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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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DIARRHŒA.
Seventy-four deaths from diarrhœa with 8 from outlying institutions
belonging to the Poplar parish, give a total of 82 deaths, 75 of which
occurred in children under 5 years. In Bromley 102 deaths happened,
5 of which were of non-residents, and two deaths were reported from
outlying institutions, so that 99 deaths belong to Bromley, and of
these, 92 were of children under 5 years of age. For death rates see
Tables III. and IV., page 12.

Table: Deaths from diarrhoea for the past six years were as follows:—

Deaths from diarrhoea for the past six years were as follows:—

1893.1894.1895.1896.1897.1898.1899.
Poplar54205261466682
Bromley83295672681299
Totals13749108133114190181
London3446178036003223410443764196

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Four deaths from simple cholera occurred in the Bromley parish.
One of these deaths happened in a child under 5 years of age.

Table: INQUESTS AND DEATHS FROM VIOLENCE.Inquests and Deaths from violence during the year 1899 were as follows:—

INQUESTS AND DEATHS FROM VIOLENCE.

Inquests and Deaths from violence during the year 1899 were as follows:—

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.
Poplar188394619564131
Bromley3481372423589146
Totals53617670430153277

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For annual rates of deaths from violence per iooo persons living,
and the percentages of inquest cases to total deaths, see tables,
page 12.