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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GROSVENOR, HANBURY, AND COUNCIL BUILDINGS.
| Causes of Death. | Deaths in Buildings at subjoined Ages. | Deaths in Public Institutions within and without Borough (at all ages). | Total Deaths in Public Institutions,&c. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Ages.1 | Under 1. | 1 and under 5. | 5 and under 15. | 15 and under 25. | 25 and under 65. | 65 and upwards. | Union Workhouse. | Sick Asylum. | Poplar Hospital. | Outlying Institutions. | |||
| Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Measles | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | |
| Scarlet fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Whooping-cough | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Diphtheria and membranous croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Fever | Typhus | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Enteric | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Continued | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Epidemic influenza | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Plague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Diarrhœa | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Enteritis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Puerperal fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Other septic diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Phthisis | 7 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Other tubercular diseases | 3 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | ||
| Cancer, malignant disease | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | |
| Bronchitis | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | ||
| Pneumonia | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Pleurisy | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Other diseases of respiratory organs | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Alcoholism | .. | .. | .. | . | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Cirrhosis of liver | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Venereal diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Premature birth | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Diseases and accidents of parturition | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Heart diseases | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 4 | 1 | .. | 1 | 4 | ||
| Accidents | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Suicides | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| All other causes | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| All causes | 48 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 24 | |