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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 1901

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]

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Table: TABLE VIII. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR.The Borough.

TABLE VIII. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR.The Borough.

Causes of Death.Deaths in whole District at subjoined Ages.Deaths in Public Institutions and certain Localities within and outside Borough (at all ages) belonging thereto.Total Deaths in Public Inst'ns &c.
All AgesUnder 1.1 and under 5.5 and under 1515 and under 2525 and under 6565 and upwards.Union W'rkh'seSick Asylum.Stepney W'rkh'sePoplar Hospital.Grove Hall.See footnotes.Outlying Institut'ns
Small Pox1012412.....................1010
Measles8920663............1...3.........4
Scarlet Fever14...113...........................1212
Whooping Cough7228431............5............27
Diphtheria and
Membranous Croup8255126...........................5353
Croup1...1....................................
Fever Typhus.............................................
Enteric24......6711......1...2......1417
OtherContinued.............................................
Epidemic Influenza .33...1...321811...............2
Cholera (English)1............1...........................
Plague.............................................
Diarrhœa19616519......57...14............1327
Enteritis10269146175...3...1......1317
Puerperal Fever3.........12.....................11
Erysipelas52.........21...2............13
Other Septic Diseases62...1...3......1............23
Phthisis3023131843209162107...11...36147
Other Tubercular
Diseases10041427361...4...1......712
Cancer, Malignant
Disease113......129020...30............1343
Bronchitis373806050931331654......1...475
Pneumonia2535671589221728...2......2865
Pleurisy9......3...511...............34
Other Diseases ofRespiratory organs27191......612...............24
Alcoholism, Cirrhossisof liver38.........131623............49
Venereal Diseases11.......................................
Premature Birth110110..................1............34
Diseases and Accidentsof Parturition11.........29...1...............23
Heart Diseases251152161713764103311......3277
Accidents165341015858401225...18...*1336104
Suicides18.........216......1.........**348
Chicken Pox11.......................................
All other Causes95231065252924527818153122...130306
All Causes33629624721451301051602724672314*16**4251017

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*2 Limehouse Cut, Bromley; 5 River Lea, Bromley; 1 River Lea, Bow; 2 River Thames,
Poplar; 1 Duckett's Canal, Bow; 1 North London Railway, Bromley; 1 Bow Police Station.
**3 River Lea, Bow.