutions within the Borough.(Resident and Non-Resident included.)

Causes of Death (see page 28).Poplar Union WorkhouseSick Asylum.Bow Institution.Bromley House Institution.Poplar Hospital.Nett total deaths in Public Institutions within the Borough.
All causesCertified 441176322133,1561831
Uncertified..................
1 Enteric Fever...1.........1
2 Small Pox..................
3 Measles...41......142
4 Scarlet Fever..................
5 Whooping Cough...42.........42
6 Diphtheria and Croup...1......34
7 Influenza7140202311201
8 Erysipelas...4...1...5
9 Phthisis (Pulmonary Tuberculosis)...1382475174
10 Tuberculous Meningitis...2......46
11 Other Tuberculous Diseases1711...10
12 Cancer, malignant disease1862763123
13 Rheumatic Fever...3.........3
14 Meningitis12......25
15 Organic Heart Disease110994314239
16 Bronchitis16967324...209
17 Pneumonia (all forms)511213919158
18 Other diseases of respiratory organs...863...17
19 Diarrhoea and Enteritis...19......423
20 Appendicitis and Typhlitis...4......610
21 Cirrhosis of Liver...1...2...3
21a Alcoholism1............1
22 Nephritis and Bright's Disease11143120
23 Puerperal Fever...4.........4
24 Other accidents and diseases of Pregnancy and Parturition...2.........2
25 Congenital Debility and Malformation, including Premature Birth...33.........33
26 Violent Deaths, excluding Suicide4356...78123
27 Suicide...21...47
28 Other Defined Diseases6272532311365
29 Diseases ill-defined or unknown...1.........1
Total Deaths4411763221331561831
Sub-Entries (included in above figures).-
14 Cerebro-spinal Meningitis..................
28a Poliomyelitis..................
17 Pneumonia47918597