London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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, year 1898, on the sanitary condition with vital statistics of the parishes of Poplar and Bromley within the Poplar District
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years, she was a weakly person and died in 48 hours, she had lately
come from the country and her child had had diarrhoea
Three deaths in all from simple cholera occured in Poplar, and
two in Bromley; one death was notified from an outlying institution
belonging to Bromley, so that six parishioners died from the malady.
INQUESTS AND DEATHS FROM VIOLENCE.
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poplar | 177 | 33 | 36 | 180 | 78 | 102 |
| Bromley | 259 | 95 | 21 | 185 | 61 | 124 |
| Totals | 436 | 128 | 57 | 365 | 139 | 226 |
For annual rates of deaths from violence per 1000 persons living, and the percentages of inquest cases to total deaths, see tables, page 12.
| Violent deaths which actually occurred in Poplar and Bromley, not deducting non-residents, were as follows. | Deaths occurring entirely outside Poplar and Bromley belonging thereto. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poplar. | Bromley. | Poplar. | Bromley. | |
| By Railway | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| By Vehicles and Horses | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Ships, Boats and Docks (exclusive of drowning) | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Building Operations | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Conflagrations | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Burns, Scalds and Explosions Drowning (accidental not suicidal) | 0 28 | 12 6 | 3 1 | 2 2 |
| Suffocation in Bed | 13 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| Poisons or Poisonous Vapours | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Other and not stated Causes | 20 | 45 | 3 | 6 |
| Homicide | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Suicide | 5 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 72 | 99 | 10 | 11 |