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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: Deaths from diarihœa for the past five years were as follows:—

Deaths from diarihœa for the past five years were as follows:—

1893.1894.1895.1896.1897.
Poplar5420526146
Bromley8329567268
Totals13749108133114
London34461780360032234104

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Tables VI. and VII. pages 15 and 16 show how diarrhoea occurred
in the various quarters of the year.
One death from choleraic diarrhoea accompanied by apoplexy
occurred in Poplar. The patient was a labourer aged 25 years; he
became ill on the 8th August and died on the nth August. An
inquest was held upon deceased.
A case of simple cholera was notified from Bromley in a man aged
26 years. The patient had been working among sewers.
Enteritis and gastro-enteritis are maladies which ought to be considered
with diarrahœa as they are generally concomitant diseases.

Table: INQUESTS AND DEATHS FROM VIOLENCE. Inquests and Deaths from violence during the year 1897 were as follows:—

INQUESTS AND DEATHS FROM VIOLENCE. Inquests and Deaths from violence during the year 1897 were as follows:—

Number of Inquests held in the parishes.Deduct Inquests held on non-parishioners.Add Inquests held on parishioners from outlying districts.Total Inquests belonging to each parish.Verdict from Violence.Verdict from Natural Causes.
Poplar187333919367126
Bromley242842117962117
Totals42911760372129243