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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 IX.METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Sub-District of Poplar.Causes of, and Ages at, Death during the Year 1919.

TABLE IX.METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Sub-District of Poplar.Causes of, and Ages at, Death during the Year 1919.

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 Deaths m 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 Asyluqj.Bow Institution.Bromley House Institution.Poplar Hospital.See Footnotes.Outlying Institutions.
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All causesCertified8091203540455710018722519179612910177421
Uncertified1111
1 Enteric Fever2.........11...........................11
2 Small Pox...................................................
3 Measles61122...............2............13
4 Scarlet Fever...................................................
5 Whooping Cough12...651...............4......l...l6
6 Diphtheria and Croup11l1531............1............910
7 Influenza51...126715146...7............613
8 Erysipelas21......1..............................22
9 Phthisis (Pulmonary Tuberculosis)74......152325182...17............2441
10 Tuberculous Meningitis81...34........................1...34
11 Other Tuberculous Diseases2............1......1..................11
12 Cancer, malignant disease53...............53315...171.........826
13 Rheumatic Fever3.........1......2......1...............1
14 Meningitis11211...2..................2...57
15 Organic Heart Disease62.........141319251131...*1934
16 Bronchitis725...1......325381120............435
17 Pneumonia (all forms)821313763111415114......4†11131
18 Other diseases of respiratory organs5......2...1......2...2......1‡1...4
19 Diarrhoea and Enteritis332551............2...4............1418
20 Appendicitis and Typhlitis3............111......1............]2
21 Cirrhosis of Liver7............1...33...2............24
21a Alcoholism1.....................1........................
22 Nephritis and Bright's Disease18...............288...7............916
23 Puerperal Fever1............1............1...............1
24 Other accidents and diseases of Pregnancy & Parturition1...............1........................11
25 Congenital Debility and Malformation, including Premature Birth62592.........1.........9......1...414
26 Violent Deaths, excluding Suicide3942375311413......13¶6932
27 Suicide3..................3..................§1...1
28 Other Defined Diseases1859166817351035472...6...49109
29 Diseases ill-de fined or unknown5...11......111...1............45
Total Deaths8101203540455710018722619179612910178422
Sub-Entries (included in above figures).
14 Cerebro-spinal Meningitis4...21......1..................1...23
28a Poliomyelitis...................................................
17a Pneumonia4453...4181211110......11619
26a Murder21............1..................1......1
26b Ptomaine Poisoning1...............1..............................

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•West India Docks,; †S.S. Moora, West India Docks; †S.S. Taiku Maru, Orchard House Dry Dock; ¶West India Docks 2;
River Thames, Poplar, 2; Millwall Docks, 2 ; §S.S. City of Agra, East India Docks.