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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 1898

Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the North District, comprising the Parish of St. Mary Stratford-le-Bow

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Table: Total Deaths of Inhabitants of BOW, occurring both within and without the District, during the year 1898.

Total Deaths of Inhabitants of BOW, occurring both within and without the District, during the year 1898.

Mortality from the following Diseases.Under 1 year.1 year, and under 5.5 years, and under 1515 years, and under 2525 years, and under 6565 years and upwards.At all Ages.
1st Quar.2nd Quar.3rd Quar.4th Quar.Total.1st Quar.2nd Quar.3rd Quar.4th Quar.Total.1st Quar.2nd Quar.3rd Quar.4th Quar.Total.1st Quar,2nd Quar.3rd Quar.4th Quar.Total.1st Quar.2nd Quar.3rd Quar.4th QuarTotal.1st Quar.2nd Quar.3rd Quar.4th Quar.Total1st Quar.2nd Quar.3rd Quar.4th Quar.Total.
Small Pox............................................................................................................
Scarlatina...............21......3...11...2.........11....................................22116
Diphtheria...1......131241011125..........................................433616
Membranous Croup......................................................................................................
Typhus Fever......................................................................................................
Enteric or Typhoid Fever....................................2...21.........1...1113............11316
Continued Fever......................................................................................................
Relapsing Fever......................................................................................................
Puerperal Fever...............................................................1...1..................1...1
Cholera (Infantine)......1...1..............................................................................1...1
Erysipelas.........1......................................................111......12......13
Measles21......31785...3022......41.........1...........................22115...38
Whooping Cough9511161411...16.........................................................2362132
Diarrhœa, and Dysentery......28331......9...9.......................................11......1...1......38442
Rheumatic Fever.................................1......1.....................112...............1113
Ague...................................................................................................
Phthisis111...3......22421...334331321111212561...1...22817191781
Bronchitis. Pneumonia and Pleurisy1714101859326511541.........111...1319851143248174094372148200
Heart Disease.................................21...3.........1111636265563191613101049
Injuries1...1...221......3...121421...3...7121012144135426
All other Diseases243572261578715636...4228332...828262016901912151561828712665360
Total55571144827478253923165613953391066317959445123351272426128278191236159864