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

TABLE X. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Sub-District of Bromley. 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. PNett 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.PopJar Union Workhouse.Sick Asylum.Bow Institution.Bromley House Institution.Poplar Hospital.See Footnotes.Outlying Institutions.
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All causesCertified8701323645413813119725010229113273152435
Uncertified
1 Enteric Fever...................................................
2 Small Pox...................................................
3 Measles...................................................
4 Scarlet Fever4......22..............................44
5 Whooping Cough121461...............2............13
6 Diphtheria and Croup132443...............1......1...1012
7 Influenza50416351795...8......1...615
8 Erysipelas52............111...4...............4
9 Phthisis (Pulmonary Tuberculosis)74......36934202...17......1...2240
10 Tuberculous Meningitis6...2121...........................33
11 Other Tuberculous Diseases6.........2112......4............26
12 Cancer, malignant disease58...............4320...161l......624
13 Rheumatic Fever1...............1........................11
14 Meningitis81312......1......2...1...36
15 Organic Heart Disease79.........26162233229411...643
1R Bronchitis9911332...53243127111...233
17 Pneumonia (all forms)921216861181912...171...5...1437
18 Other diseases of respiratory organs91............224...1............12
19 Diarrhœa and Enteritis2216...2......1...317............614
20 Appendicitis and Typhlitis4............3...1......1......1...24
21 Cirrhosis of Liver3..................3.....................22
21a Alcoholism...................................................
22 Nephritis and Bright's Disease17......1...2248...4............812
23 Puerperal Fever1............1............1...............1
24 Other accidents and diseases of Pregnancy & Parturition6............15......3............36
25 Congenital Debility and Malformation, including Premature Birth6262.....................214............420
26 Violent Deaths, excluding Suicide3131432765...7......8¶3725
27 Suicide5...............212.....................11
28 Other Defined Diseases2001723761539111464.............37116
29 Diseases ill-defined or unknown3......1.........11.....................11
Total Deaths8701323645413813119725010229113273152435
Sub-Entries (included in above figures).
14 Cerebro-spinal Meningitis4...112..............................24
28a Poliomyelitis...................................................
17a Pneumonia503525113147151.........521
28b Anthrax1...............1........................11

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¶Bow Sub-Di-trict, 1; River Lee, Bromley, 1; Bow Creek, Bromley, 1.