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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 1895
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Bromley, South District comprising the parishes of All Saints Poplar and Bromley Saint Leonard]
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TABLE VI. POPLAR.
| 1st | Quarters. | 4th | Total. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2nd | 3rd | ||||
| Miasmatic Diseases | 56 | 67 | 44 | 33 | 200 |
| Influenza | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 14 |
| Diarrhæal | 4 | 5 | 40 | 3 | 52 |
| English Cholera | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Malarial | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zoogenous | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Venereal | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Septic | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Parasitic Diseases | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Privation and Alcoholism | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Constitutional Diseases | 66 | 61 | 49 | 49 | 225 |
| Developmental Diseases. | 45 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 110 |
| Diseases of Nervous System | 48 | 40 | 22 | 33 | 143 |
| Diseases of Organs of Special Sense | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Diseases of Circulatory System | 23 | 22 | 20 | 19 | 84 |
| Diseases of Respiratory System | 134 | 62 | 44 | 62 | 302 |
| Diseases of Digestive System | 13 | 10 | 28 | 18 | 69 |
| Diseases of Lymphatic System | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Diseases of Gland-like Organs of Uncertain Use | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Diseases of Urinary System | 12 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 32 |
| Diseases of Organs of Generation | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Accidents of Childbirth | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Diseases of Bones and Joints | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Diseases of Integumentary System | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| Accident or Negligence | 18 | 11 | 15 | 18 | 62 |
| Homicide | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Suicide | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| Ill-Defined and not Specified Causes | 33 | 15 | 32 | 18 | 98 |
| Total | 472 | 334 | 332 | 286 | 1424 |