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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: TABLE VIII METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR The Borough. Causes of, and Ages at, Death during the Year 1919.

TABLE VIII METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR The Borough. Causes of, and Ages at, Death during the Year 1919.

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 causesCertified2212328851041051223045166483656319457164241119
Uncertified1111
1 Enteric Fever6.........131...1...1............93
2 Small Pox...................................................
3 Measles71132...............2............13
4 Scarlet Fever4...22..............................44
5 Whooping Cough24110112...............6......1...29
6 Diphtheria and Croup384715111............3......1...3034
7 Influenza139649917463414...24......1...1641
8 Erysipelas93......1...113...6............28
9 Phthisis (Pulmonary Tuberculosis)195......5123980554...46......1...60107
10 Tuberculous Meningitis17126611.........1......1...810
11 Other Tuberculous Diseases10.........32122...5............49
13 Cancer, malignant disease149...............12875015131......1975
13 Rheumatic Fever6.........11121...2............13
14 Meningitis173523121......3......3...814
15 Organic Heart Disease193......112326278462822*122101
16 Bronchitis22319352...12761061364111...888
17 Pneumonia (all forms)2152833181293445361481...9†12787
18 Other diseases of respiratory organs232...211377...3......1‡116
19 Diarrhoea and Enteritis825884......219219............2647
20 Appendicitis and Typhlitis11............5231...3......1...610
21 Cirrhosis of Liver12............1164...2............57
21a Alcoholism1.....................1........................
22 Nephritis and Bright s Disease40......1...241419...13............2033
23 Puerperal Fever3............21.........3...............3
24 Other accidents and diseases of Pregnancy & Parturition8............17.........3............47
25 Congenital Debility and Malformation, including Premature Birth1601563.........1......230......1...1447
26 Violent Deaths excluding Suicide88947148121915214......21¶102471
27 Suicide11...............263...............§112
28 Other Defined Diseases5133741115164593292111476...13**2105284
29 Diseases ill-defined or unknown9...12......123...2............57
Total Deaths2213328851041051223045166493656319457164251120
Sub-entries (included in above figures.)
14 Cerebro-spinal Meningitis10...32311.........3......1...59
28a Poliomyelitis...................................................
28b Encephalitis1.........1..............................11
17a Pneumonia123893972734261411...111257
26a Murder21............1........................1......1
26b Ptomanine Poisoning1...............1..............................
28c Anthrax1...............1........................11

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*West India Docks, Poplar, 1; †S.S. Moor a, West India Docks, Poplar, 1; ‡JS S. Tailcu Maru, Orchard Dry Dock, Poplar, 1; ¶West
India Docks, Poplar, 2; River Thames, Poplar, 2; Millvvall Docks, Poplar, 2; Bow Sub-District, 1; River Leo, Bromley, 1; Bow Creek,
Bromley, 1; Duckett's Canal, Bow, 1; §S.S. " City of Agra ,"East India Docks, Poplar, 1; **River Lee, Bow, 1; Highway, Bow, 1.