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Poplar 1902
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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INQUESTS AND DEATHS FROM VIOLENCE.
Inquests and Deaths from violence during the year 1902 were as follows:—
| 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 | 159 | 37 | 35 | 157 | 60 | 97 |
| Bromley | 296 | 139 | 24 | 181 | 67 | 114 |
| Bow | 73 | 2 | 44 | 115 | 49 | 66 |
| Totals | 528 | 178 | 103 | 453 | 176 | 277 |
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 24.
| 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| By Vehicles and Horses | 1 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ships, Boats and Docks (exclusive of drowning) | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Building Operations | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Conflagrations | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Burns, Scalds and Explosions | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Drowning (accidental not suicidal) | 24 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Suffocation in Bed | 10 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Poisons or Poisonous Vapours | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Other and not stated Causes | 10 | 57 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 6 |
| Homicide | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Suicide | 5 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Total | 58 | 125 | 24 | 2 | 13 | 21 |