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Poplar 1901

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

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Table: TABLE IX.METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Parish of Poplar.Causes of, and Ages at, Death during year 1901.

TABLE IX.METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Parish of Poplar.Causes of, and Ages at, Death during year 1901.

Causes of Death.Deaths in whole District at subjoined Ages.Deaths in Public Institutions and certain Localities within & outside Parish (at all ages) belonging theretoTotal 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.Limehouse Cut Br'mlyOutlying Institut'ns
Small Pox4......211..................44
Measles265183..................3......3
Scarlet Fever5...41........................55
Whooping Cough231310...............1............1
Diphtheria and Membranous Croup201127........................1212
Croup1...1.................................
FeverTyphus..........................................
Enteric4......1...3............2...24
OtherContinued..........................................
Epidemic Influenza .10.........163.....................
Cholera (English)1............1........................
Plague..........................................
Diarrhœa64528......13...3.........710
Enteritis281742131...............55
Puerperal Fever2.........l1..................11
Erysipelas11....................................
Other Septic Diseases21.........1......1............1
Phthisis125141014888149.........1969
Other Tubercular Diseases3511145l4......1...1...24
Cancer, Malignant Disease42.........l356...7.........613
Bronchitis1241814...l37541023.........336
Pneumonia1032024124610415.........1130
Pleurisy3......2...1..................22
Other Diseases of Respiratory organs1061......211............23
Alcoholism,Cirrhosis of Liver17............116...2............2
Venereal Diseases11....................................
Premature Birth4343..............................22
Diseases and Accidents of Parturition6............6..................11
Heart Diseases968147542241211...927
Accidents5483...22417612...811037
Suicides6.........15..................11
All other Causes354119186884119959...1...47116 _
All Causes1210325136444141425035185116l151389