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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Poplar 1903
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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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. | Broml'y | Bow. | Poplar. | Broml'y | Bow. | |
| By Railway | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. |
| By Vehicles and Horses | .. | 12 | .. | 1 | 2 | .. |
| Ships, Boats and Docks (exclusive of drowning | 3 | 11 | .. | 5 | .. | .. |
| Building Operations | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. |
| Conflagrations | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Burns, Scalds and Explosions | .. | 12 | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Drowning (accidental not suicidal) | 26 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Suffocation in Bed | 7 | 27 | 8 | .. | .. | .. |
| Poisons or Poisonous Vapours | 2 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Other and not stated Causes | 18 | 65 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Homicide | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. |
| Suicide | 7 | 7 | 3 | .. | 2 | 1 |
| Total | 63 | 150 | 25 | 12 | 12 | 8 |
MORTUARIES.
The following is a list of bodies received into the Council s Mortuaries classified according to the ages of the deceased.
| Total. | No age stated. | Still-born. | Under 1. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | ! 15 to 25. | 1 25 to 65. | 65 and upwards. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bickmore Street | 412 | 4 | 13 | 131 | 35 | 21 | 19 | 135 | 54 |
| St. Leonard's Road | 15 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| Bow Churchyard | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. |
| Wellington Road (infectious diseases) | 5 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | .. |
| Total | 433 | 8 | 13 | 133 | 36 | 23 | 21 | 142 | 57 |
In the report of the Public Health Committee entered on the
minutes of the Council of the 22nd October, is the following:
1 he question of the provision of suitable Mortuary accommodation
for the Borough has been under consideration during