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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: TABLE VIII.POPLAR.Showing Mortality from certain groups of Diseases and Proportions to 1000 of Population, and to 1000 Deaths, during the year 1899 (52 weeks) ended 30th December, 1899, excluding non-Parishioners and including deaths in outlying Institutions. Also the number of Deaths of Infants under one year of age from other groups of Diseases and proportions to 1000 Births, and to 1000 Deaths from all causes under one year.

TABLE VIII.

POPLAR.

Showing Mortality from certain groups of Diseases and Proportions to 1000 of Population, and to 1000 Deaths, during the year 1899 (52 weeks) ended 30th December, 1899, excluding non-Parishioners and including deaths in outlying Institutions. Also the number of Deaths of Infants under one year of age from other groups of Diseases and proportions to 1000 Births, and to 1000 Deaths from all causes under one year.

Estimated Population58,709
Deaths from all causes1363
Division I. (Adults.)Total Deaths.Deaths per 1000 of population.Proportion of deaths to 1000 deaths.
1. Seven principal Zymotic Diseases2123.61155.5
2. Respiratory (other than Phthisis)2884.90211.2
3. Tubercular Diseases1833.11134.2
Division II. (Infants under one year.)Total Deaths.Deaths per 1000 of Births. (Births 1981)Deaths per 1000 of total deaths under one year (Deaths under one year 363).
4. Wasting Diseases of Infants10150.98278.2
5. Convulsive Diseases of Infants4120.69112.9

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NOTE.
1. Includes Small Pox 0, Chicken Pox 1, Measles 39, Scarlet Fever 2, Whooping
Cough 41, Fever 19, Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) '28., Diarrhœa
82, and Simple Cholera 0.
3. Includes Phthisis 141, Scrofula and Tuberculosis 9, Tubercular Meningitis
(all ages) 13, Rickets 6 and Tabes Mesenterica 14.
4. Includes Marasmus, Atrophy and Debility 63; Want of Breast Milk 1; and
Premature Birth 37.
5. Includes Hydrocephalus 1, Infantile 3 and Tubercular Meningitis 3,
Convulsions 28, and Teething, 6.
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