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Poplar 1905

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

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Table: TABLE VIII. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. The Borough. Causes of, and Ages at, Death during Year 1905.

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TABLE VIII. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. The Borough. Causes of, and Ages at, Death during Year 1905.

Causes of Death.		Deaths in whole Borough at subjoined Ages.							Deaths ill Public Institutions and certain Localities within and outside Borough (at all ages) belonging thereto							Total Deaths in Public Institutions, &c.
Causes of Death.		All ages.	Under.	1 and under 5.	5 and under 15.	15 and under 25.	25 and under 65.	65 and upwards.	P'lar Union Workhouse.	Sick Asylum.	Poplar Hospital.	Sick Asyl'm Black wall		See Footnotes.	Outlying Institutions	Total Deaths in Public Institutions, &c.
Small-pox		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Measles		79	19	57	3	..	..	..	..	12	..	..	..	..	1	13
Scarlet fever		28	1	20	7	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	26	26
Whooping Cough		75	35	39	1	..	..	..	..	2	..	1	..	..	6	12
Diphtheria and membranous croup		40	3	29	8	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	29	30
Croup		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Fever	Typhus	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	Enteric	11	..	..	4	2	5	..	..	5	..	..	..	..	2	7
	Other continued	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Epidemic Influenza		16	..	..	..	1	11	4	..	3	..	..	..	..	..	3
Cholera		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Plague		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Diarrhœa		202	148	40	2	..	5	7	1	31	..	..	..	..	14	46
Enteritis		38	23	7	..	..	1	7	..	1	1	..	..	..	2	4
Puerperal fever		2	..	..	..	..	2	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Erysipelas		5	2	..	..	..	2	1	..	1	..	..	..	..	2	3
Other septic diseases		6	..	2	..	1	3	..	..	3	2	..	..	..	1	6
Phthisis		291	17	31	11	43	188	1	..	92	3	1	..	..	42	138
Other tubercular diseases		57	14	24	10	2	7	..	..	7	2	..	..	..	10	19
Cancer, malignant disease		132	..	1	..	2	88	41	..	42	2	..	..	..	23	67
Bronchitis		314	66	30	2	..	99	117	15	81	3	1	..	2*	10	112
Pneumonia		240	61	67	7	7	75	23	1	36	4	..	..	1†	36	78
Pleurisy		13	1	3	1	..	7	1	..	1	..	..	..	..	2	3
Other diseases of Respiratory organs .		28	15	4	..	1	8	..	2	5	2	..	..	..	2	11
Alcoholism		38	..	..	..	..	33	5	3	10	1	..	..	..	1	15
Cirrhosis of liver		38	..	..	..	..	33	5	3	10	1	..	..	..	1	15
Venereal diseases		7	5	..	1	..	1	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	4	5
Premature birth		116	116	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	2	3
Diseases and accidents of parturition		10	..	..	..	3	7	..	..	2	..	..	..	..	1	3
Heart diseases		233	7	2	18	17	120	69	5	46	5	..	..	5‡	36	97
Accidents		159	43	19	12	9	47	27	6	19	13	..	..	19§	23	89
Suicides		17	..	..	..	3	13	1	..	2	1	..	..	4**	3	10
Murder		2	..	..	1	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Manslaughter		1	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	1
Heat Apoplexy		4	..	1	2	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
All other causes		829	254	66	26	21	215	247	31	125	19	4	..	••	148	327
All causes		2993	832	442	116	113	939	551	64	529	58	10	..	31	427	1119

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* Millwall Docks, 1; Poplar Parish, 1. †Roman Road, Bow,J. ‡Highway, Poplar. 2; Highway.
Bromley. 1; Millwall Docks, 1; Relief Offices, Fairfield Road, 1. §Highway, Poplar, 1; Highway, Bow, 1;
River Thames, 8; West India Docks, 1; River Lea, Bromley, 3; East India Docks, Poplar, 1; Limehouse
Cut, 2; Old Ford Lock, 1; Duckets Canal, 1. ** Highway, Bow, 1; River Lea, Bow, 1; North London
Railway, Tredegar Road Bridge. 1: Millwall Docks, l.

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Table: TABLE VIII. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. The Borough. Causes of, and Ages at, Death during Year 1905.

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