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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: TABLE VII. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Parishes of Poplar and Bromley (Aggregated).Causes of and Ages at, Death during year1900.

TABLE VII. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Parishes of Poplar and Bromley (Aggregated).

Causes of and Ages at, Death during year1900.

Deaths in whole District at subjoined Ages.Deaths in Localities (at all Ages).Deaths in Public Institutions.*
Causes of Death.All AgesUnder 1.1 and under 5.5 and under 15.15 and under 25.25 and under 6565 and upwards.Union W'rkh'seSick Asylum.City Infirmary.Stepney W'rkh'sePoplar HospitalOutlying
Small Pox..........................................
Measles5310402......1.....................
Scarlet Fever614.....1..................55
Whooping Cough703535...............1............1
Diphtheria and Membranous Croup991260261..................15263
Croup3..21..............................
Fever.Typhus.........................................
Enteric32...28616..................1616
Other continued..........................................
Epidemic Influenza41...32325811.........35
Cholera..........................................
Plague..........................................
Diarrhoea14010923......7123.........38
Enteritis8049141...12419414
Puerperal Fever5.........23......1.........23
Erysipelas3...1......2......1...........1
Other Septic Diseases41...1...11...............23
Phthisis242811123017011275.........34111
Other Tubercular Diseases733428821...............11011
Cancer, Malignant Disease96......236427...20........1333
Bronchitis30676372181109"i39.........551
Pneumonia267506881010328921......12960
Pleurisy711......5..................44
Other Diseases of Respiratory Organs22241...12321.........36
Alcoholism Cirrhosis of Liver36.........132354.........514
Venereal Diseases96...2...1......2.........35
Premature Birth1091091.........23
Diseases and Accidents of Parturition9.........18.................11
Heart Diseases1682251410837626......11952
Accidents12627131174226220......301365
Suicides11.........1641.........113
Homicides21.........1........................
All other Causes81227752281721722119114...1698238
All Causes28318104001209991848457339...142327766

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* Totals.