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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 1897
Annual report, year 1897, on the sanitary condition with vital statistics of the parishes of Poplar and Bromley within the Poplar District
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TABLE VII. BROMLEY.
| 1st. | Quarters. | 4th. | Total. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2nd. | 3rd. | ||||
| Miasmatic Diseases | 29 | 32 | 14 | 61 | 136 |
| Influenza | 3 | 2 | ... | ... | 5 |
| Diarrhœal | 2 | 1 | 63 | 2 | 68 |
| Malarial | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Zoogenous | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Venereal | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 2 |
| Septic | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 |
| Parasitic Diseases | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Privation and Alcoholism | 2 | ... | 3 | ... | 5 |
| Constitutional Diseases | 52 | 73 | 64 | 59 | 248 |
| Developmental Diseases | 19 | 33 | 27 | 21 | 100 |
| Diseases of Nervous System | 50 | 38 | 21 | 31 | 140 |
| Diseases of Organs of Special Sense | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | 3 |
| Diseases of Circulatory System | 22 | 31 | 25 | 22 | 100 |
| Diseases of Respiratory System | 93 | 53 | 50 | 84 | 280 |
| Diseases of Digestive System | 22 | 13 | 56 | 15 | 106 |
| Diseases of Lymphatic System | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Diseases of Gland-like Organs of Uncertain Use | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Diseases of Urinary System | 3 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 29 |
| Diseases of Organs of Generation | ... | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Accidents of Childbirth | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Diseases of Bones and Joints | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | 3 |
| Diseases of Integumentary System | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 |
| Accident or Negligence | 10 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 49 |
| Heat Apoplexy (Sunstroke) | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 |
| Suicide | 3 | 5 | ... | 4 | 12 |
| Ill-Defined and not Specified Causes | 26 | 8 | 21 | 16 | 71 |
| Total | 340 | 315 | 377 | 345 | 1377 |