Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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DIARRHŒA.* Deaths from diarrhoea for the past ten years were as follows:—
Poplar. | Bromley. | Bow. | Borough of Poplar. | London. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1893 | 54 | 83 | 30 | 167 | 3446 |
1894 | 20 | 29 | 12 | 61 | 1780 |
1895 | 52 | 56 | 24 | 132 | 3600 |
1896 | 61 | 72 | 25 | 158 | 3223 |
1897 | 46 | 68 | 47 | 161 | 4104 |
1898 | 66 | 124 | 42 | 232 | 4376 |
1899 | 82 | 99 | 44 | 225 | 4196 |
1900 | 48 | 92 | 90 | 230 | 3564 |
1901 | 65 | 78 | 54 | 197 | 3931 |
1902 | 35 | 39 | 34 | 108 | 2504 |
For death rates see Tables XIV. and XV., page 24.
* Under the heading of " Diarrhœa" are included deaths certified as from
diarrhœa, alone or in combination with some other cause of ill-defined
nature ; and also deaths certified as from
Epidemic enteritis;
Zymotic enteritis;
Epidemic diarrhoea. Summer diarrhœa;
Dysentery and dysenteric diarrhoea ;
Choleraic diarrhoea, cholera, cholera nostras (in the absence of Asiaticcholera).
Under the heading of "Enteritis" are included those certified as from
Gastro enteritis, Mnco-enteritis and Gastric catarrh.