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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 XII. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Total Deaths (at all ages) in Public Institutions within the Borough (Resident and non-resident included).

TABLE XII. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Total Deaths (at all ages) in Public Institutions within the Borough (Resident and non-resident included).

Causes of Death.Poplar Union Workhouse.Sick Asylum.City of London Union Infirmary.Stepney Union Workhouse.Poplar Hospital.Grove Hall.Sick Asylum Blackwall.Total Deaths in Public Institutions.
Small Pox........................
Measles...3......4......7
Scarlet fever........................
Whooping Cough5..."5
Diphtheria and Membranous Croup........................
Croup........................
Fever.Typhus........................
Enteric...3......3......6
Other continued........................
Epidemic Influenza.11...............2
Cholera........................
Plague........................
Diarrhœa...282............30
Enteritis............1......1
Puerperal Fever........................
Erysipelas...3...............3
Other septic diseases...2...............2
Phthisis31831523"71214
Other Tubercular Diseases...92............11
Cancer, Malignant Diseases...371152......55
Bronchitis1669115.........101
Pneumonia7458122......76
Pleurisy11...............2
Other Diseases of Respiratory Organs2..................2
Alcoholism,Cirrhosis of Liver27332......17
Venereal Diseases........................
Premature Birth...11............2
Diseases & Accidents of Parturition1..................1
Heart Disease105681122...89
Accidents12322544......95
Suicides...1......1......2
Murder............1......1
All other Causes2121531801310...370
All Causes7670194123782111094