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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 I.( A) Table of Deaths during the year 1899, POPLAR Division of the Metropolitan Sanitary District of Poplar, classified according to Diseases, Ages and Localities.

TABLE I.

( A) Table of Deaths during the year 1899, POPLAR Division of the Metropolitan Sanitary District of Poplar, classified according to Diseases, Ages and Localities.

Names ok Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics; public institutions being shown as separate localities.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 65.55 and upwards.Smallpox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.Measles.Wh'ping CoughDiarrhoea and Dysentery.Rheumatic Fever.Influenza.Phthis's.Br'chitis,Pneumonia & Plr'sy.Heart Disease.Injuries.All other Diseases.Total.
Typhus.Enteric, or Typhoid.Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.
(a)(b)(c)(d)(e)(f)(g)(h)(i)12345678910111213141516171819202122
Poplar9513231603328276131Under 5...164..................3373266......480...13237483
5 upwds....17......7......1......114214781265613157468
Poplar Union Workhouse661.........1946Under 5............................................................11
5 upwds...............................1...............328622565
Grosvenor Buildings (see page 47.)271712142Under 5....................................34..................1118
5 upwds.................................................3......159
Hanbury Buildings (see page 47.)2...11.........Under 5...................................................1.........1
5 upwds.............................................................11
Millwall Docks7...1...24...Under 5............................................................11
5 upwds..........................................................6...6
East India Docks2.........11...Under 5..................................................................
5 upwds.................................................1.........12
West India Docks4.........121Under 5..................................................................
5 upwds....................................................112...4
River Thames271237131Under 5.........................................................3...3
5 upwds..........................................................24...24
River Lea1.........1......Under 5..................................................................
5 upwds..........................................................1...1
Highway (Poplar)61.........32Under 5...................................................1.........1
5 upwds.................................................1...13...5
Island Gardens Wharf Road11...............Under 5.........................................................1...1
5 upwds...................................................................
In North Seaon board s.s.Vesta arrived at Millwall Docks1......1.........Under 5..................................................................
5 upwds.................................................1............1
Totals10953441654041322183Under 5...164..................3373570......482...17250509
5 upwds....17......7......1...1114214871556452189586
The subjoined numbers have also been taken into account in judging of yhe mortality of this Division of the Sanitary District.
Deaths occurring outside the Division or District among persons belonging thereto.3342031221615689Under 5......5........................155......311...41751
5 upwds.......6......12............2......3......52452517121283
Deaths occurring within the Division or District among persons not belonging thereto.66122102922Under 5...................................................1......23
5 upwds...............................1...............5122261763