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Poplar 1905

[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, and Ages at, Death during Year 1905.

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.
All ages.Under 1.1 and under 5.5 and under 15.15 and under 25.25 and under 65.65 and upwardsP'lar Union Workhouse.Sick Asylum.Poplar Hospital.Blackball Sick Asyl'mSee FootnotesOutlying Institutions
Small-pox..............................
Measles34628..........7..........7
Scarlet fever5..5....................55
Whooping-cough291415..........1..1....35
Diphtheria and membranous croup615....................55
Croup..............................
FeverTyphus..............................
Enteric3....2..1....1..........1
Other continued..............................
Epidemic influenza3........12................
Cholera..............................
Plague..............................
Diarrhœa5236121....315........39
Enteritis1362....14....1......12
Puerperal fever..............................
Erysipelas31......2..............22
Other septic diseases1..1............1........1
Phthisis16661141273....281......1039
Other tubercular diseases.28895..6....31......37
Cancer, malignant disease41..1....2812..15........621
Bronchitis11721121..40431029......1*444
Pneumonia78209022286..141......823
Pleurisy3..1....11............11
Other diseases of Respiratory organs1210......2..2..........13
Alcoholism14........113121........4
Cirrhosis of liver
Venereal diseases .21......1..............11
Premature birth4545......................11
Diseases & accidents of parturition .1........1..................
Heart diseases92114751284173....2†1642
Accidents60127362111367....10‡834
Suicides6......15......1....1**13
Murder1........1..................
All other causes322862612585108174272....60128
All causes1077274156343335922138170243..14139388

* Millwall Docks, 1 †Highway, Poplar, 1; Mill wall Docks, 1. ‡River Thames, 8; Highway, Poplar, 1;
West India Docks, 1. ** Millwall Docks, 1.
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