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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 XII. BROMLEY.
| Quarters. | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2nd. | 3rd | 4th | ||
| Miasmatic Diseases | 521 | 23 | 31+ | 30 | 136*† |
| Influenza | 19 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 28 |
| Diarrhœal | ... | 3 | 78 | 10 | 91 |
| English Cholera | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 |
| Malarial | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Zoogenous | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Venereal | 4 | ... | 1 | ... | 5 |
| Septic | 2 | 3 | ... | 1 | 6 |
| Parasitic Diseases | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Dietetic Diseases (Privation and Alcoholism) | 3 | 1 | ... | 1 | 5 |
| Constitutional Diseases | 49 | 65 | 60 | 62 | 236 |
| Developmental Diseases | 33 | 31 | 21 | 31 | 116 |
| Diseases of Nervous System | 24 | 31 | 31 | 22 | 108 |
| Diseases of Organs of Special Sense. | ... | .. | 4 | ... | 4 |
| Diseases of Circulatory System | 18 | 24 | 16 | 23 | 81 |
| Diseases of Respiratory System | 128 | 75 | 37 | 90 | 330 |
| Diseases of Digestive System | 15 | 15 | 33 | 29 | 92 |
| Diseases of Lymphatic System | ... | ... | .. | ... | ... |
| Diseases of Gland-like Organs of Uncertain Use | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Diseases of Urinary System | 7 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 31 |
| Diseases of Organs of Generation | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |
| Accidents of Childbirth | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| Diseases of Bones and Joints | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Diseases of Integumentary System | 2 | ... | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Accident or Negligence | 18 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 60 |
| Homicide | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 |
| Suicide | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | 3 |
| Sunstroke | .. | .. | 1 | ... | 1 |
| Ill-Defined and not Specified Causes | 18 | 19 | 22 | 18 | 77 |
| Total | 397 | 3 2 | 363 | 350 | 1432 |
* One case of Chicken Pox.
+ One case of Mumps.