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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: GROSVENOR, HANBURY, and COUNCIL BUILDINGS.

GROSVENOR, HANBURY, and COUNCIL BUILDINGS.

Causes of DeathDeaths in Buildings at subjoined Ages.Deaths in Public Institutions within and without Borough (at all ages).Total Deaths in Public Institutions, &c.
All Ages.Under 1.1 and under 5.5 and un.der 15.15 and under 25.25 and under 65.65 and upwards.Union W'rkh'seSick Asylum.Poplar HospitalOutlying Institutions.
Smallpox....................................
Measles2...2...........................
Scarlet fever1...........................11
Whooping cough....................................
Diphtheria and Membranous croup312.....................11
Croup....................................
Fever Typhus....................................
Enteric2............2.........112
Continued....................................
Epidemic influenza....................................
Cholera....................................
Plague....................................
Diarrhoea66..................i...12
EnteritisI............i..................
Puerperal fever....................................
Erysipelas..................
Other septic diseases....................................
Phthisis3............3......2......2
Other tubercular diseases11..............................
Cancer, malignant disease3............3..................
Bronchitis5i2......1i...1......1
Pneumonia5l1......2i.........11
Pleurisy....................................
Other diseases of respiratory organs....................................
Alcoholism....................................
Cirrhosis of liver....................................
Venereal diseases......
Premature birth5"B...
Diseases and acci dents of parturition11
Heart diseases5i11i12
Accidents1111
Suicides1...1...
All other causes178i35i236
All causes622482...199271919