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 II.
| Names of localities adopted for the purpose of these statistics; public institutions being shown as separate localities. | Deaths at all ages. |
| Bromley | 845 |
| Sick Asylum | 728 |
| City of London Union Infirmary | 96 |
| Stepney Union Workhouse | 100 |
| Poplar Hospital | 109 |
| River Lea | 3 |
| Limehouse Cut | 3 |
| London Tilburj' and Southend Railway | 1 |
| Highway | 2 |
| Total | 1887 |
| Deaths occurring outside the division among persons belonging thereto* | 201 + |
| Deaths occurring within the division among persons not belonging thereto | 814— |
| Deaths at all ages—nett | 1277 |
* Including 26 deaths in the Poplar and Bow parishes, viz.Union Workhouse,
19; Blaokwall Sick Asylum, 2; Highway, Poplar, 2; River Lea, Bow, 2
Bow Parish, 1.