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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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8 table i. (A) Table of deaths during the year 1897, in the POPLAR Division of the Metropolitan Sanitary District of Poplar, classified according to Diseases, Ages and Localities.

Names ok Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics ; public institutions being shown as separate localities.Mortality from all Causes. at subjoined ages.Mortalityfrom subjoined causes, distinguishing deaths of children under five Years of Age.
At all Ages.Under i year.1 and under 5.5 and under 1515 and under 2525 and under 6565 and upwardsSmallpox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous CroupFevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.Measles.Whiping CoughDiarrhoea and Dysentery.Rheumatic Fever.Influenza.Phthis:s.Br'chitis, Pneumonia & Plr'sy.Heart Disease.Injuries.All other Diseases.Total.
Typhus.Enteric, or Typhoid.Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.
(a)(b)(c)(d)(f)(g)(h)(i)12345678910111213141516171819202122
Poplar8702951774015218125Under 5...1305..................12925441788114226472
5 upwds....191...5.........*12311161654619170398
Poplar Union Workhouse4811......1630Under 5...................................................1......12
5 upwds.................................................410142746
Poplar Highway2............11Under 5..................................................................
5 upwds.......................................................1...12
Recreation Ground1............1...Under 5..................................................................
5 upwds.......................................................1......1
Scandinavian Sailors' Home2...1...1...Under 5...................................................1.........l
5 upwds.................................................1............l
Limehouse Cut2.........2......Under 5..................................................................
5 upwds..........................................................2...2
River Thames16......2761Under 5..................................................................
5 upwds..........................................................15...16
Mill wall Docks13......1381Under 5..................................................................
5 upwds..........................................................13...13
West India Docks4.........13...Under 5..................................................................
5 upwds..........................................................4...4
South-West India Docks.2.........11...Under 5..................................................................
5 upwds.......................................................11...2
East India Docks511...21...Under 5...................................................1......12
5 upwds..........................................................3...3
Poplar Dock1............1...Under 5..................................................................
5 upwds..........................................................1...1
Regents Dry Dock1............1...Under 5...............................................................
.........................................................1...1
North London Railway1............1...Under 5..................................................................
5 upwds....................................................I......1
Totals968■2971804331259158Under 5...1305..................12925441791114228477
5 upwds....191...5......1*123121166755164198491
The subjoined numbers have also been taken into account in judging of the mortality of this Division of the Sanitary District.
Deaths occurring outside the Division or District among persons belonging thereto.317374191414967Under 5...418.....................1121......158a4?78
5 upwds................2......2.....................51352813108239
Deaths occurring within the Division or District among persons not beIopging thereto.554...2132313Under 5...................................................1......34
5 upwds.................................................244291251

*Simple Cholera.