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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 VII. BROMLEY.
| 4st. | Quarters. | 4th. | Total. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| and. | 3rd. | ||||
| Miasmatic Diseases | 43 | 82 | 71 | 34 | 230 |
| Influenza | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
| Diarrhœal | 3 | 1 | 46 | 6 | 56 |
| English Cholera | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Malarial | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zoogenous | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Venereal | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Septic | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Parasitic Diseases | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Privation and Alcoholism | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| Constitutional Diseases | 47 | 57 | 57 | 49 | 210 |
| Developmental Diseases | 25 | 30 | 16 | 22 | 93 |
| Diseases of Nervous System | 47 | 36 | 36 | 34 | 153 |
| Diseases of Organs of Special Sense | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Diseases of Circulatory System | 30 | 24 | 19 | 23 | 96 |
| Diseases of Respiratory System | 176 | 111 | 72 | 64 | 423 |
| Diseases of Digestive System | 20 | 11 | 27 | 17 | 75 |
| Diseases of Lymphatic System | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Diseases of Gland-like Organs of Uncertain Use | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Diseases of Urinary System | 7 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 22 |
| Diseases of Organs of Generation | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| Accidents of Childbirth | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| Diseases of Bones and Joints | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Diseases of Integumentary System | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Accident or Negligence | 11 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 47 |
| Homicide | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Suicide | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| Ill-Defined and not Specified Causes | 35 | 18 | 48 | 23 | 124 |
| Total | 464 | 408 | 418 | 298 | 1588 |