Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[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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INQUESTS AND DEATHS FROM VIOLENCE.
Number of Inquests held in the parishes. | Deduct Inquests held on non-parishioners. | Add Inquests held on parishioners from outlying districts. | Total Inquests belonging to each parish. | Verdict from Violence. | Verdict from Natural Causes. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
177 | 35 | 61 | 203 | 75 | 128 | |
322 | 155 | 20 | 187 | 64 | 123 | |
499 | 190 | 81 | 390 | 139 | 251 |
For annual rates of deaths from violence per 1000 persons living and the percentages of inquest cases to total deaths, see tables IX. and X. page 19.
Violent deaths which actually occurred in Poplar and Bromley, not deducting non-residents, were as follows. | Deaths occurring entirely outside Poplar and Bromley belonging thereto. | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Poplar. | Bromley. | Poplar. | Bromley. | |
By Railway | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
By Vehicles and Horses | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
Ships, Boats and Docks (exclusive of drowning) | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Building Operations | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Conflagrations | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Burns, Scalds and Explosions | 0 | 22 | 0 | 1 |
Drowning (accidental not suicidal) | 29 | 7 | 3 | 3 |
Suffocation in Bed | 11 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
Poisons or Poisonous Vapours | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Other and not stated Causes | 9 | 66 | 1 | 3 |
Homicide | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Suicide | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
61 | 137 | 5 | 7 |
MODEL DWELLINGS.
Grosvenor, County Council, and Hanbury Buildings.
Grosvenor Buildings have 542 tenements, the County Council
Buildings contain 50, and Hanbury Buildings 35.