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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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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.