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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TABLE IX.
METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR.
Parish of Poplar.
| Causes of Death. | Deaths in whole Parish at subjoined Ages. | Deaths in Public Institutions and certain Localities within and outside 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 | P'lar Union Workhouse. | Sick Asylum. | Blackwall Sick Asyl 'm. | Stepney Union Workhouse. | Poplar Hospital. | See Footnotes. | Outlying Institutions | ||
| Small-pox | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
| Measles | 53 | 11 | 41 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 3 |
| Scarlet fever | 8 | .. | 4 | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 6 |
| Whooping-cough | 28 | 15 | 13 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 6 |
| Diphtheria and membranous croup | 30 | 2 | 27 | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 23 | 24 |
| Croup | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Typhus | • • | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Enteric | 4 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
| Other continued | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Epidemic influenza | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Plague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Diarrhœa | 46 | 32 | 13 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 6 |
| Enteritis | 14 | 8 | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Puerperal fever | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Other septic diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Phthisis | 118 | 4 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 84 | 2 | .. | 32 | .. | .. | 1 | 11 | 44 | |
| Other tubercular diseases | 37 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 | 10 | |
| Cancer, malignant disease | 44 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 25 | 19 | .. | 15 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 7 | 23 |
| Bronchitis | 79 | 22 | 9 | .. | .. | 16 | 5 | 14 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 21 | |
| Pneumonia . | 70 | 15 | 39 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 4 | .. | 4 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 13 | 18 |
| Pleurisy | 8 | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1* | 1 | 5 |
| Other diseases of respiratory organs | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 |
| Alcoholism Cirrhosis of liver | 14 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 12 | 2 | 1 | 4 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 6 |
| Venereal diseases | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
| Premature birth | 29 | 29 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Diseases & accidents of parturition | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Heart diseases | 83 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 44 | 25 | 4 | 16 | .. | .. | .. | 1† | 11 | 32 |
| Accidents | 62 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 4 | 8 | .. | 1 | 16 | 12 | 48 | |
| Suicides | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Murder | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
| All other causes | 342 | 115 | 32 | 9 | 5 | 80 | 101 | 21 | 56 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 43 | 122 |
| All causes | 1110 | 282 | 224 | 47 | 29 | 324 | 204 | 37 | 161 | 1 | 26 | 9 | 147 | 382 | |
* Highway, Poplar, on an Omnibus, 1. †Miliwall Dock, 1. I River Thames, 3; Miliwall Dock, 2;
Bow Creek, Poplar, 1; River Lea, Bromley, 1.