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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 1900
[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 V.
METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Parish of Poplar.
| Deaths in whole District at subjoined Ages. | Deaths in Localities (at all Ages.) ++ | Deaths inPublic Institutions.* | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Causes of Death. | All Ages | Under 1. | 1 and under 5. | 5 and under 15 | 15 and under 25 | 25 and under 65 | 65 and upwards. | Union W'rkh'se | Sick Asylum. | City Infirmary. | Stepney W'rkh'se | Poplar Hospital. | Outlying | ||
| Small Pox | ... | ... | . | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | .. | ... | ... | ... | |
| Measles | 25 | 6 | 19 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Scarlet Fever | 3 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | |
| Whooping Cough | 34 | 17 | 17 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Diphtheria and Membranous Croup | 50 | 5 | 33 | 12 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 26 | 27 | |
| Croup | 1 | . | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Fever | Typhus | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Enteric | 14 | ... | 1 | 6 | 1 | 6 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 7 | ... | |
| OtherContinued | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Epidemic Influenza . | 13 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 9 | 3 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 4 | ||
| Cholera | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||
| Plague | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | .. | |||||||
| Diarrhœa | 48 | 35 | 10 | o | 1 | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 6 | |||
| Enteritis | 39 | 21 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 8 | |||
| Puerperal Fever | 3 | ... | ... | i | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Erysipelas | 2 | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | |||||
| Other Septic Diseases | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Phthisis | 115 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 16 | 74 | 2 | 38 | ... | ... | ... | 18 | 58 | ||
| Other Tubercular Diseases | 30 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 3 | |||||
| Cancer, Malignant Disease | 7 | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | 29 | 14 | 13 | ... | ... | ... | 5 | 18 | ||
| Bronchitis | 128 | 30 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 33 | 51 | 6 | 19 | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 29 | |
| Pneumonia | 133 | 18 | 33 | 7 | 6 | 50 | 19 | 7 | 12 | ... | ... | 1 | 16 | 36 | |
| Pleurisy | 4 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | |
| Other Diseases of Respiratory organs | 9 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 5 | |
| Alcoholism,Cirrhosis of Liver | 23 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 23 | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 7 | |
| Venereal Diseases | 4 | 3 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | |
| Premature Birth | 53 | 53 | ... | ... | .. | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | |
| Diseases and Accidents of Parturition | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Heart Diseases | 90 | ... | ... | 3 | 6 | 59 | 22 | 4 | 11 | ... | ... | 1 | 11 | 27 | |
| Accidents | 66 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 26 | 9 | 1 | 9 | ... | ... | 20 | 5 | 35 | |
| Suicides | 8 | ... | ... | .. | 1 | 4 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Homicide | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| All other Causes | 452 | 143 | 22 | 12 | 12 | 123 | 140 | 11 | 69 | ... | ... | 4 | 54 | 138 | |
| All Causes | 1399 | 364 | 186 | 64 | 50 | 463 | 272 | 38 | 181 | ... | ... | 28 | 173 | 420 | |
* Totals ‡ Entirely outside Borough, see note, page 11.