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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| Number of Inquests held in the parishes. | Deduct Inquests held on non-panshioners | Add Inquests held on parishioners frmoutlying districts. | Total Inquests belonging to each parish. | Verdict from Violence. | Verdict from Natural Causes. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poplar | 152 | 28 | 31 | 155 | 55 | 100 |
| Bromley | 297 | 125 | 23 | 195 | 59 | 136 |
| Bow | 74 | 7 | 25 | 92 | 43 | 49 |
| Totals | 523 | 160 | 79 | 442 | 157 | 285 |
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 25.
| 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 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| By Vehicles and Horses | 2 | 9 | .. | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Ships, Boats and Docks (exclusive of drowning) | 2 | 8 | .. | .. | 2 | .. |
| Building Operations | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
| Conflagrations | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Burns, Scalds and Explosions | .. | 15 | 1 | .. | 4 | 2 |
| Drowning (accidental not suicidal) | 18 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .. |
| Suffocation in Bed | 9 | 12 | 13 | .. | .. | .. |
| Poisons or Poisonous Vapours | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Other and not stated Causes | 13 | 56 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Homicide | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Suicide | 7 | 5 | 6 | 1 | .. | 1 |
| Total | 53 | 115 | 31 | 8 | 12 | 10 |