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Poplar 1901

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

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Table: TABLE X.METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Parish of Bromley.Causes of, and Ages at, Death during Year 1901

TABLE X.METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Parish of Bromley.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 and without Parish (at all ages) belonging thereto.Total Deaths in Public Institutions. Ac.
All Ages.Under 1.1 and under 5.5 and under 15.15 and under 25.25 and under 65.65 and upwards.Union W'rkh'seSick Asylum.River Lea. and Lime-house Cut. Bromley.Bow Police Station & N. Lond. Railway.Poplar Hospital.River Lea & Thames. Bow and Poplar.Outlying Institutions.
Small Pox5112...1.....................55
Measles381028...............1...............1
Scarlet Fever5...5..............................44
Whooping Cough331122...............3...............3
Diphtheria and Membranous Croup4933115...........................3434
Croup.............................................
FeverTyphus.............................................
Enteric12......462.....................88
Other continued.............................................
Epidemic Influenza17...1...2951..................1
Cholera (English).............................................
Plague.............................................
Diarrhœa78668......13...9............413
Enteritis342541...22...2......1...36
Puerperal Fever.............................................
Erysipelas21............1..................11
Other Septic Diseases31...1...1.....................11
Phthisis97...5613694132......1...842
Other Tubercular Diseases4925191211...1............34
Cancer, Malignant Disease49......1...408...18............523
Bronchitis16336324...3952321............125
Pneumonia9220292329918......2...1526
Pleurisy6......1...411...............12
Other Diseases of Respiratory Organs96.........3...1..................1
Alcoholism Cirrhosis of Liver13............13...21............25
Venereal Diseases.............................................
Premature Birth4141..................1............12
Diseases and Accidents of Parturition5.........23...1...............12
Heart Diseases8751645120510............1631
Accidents69153942513466‡2†102*1747
Suicides8............8..................3**25
Chicken Pox11.......................................
A11 other Causes3711273512129392660......1...49116
All Causes13363942246548394211261736‡2†155*181408

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‡River Lea, Bromley, 5; Limehouse Cut. Bromley, 1. * River Lea, Bow, 1 ; River Thames, Poplar, 1.
†North London Railway, Bromley, 1; Bow Police Station, 1. ** River Lea, Bow, 8.
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