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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 VI.
METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OK POPLAR.
Parish of Bromiey.
| Deaths in whole District at subjoined Ages. | Deaths in Localities (at all Ages.) ++ | Deaths in Public 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. 1 | Stepney W'rkh'se | Poplar Hospital. | Outlying | ||
| Small Pox | .. | . | .. | .. | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Measles | 28 | 4 | 21 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| Scarlet Fever | 3 | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 3 | |
| Whooping Cough | 36 | 18 | 18 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | |
| Diphtheria and Membranous Croup | 49 | 7 | 27 | 14 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 26 | 26 | |
| Croup | 2 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||
| Fever. | Typhus | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| Enteric | 18 | ... | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 9 | 9 | |||
| Other continued | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| Epidemic Influenza | 28 | ... | 2 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||
| Cholera | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||
| Plague | ... | ... | ... | .. | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| Diarrhœa | 92 | 74 | 13 | ... | ... | 5 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | l | 2 | ||
| Enteritis | 41 | 28 | 6 | 1 | ... | 4 | 2 | ... | 5 | ... | ... | ... | l | 6 | |
| Puerperal Fever | 2 | ... | . | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | l | 2 | |
| Erysipelas | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | .. | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||
| Other Septic Diseases | 3 | .. | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | l | 2 | ||
| Phthisis | 127 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 96 | 4 | ... | 37 | ... | ... | ... | 16 | 53 | |
| Other Tubercular Diseases | 43 | 19 | 17 | 6 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 7 | 8 | ||
| Cancer, Malignant Disease | 49 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 35 | 13 | ... | 7 | ... | ... | ... | 8 | 15 | |
| Bronchitis | 178 | 46 | 26 | ... | ... | 48 | 58 | 1 | 20 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 22 | |
| Pneumonia | 134 | 32 | 35 | 1 | 4 | 53 | 9 | 2 | 9 | ... | ... | ... | 13 | 24 | |
| Pleurisy | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | .. | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | |
| Other Diseases of Respiratory Organs | 13 | 2 | 3 | 1 | ... | 5 | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | |
| Alcoholism Cirrhosis of Liver | 13 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 7 | |
| Venereal Diseases | 5 | 3 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | |
| Premature Birth | 56 | 56 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | ||
| Diseases and Accidents of Parturition | 6 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | |
| Heart Diseases | 78 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 49 | 15 | 2 | 15 | ... | ... | ... | 8 | 25 | |
| Accidents | 60 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 1 | 11 | ... | ... | 10 | 8 | 30 | |
| Suicides | 3 | ... | ... | .. | ... | 2 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ||
| Homicide | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||
| All other Causes | 360 | 134 | 30 | 16 | 5 | 94 | 81 | 8 | 45 | ... | 1 | 2 | 44 | 100 | |
| All Causes | 1432 | 446 | 214 | 56 | 49 | 455 | 212 | 19 | 158 | ... | 1 | 14 | 154 | 346 | |