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 1919 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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| 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 | 85 | 63 | 123 | 432 |
| Sick Asylum | 271 | 172 | 138 | 193 | 774 |
| Bow Institution | 86 | 56 | 34 | 10 | 186 |
| Bromley House Institution | 47 | 13 | 8 | 14 | 82 |
| Poplar Hospital | 24 | 26 | 38 | 42 | 130 |
| Adelaide Buildings | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Melbourne Buildings | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Sydney Buildings | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| River Lee | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | 3 |
| Limehouse Cut | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Highway | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Bow Creek | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 |
| Hawthorn Buildings | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| 591 | 354 | 282 | 382 | 1609 | |
| Deaths occurring outside the sub-district among persons belonging thereto1 + | 38 | 43 | 38 | 44 | 1634+ |
| Deaths occurring within the sub-district among persons not belonging thereto — | 341 | 215 | 160 | 186 | 902— |
| Deaths at all ages—nett | 288 | 182 | 160 | 240 | 870 |
* Including 11 deaths in the Poplar and Bow Sub-Districts, viz.:—Union Workhouse,
Poplar, 10; and Bow Sub-District, 1.