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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 1919

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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Table: DEATHS FROM DROWNING, ETC., AND DEATHS OF PERSONS OF UNKNOWN ADDRESSES INCLUDED IN THE MORTALITY STATISTICS. The following deaths have been included in the Mortality Statistics of the respective Sub-districts as there is no reason fcr believing that such deaths, will be shown in the Mortality Tables of any other District :—

DEATHS FROM DROWNING, ETC., AND DEATHS OF PERSONS OF UNKNOWN ADDRESSES INCLUDED IN THE MORTALITY STATISTICS. The following deaths have been included in the Mortality Statistics of the respective Sub-districts as there is no reason fcr believing that such deaths, will be shown in the Mortality Tables of any other District :—

Poplar (Sub-District).
17th June. West India Docks.Pantryman on s.s. Male, 60. Ingoma. Native of Calcutta.Found dead. Heart failure due to heart disease. Nat. Inq.
30th Sept. Mill wall Docks.Unknown. Male, about 60Found dead. Suffocation by drowning but how he got into the water and was so drowned the evidence fails to prove. Inq.
25th Oct. East India Docks.Carpenter on s.s. Male, 51. City of Agra. Native of Russian Finland.Violent. Strangulation with a leather belt over an air pipe in his berth on board ship. Suicide whilst of unsound mind. Inq.
31st Oct. River Thames, off Aberdeen Wharf.Unknown. Male, about 55Found dead. Suffocation by drowning, but how he came into the water and was so drowned the evidence fails to prove. Inq.
8th Dec. s.s.Taikau Maru,Orchard House Dry Dock.Ship's Fireman, Male, 22. Native of Japan.lound dead. Pleurisy and pneumonia. Net. Inq.
12 th Dec. West India Docks.Ship's Fireman, Male, 38. late of Prince Edward's Island, Canada.Violent. Suffocation by drowning caused by falling overboard while returning to his ship at night, while under the influence of drink, Acc. Inq.
29th Dec. River Thames, off De Bas' Wharf.Unknown. Male, about 10 mins.Found dead. Suffocation, but how caused and under what circumstances the child was born and died the evidence fails to prove. Inq.