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Poplar 1902
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE X. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Parish of Bromley. Causes of, and Ages at, Death during the Year 1902.
| Causes of Death. | Deaths in whole Parish at subjoined Ages. | Death's in Public Institutions and certain Localities within and without Parish (at all ages) belonging thereto. | Total Deaths in Public Institutions, &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 Workhouse. | Sick Asylum. | See Foot Notes. | Poplar Hospital. | Outlying Institutions. | |||
| Small-pox | 30 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 28 | 28 | |
| Measles | 27 | 6 | 20 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | |
| Scarlet fever | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 8 | 8 | |
| Whooping-cough | 31 | 11 | 20 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | |
| Diphtheria and membranous croup | 28 | 2 | 18 | 8 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 16 | 17 | |
| Croup | 2 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Fever | Typhus | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Enteric | 8 | ... | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 4 | 5 | |
| Other continued | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Epidemic influenza | 14 | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | |
| Cholera | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Plague | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| Diarrhœa | 39 | 33 | 4 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 5 | ... | ... | 1 | 6 | |
| Enteritis | 22 | 10 | 2 | 2 | ... | 5 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | |
| Puerperal fever | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Erysipelas | 3 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | |
| Other septic diseases | 3 | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | 3 | ||
| Phthisis | 100 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 72 | 3 | ... | 32 | ... | 1 | 12 | 45 | |
| Other tubercular diseases | 31 | 16 | 11 | 3 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6 | 6 | |
| Cancer, malignant disease | 53 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 41 | 10 | ... | 10 | ... | 1 | 10 | 21 | |
| Bronchitis | 150 | 46 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 37 | 46 | <i | 18 | *1 | 2 | ... | 27 | |
| Pneumonia | 99 | 20 | 29 | 7 | 3 | 31 | 9 | 2 | 9 | ... | ... | 13 | 24 | |
| Pleurisy | 5 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | |
| Other diseases of respiratory organs | 11 | 3 | 5 | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | |
| Alcoholism Cirrhosis of liver | 9 | ??? | ... | ... | ... | 6 | 3 | 1 | 3 | ... | ... | 1 | 5 | |
| Venereal diseases | 5 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | |
| Premature birth | 59 | 59 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| Diseases and accidentsof parturition | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | |
| Heart diseases | 70 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 35 | 21 | 2 | 9 | ... | 3 | 7 | 21 | |
| Accidents | 59 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 7 | 6 | †6 | 11 | 12 | 35 | ||
| Suicides | 7 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 6 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| Heat apoplexy | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Chicken-pox | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Manslaughter | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | |
| All other causes | 403 | 131 | 33 | 13 | 14 | 98 | 114 | 16 | 51 | ‡1 | 5 | 53 | 120 | |
| All can sea | 1292 | 375 | 191 | 58 | 52 | 397 | 219 | 23 | 148 | 8 | 26 | 185 | 390 | |
Grove Hall Asylum, 1. †River Lea, Bow, 1; River Lea, Bromley, 2; Bromley Railway Station, 1;
Limehouse Cut, Bromley, 1; East India Docks, Poplar, 1. Poplar parish. 1.