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 IX.
METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR.
Parish of Poplar.
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. | |||||||||||||
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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-pox | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | |
Measles | 30 | 10 | 19 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | |
Scarlet fever | 10 | .. | 6 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 9 | 9 | |
Whooping-cough | 20 | 9 | 11 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | |
Diphtheria and membranous croup | 19 | 2 | 13 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 11 | 11 | |
Croup | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Typhus | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Enteric | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Other continued | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Epidemic influenza | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | |
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Plague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Diarrhœa | 63 | 43 | 16 | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | 7 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 8 | |
Enteritis | 14 | 8 | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
Puerperal Fever | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
Erysipelas | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
Other septic diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Phthisis | 125 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 86 | 4 | .. | 41 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | 11 | 56 | |
Other tubercular diseases | 20 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 6 | |
Bronchitis | 43 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 33 | 9 | .. | 18 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 | 26 | |
Bronchitis | 131 | 28 | 14 | .. | .. | 44 | 45 | 9 | 24 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 35 | |
Pneumonia | 71 | 17 | 26 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 1 | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 12 | 16 | |
Pleurisy | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | |
Other diseases of respiratory organs | 11 | 7 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 4 | |
Aleoholism Cirrhosis of liver | 18 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 16 | 2 | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | |
Venereal diseases | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | |
Premature birth | 46 | 46 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | |
Diseases & accidents of Parturition | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Heart diseases | 90 | 2 | .. | 3 | 2 | 59 | 24 | 3 | 18 | .. | .. | .. | 1† | 7 | 29 | |
Accidents | 53 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 9 | .. | .. | 8‡ | 8 | 31 | |
Suicides | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
Heat Apoplexy | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
All other causes | 326 | 77 | 19 | 7 | 13 | 110 | 100 | 20 | 62 | 10 | 2 | .. | .. | 43 | 137 | |
All causes | 1114 | 273 | 144 | 41 | 37 | 420 | 199 | 36 | 188 | 24 | 4 | .. | 9 | 130 | 391 |
West India Dock, Poplar, 1.
‡ West India Dock, Poplar, 2; River Thames, Poplar, 6.
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