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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 XI. POPLAR.
| Quarters. | Total. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | ||
| Miasmatic Diseases | 40 | 29 | 36 | 127* | |
| Influenza | 7 | 6 | ... | ... | 13 |
| Diarrhœal | ... | 2 | 41 | 5 | 48 |
| English Cholera | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Malarial | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Zoogenous | ... | ... | ... | ... | .. |
| Venereal | 2 | ... | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Septic | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |
| Parasitic Diseases | 2 | ... | ... | .. | 2 |
| Dietetic Diseases (Privation and Alcoholism) | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 17 |
| Constitutional Diseases | 48 | 67 | 54 | 48 | 217 |
| Developmental Diseases | 46 | 32 | 44 | 41 | 163 |
| Diseases of Nervous System | 37 | 30 | 27 | 30 | 124 |
| Diseases of Organs of Special Sense | 1 | 3 | ... | ... | 4 |
| Diseases of Circulatory System | 30 | 14 | 29 | 21 | 94 |
| Diseases of Respiratory System | 116 | 69 | 35 | 55 | 275 |
| Diseases of Digestive System | 21 | 13 | 39 | 22 | 95 |
| Diseases of Lymphatic System | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 |
| Diseases of Gland- like Organs of Uncertain Use | .. | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Diseases of Urinary System | 6 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 35 |
| Diseases of Organs of Generation | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 2 |
| Accidents of Childbirth | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | 3 |
| Diseases of Bones and Joints | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Diseases of Integumentary System | ... | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| Accident or Negligence | 19 | 18 | 15 | 14 | 66 |
| Homicide | ... | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
| Suicide | ... | 5 | .. | 3 | 8 |
| Heat Apoplexy | ... | ... | 3 | ... | 3 |
| Ill-Defined and not Specified Causes | 23 | 17 | 22 | 22 | 84 |
| Total | 401 | 315 | 357 | 326 | 1399 |
* One case of German Measles,