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Poplar 1904

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]

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TABLE XI. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Parish of Bow. Causes of, and Ages at, Death during the year lOOfy.

Causes of Death.Deaths in whole Parish at subjoined Ages.Deaths in Public Institutions and certain localities within or without (at all ages) belonging thereto.Total Deaths in Public Institutions, &c.
All ag s.Under 1.1 and under 5.5 and under 15.15 and under 25.25 and under 65.65 and upwards.P'lar Union WorkhouseSick Asylum.Poplar Hospital.Blackwall SickAsylumGrove HallSee Footnotes.Outlying Institutions
Small-pox..............................
Measles1468........................
Scarlet fever2..11..................22
Whooping-cough231310....................11
Diphtheria and membranous croup18..126........1........1617
Croup4..4........................
FeverTyphus..............................
Enteric5....113....1........23
Other continued..............................
Epidemic influenza10......1631..............
Cholera..............................
Plague..............................
Diarrhœa704917....31..3........25
Enteritis19133....3....2..........2
Puerperal fever1......1....................
Erysipelas2........2....1..........1
Other septic diseases2......11..................
Phthisis832641853....34..2......45
Other tubercular diseases133631......5........27
Cancer, malignant disease30..1....263..91......414
Bronchitis57542..2521..13....1..317
Pneumonia60191831163..5........712
Pleurisy1..........1................
Other diseases of respiratory organs8411..11................
Alcoholism Cirrhosis of liver15........15••••5........27
Venereal diseases..............................
Premature birth3030......................11
Diseases & accidents of parturition2......11..................
Heart diseases682..422931115........824
Accidents381362..125..5......‡31018
Suicides5........5..............11
All other causes1834912595949228........3464
All causes763208109323626011841271213104242

‡ River Lea, Bow, 2. Bromley Highway, 1.