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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| Causes of Death. | Poplar Union Workhouse. | Sick Asylum. | City of London Union Infirmary. | Stepney Union Workhouse. | Poplar Hospital. | Grove Hall. | 1 Sick Asylum, Black wall. | Totals deaths in Public Institutions within the Borough. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Measles | .. | 17 | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | |
| Scarlet fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Whooping-cough . | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Diphtheria and membranous croup | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 |
| Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Typhus | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Enteric | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
| Other continued | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Epidemic influenza | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
| Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Plague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Diarrhœa | .. | 31 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 38 |
| Enteritis | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
| Puerperal fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Erysipelas | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 3 |
| Other septic diseases | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 3 |
| Phthisis | 1 | 154 | .. | 4 | 4 | 1 | 184 | |
| Other tubercular diseases | .. | 11 | .. | l | .. | .. | .. | 13 |
| Cancer, malignant disease | .. | 57 | .. | 4 | 8 | .. | .. | 74 |
| Bronchitis | 14 | 67 | .. | 7 | 1 | 1 | .. | 97 |
| Pneumonia | .. | 31 | .. | 10 | 9 | l | .. | 54 |
| Pleurisy | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
| Other diseases of respiratory organs | 5 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 6 |
| Alcholism Cirrhosis of liver | 6 | 11 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 19 |
| Venereal diseases | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
| Premature birth | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
| Diseases and accidents of parturition | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Heart diseases | 13 | 46 | .. | 6 | 6 | .. | .. | 80 |
| Accidents | 10 | 27 | 4 | 13 | 43 | .. | .. | 97 |
| Suicides | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 7 |
| All other causes | 34 | 159 | 37 | 43 | 24 | 8 | .. | 305 |
| All causes | 85 | 631 | 82 | 107 | 106 | 16 | 2 | 1029 |