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WHOOPING COUGH
Twenty-one deaths were registered in Poplar from whooping cough
and three deaths were notified from outside the parish, making a
total of 24, and all these deaths were of children under five years of
age. In Bromley were registered 71 deaths under five years of age
and two over that period of life; nine of the deaths under and one
death over five years of age did not belong to the parish, so that the
deaths from whooping cough belonging to Bromley were 63 in
number, 62 under and one over five years of age.
1893.
1894.
1895.
1896.
1897.
1898.
Poplar 24 16 31 57 27 24
Bromley 32 32 29 62 24 63
Totals 56 48 60 119 51 87
INFLUENZA.
Thirteen deaths occurred in Poplar from influenza, two under and
11 over five years of age. Two deaths over five years of age were
registered in outlying institutions, making a total of 15 deaths for the
Poplar parish. Thirteen deaths also happened from the same disease
in Bromley, three under and 10 over five years of age.
MEASLES.
Thirty-three deaths from measles happened in Poplar and one
death in an outlying institution, making a total of 34 deaths, 32 of
which were of children under five years. In Bromley 58 deaths were
registered, six of these deaths occurring in the Sick Asylum and one
in the Stepney Union Workhouse; but as six of the 58 deaths did
not belong to the parish and there was notified one death from an
outlying institution, the total deaths from measles belonging to
Bromley will be 53, and of this number 52 were under and one over
five years of age.