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Poplar 1902
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Parish of Poplar. Causes of, and, Ages at, Death during Year 1902.
| Causes of Death. | Deaths in whole Parish at subjoined ages. | Deaths in Public Institutions and certain Localities within & outside Parish(at all ages)bel'nging thereto | Total Deaths in Public Inst'ns, &c. | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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'kh'se | Sick Asylum. | See Foot Notes. | SickA'yl'm Blackwall. | Poplar Hospital | Outlying InBtit't'ns | ||||
| Small pox | 30 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 10 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 30 | 30 | ||
| Measles | 31 | 4 | 26 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| Scarlet fever | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 3 | |||
| Whooping-cough | 36 | 15 | 21 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | ||
| Diphtheria and membranous croup | 24 | 3 | 16 | 4 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 14 | 17 | ||
| Croup | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| Fever | Typhus | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Enteric | 14 | ... | ... | 2 | 5 | 7 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 8 | 9 | ||
| Other continued | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||
| Epidemic Influenza | 6 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 3 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ||
| Cholera | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||
| Plague | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| Diarrhœa | 35 | 25 | 7 | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | 5 | ||
| Enteritis | 20 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 5 | ||
| Puerperal fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| Erysipelas | 4 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | ||
| Other septic diseases | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | l | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ||
| Phthisis | 116 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 82 | 5 | ... | 46 | ... | 2 | 1 | 12 | 61 | ||
| Other tubercular diseases | 26 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 3 | ||
| Cancer, malignant disease | 49 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 32 | 17 | 1 | 15 | ... | ... | 2 | 8 | 26 | ||
| Bronchitis | 103 | 29 | 8 | ... | 1 | 31 | 34 | 15 | 15 | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 34 | ||
| Pneumonia | 92 | 24 | 30 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 7 | ... | ... | 1 | 6 | 16 | ||
| Pluerisy | 5 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ||
| Other diseases of respiratory organs | 13 | 7 | 2 | ... | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 7 | ||
| Alcoholism | 15 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 7 | ||
| Cirrhosis of liver Venereal diseases | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ||
| Premature birth | 50 | 50 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | ||
| Diseases and accidents of parturition | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ||
| Heart diseases | 100 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 61 | 30 | 6 | 16 | *2 | ... | 1 | 13 | 38 | ||
| Accidents | 53 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 4 | †1l | ... | 14 | 2 | 34 | ||
| Suicides | 6 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 4 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | ||
| Manslaughter | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ||
| Chicken-pox | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| All other causes | 408 | 134 | 34 | 12 | 7 | 103 | 118 | 11 | 55 | ... | ... | 5 | 54 | 125 | ||
| All causes | 1248 | 331 | 184 | 48 | 53 | 402 | 230 | 42 | 174 13 | 2 | 30 | 174 | 435 | |||
* West India Docks, 1; South-West India Docks, 1.
East India Docks, 1 ; Factory Bromley, 1
†River Thames, 5; Millwall Docks, 3;
;Bow Creek, Poplar, 1.