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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 1899
Annual report, year 1899, on the sanitary condition with vital statistics of the parishes of Poplar and Bromley within the Poplar District
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TABLE VI.
POPLAR.
| Quarters. | Total. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | ||
| Miasmatic Diseases | 20 | 39 | 29 | 42* | 130* |
| Influenza | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 |
| Diarrhœal | 4 | 1 | 71 | 6 | 82 |
| English Cholera | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Malarial | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Zoogenous | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Venereal | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | 3 |
| Septic | 2 | 2 | ... | 3 | 7 |
| Parasitic Diseases | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Dietetic Diseases (Privation and Alcoholism) | ... | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| Constitutional Diseases | 68 | 50 | 64 | 59 | 241 |
| Developmental Diseases | 26 | 27 | 27 | 37 | 117 |
| Diseases of Nervous System | 30 | 20 | 32 | 23 | 105 |
| Diseases of Organs of Special Sense | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Diseases of Circulatory System | 35 | 20 | 18 | 24 | 97 |
| Diseases of Respiratory System | 75 | 55 | 46 | 112 | 288 |
| Diseases of Digestive System | 17 | 8 | 40 | 18 | 83 |
| Diseases of Lymphatic System | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Diseases of Gland-like Organs of Uncertain Use | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Diseases of Urinary System | 10 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 37 |
| Diseases of Organs of Generation | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 2 |
| Accidents of Childbirth | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| Diseases of Bones and Joints | 2 | 1 | ... | 1 | 4 |
| Diseases of Integumentary System | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Accident or Negligence | 20 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 60 |
| Homicide | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Suicide | 2 | ... | 2 | ... | 4 |
| Heat Apoplexy | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Ill-Defined and not Specified Causes | 13 | 15 | 30 | 17 | 75 |
| Total | 335 | 261 | 392 | 375 | 1363 |
* One case of Chicken Pox.