London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
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]
This page requires JavaScript
INQUESTS AND DEATHS FROM VIOLENCE.
| Number of Inquests held in the parishes. | Deduct Inquests held on non-parishioners. | Add Inquests held on parishioners from outlying districts. | Total Inquests belonging to each parish. | Verdict from Violence. | Verdict from Natural Causes. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poplar | 164 | 42 | 63 | 186 | 60 | 125 |
| Bromi.ey | 343 | 163 | 42 | 222 | 77 | 145 |
| Bow | 101 | 12 | 38 | 127 | 46 | 81 |
| Totals | 608 | 217 | 143 | 534 | 183 | 351 |
For annual rates of deaths from violence per 1000 persons living, and the percentages of inquest cases to total deaths, see tables XIV and XV. page 21.
| Violent deaths which actually occurred in Poplar, Bromley and Bow, not deducting non-residents, were as follows. | Deaths occurring entirely outside Poplar, Bromley and Bow belonging thereto. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poplar. | Bromley | Bow. | Poplar. | Bromley | Bow. | |
| By Railway | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| By Vehicles and Horses | 0 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Ships, Boats and Docks (exclusive of drowning) | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Building Operations | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Conflagrations | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Burns, Scalds and Explosions | 0 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Drowning (accidental not suicidal) | 21 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| Suffocation in Bed | 6 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Poisons or Poisonous Vapours | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Other and not stated Causes Homicide | 15 0 | 58 1 | 11 1 | 2 0 | 7 0 | 6 0 |
| Suicide | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Total | 51 | 124 | 33 | 11 | 18 | 11 |