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Poplar 1904

[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, and Ages at, Death during Year 1904.

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 uuder 15.15 and under 25.25 and under 65.65 and upwards.P'lar Union Work house.Sick Asylum.Poplar Hospital.Blackwall SickAsyl'm.See Footnotes.Outlying Institutions
Small-pox3..1....2..............33
Measles3010191........2........13
Scarlet fever10..64..................99
Whooping-cough20911....................33
Diphtheria and membranous croup192134..................1111
FeverCroup1..1........................
Typhus..............................
Enteric1......1....................
Other continued..............................
Epidemic influenza4........221..........12
Cholera..............................
Plague..............................
Diarrhœa634316....22..7..1......8
Enteritis14812..12..1..........1
Puerperal Fever3......12....1..........1
Erysipelas11............1..........1
Other septic diseases..............................
Phthisis125481013864..4131....1156
Other tubercular diseases2067421....1........56
Bronchitis43......1339..18........826
Bronchitis1312814....4445924........235
Pneumonia71172632221..22......1216
Pleurisy5........41............11
Other diseases of respiratory organs117......4..11........24
Aleoholism Cirrhosis of liver18........16213..........4
Venereal diseases11......................11
Premature birth4646......................22
Diseases & accidents of Parturition2......11..................
Heart diseases902..325924318......1†729
Accidents5312231287159....8‡831
Suicides2........2....1..........1
Heat Apoplexy1........1..................
All other causes32677197131101002062102....43137
All causes1114273144413742019936188244..9130391

West India Dock, Poplar, 1.
‡ West India Dock, Poplar, 2; River Thames, Poplar, 6.
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