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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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Table: TABLE I.(A) Table of Deaths during the year 1898, in the POPLAR Division of the Metropolitan Sanitary District 0f Poplar, classifiedaccording to Diseases, " Ages and Localities.

TABLE I.

(A) Table of Deaths during the year 1898, in the POPLAR Division of the Metropolitan Sanitary District 0f Poplar, classifiedaccording to Diseases, " Ages and Localities.

Names of Localities adoptedforthepurpose oftheseStatistics; public institutionsbeingshown asseparatelocalities.Mortality from all Causes. at subjoined ages.Mortality from subjoined Causes, distinguishing Deaths of Children under Five Years of Age.
At all Ages.Under 1 year.1 and under 5.5 and under 15,15 and under 25,25 and under 65.65 and upwards.Smallpox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Fevers.*Cholera.Erysipelas.Measles.Wh'ping CoughDiarrhœa and Dysentery.Rheumatic Fever.Influenza.Phthisis.Br'chitis, Pneumonia & Plr'sy.Heart Disease.Injuries.Allother Diseases.Total.
Typhus.Enteric, or Typhoid.Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.
(a)(b)(c)(d)(e)(f)(g)(h)(i)12345678910111213141516171819202122
Poplar8823061662834236112Under 5...223......2.........2132215322769321232472
5 upwds.......2......6.........111...441169744416177410
PoplarUnionWorkhouse628......11934Under 5............................................................88
5 upwds................1..............................418612454
MillwallDocks17.........1142Under 5..................................................................
5 upwds.......................................................314...17
WestIndiaDocks4.........121Under 5..................................................................
5 upwds.......................................................1214
RiverThames183......4101Under 5...................................................1...2...3
5 upwds.....................................................1...14...15
LimehouseCut1............1...Under 5..................................................................
5 upwds..........................................................1...1
PoliceStation, Blackwall1............1...Under 5..................................................................
5 upwds..............................................1...1
PoliceStation, Poplar1............1...Under 5......................................................
5 upwds.....................................1............1
PoplarHighway1............1...Under 5......................................................
5 upwds...........................................1......1
Totals9873171662841285150Under 5223...2.........2132215322770323240483
5 upwds.2...7.........111...441174935549202504
The subjoined numbers have also been taken into account in judging of the mortality of this Division ot the Sanitary District.
Deathsoccurringoutside theDivisionorDistrict amongpersonsbelongingthereto.3283536201415271Under 5......10...........................39......313...52871
5 upwds....18......3............21.........253302421112257
Deathsoccurringwithin theDivisionorDistrict amongpersonsnotbelongingthereto.616......62822Under 5...................................................1......56
5 upwds.................................................2129201255

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*Simple Cholera.