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Poplar 1901

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

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

TABLE XI.METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR Parish of Bow.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 & without Parish (at all ages) belonging thereto.Total Deaths in Public Instit'ns&c.
All AgesUnder 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.Duckett's Canal Bow R. Thames Poplar.Stepney W'rkh'seGrove Hall.Outlying Institut'ns.
Small Pox1...1...........................11
Measles25520.................................
Scarlet Fever4...22........................33
Whooping Cough164111............1.........23
Diphtheria and Membranous Croup13184........................77
Croup..........................................
Fever.Typhus..........................................
Enteric8......116......1.........45
Other continued..........................................
Epidemic Influenza6............6......1............1
Cholera..........................................
Plague..........................................
Diarrhœa54473......31...2.........24
Enteritis402763...22...1.........56
Puerperal Fever1............1........................
Erysipelas2............2......2............2
Other Septic Diseases1............1..................11
Phthisis8024216524...26......1936
Other Tubercular Diseases16591...1......2.........24
Cancer, Malignant Disease22.........1156...5.........27
Bronchitis862614111727310......1...14
Pneumonia5816182317225.........29
Pleurisy..........................................
Other Diseases of Respiratory Organs87.........1........................
Alcoholism Cirrhosis of Liver8.........17..................22
Venereal Diseases..........................................
Premature Birth2626....................................
Diseases and Accidents of Parturition..........................................
Heart Diseases682...663222111.........719
Accidents42114629102721......920
Suicides4.........13......1.........12
All other Causes2276412796867334...123474
All Causes8162431123641243141111092*1493220

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* Duckett's Canal, Bow, 1, River Thames, Poplar, 1.