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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Causes of Death. | Poplar Union Workhouse. | Sick Asylum. | City of London Union Infirmary. | Stepney Union Workhouse. | Poplar Hospital. | Grove Hall. | Sick Asylum, Blackwall. | Totals deaths in Public Institutions within the Borough, | |
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Small-pox | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | |
Measles | •• | 10 | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | 10 | |
Scarlet fever | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | |
Whooping-cough | •• | 10 | •• | 1 | 1 | •• | •• | 12 | |
Diphtheria and membranous croup | •• | 2 | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | 5 | |
Croup | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | |
Fever | Typhus | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• |
Enteric | •• | 3 | •• | •• | 1 | •• | •• | 4 | |
Other continued | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | |
Epidemic influenza | 1 | 2 | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | 3 | |
Cholera | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | |
Plague | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | |
Diarrhœa | 1 | 41 | •• | 2 | 2 | •• | 1 | 47 | |
Enteritis | 1 | 7 | •• | 1 | •• | 2 | •• | 11 | |
Puerperal fever | •• | 1 | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | 1 | |
Erysipelas | •• | 4 | 1 | •• | •• | •• | •• | 5 | |
Other septic diseases | •• | 3 | •• | •• | 2 | •• | •• | 5 | |
Phthisis | •• | 173 | 13 | 16 | 5 | •• | 3 | 210 | |
Other tubercular diseases | •• | 12 | l | •• | 3 | •• | •• | 16 | |
Cancer, malignant disease | •• | 53 | 8 | 4 | 3 | •• | •• | 68 | |
Bronchitis | 15 | 76 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 2 | •• | 113 | |
Pneumonia | 1 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 1 | •• | 41 | |
Pleurisy | •• | • • • | •• | •• | 2 | •• | •• | 2 | |
Other diseases of respiratory organs | 2 | 3 | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | •• | 8 | |
Alcholism Cirrhosis of liver | 2 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 1 | •• | •• | 24 | |
Venereal diseases | .. | 1 | •• | 1 | •• | •• | 2 | ||
Premature birth | •• | •• | 2 | 4 | •• | •• | 8 | ||
Diseases and accidents of parturition | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | |
Heart diseases | 6 | 74 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 3 | •• | 105 | |
Accidents | 1 | 27 | 2 | 8 | 41 | •• | •• | 79 | |
Suicides | •• | 1 | •• | •• | 1 | •• | •• | 2 | |
Chicken pox | •• | •• | •• | •• | 1 | •• | •• | 1 | |
All other causes | 35 | 190 | 35 | 42 | 27 | 9 | 6 | 344 | |
All causes | 65 | 728 | 96 | 100 | 109 | 18 | 10 | 1126 |