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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Poplar 1905

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

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Table: TABLE XII. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Total Deaths (at all ages) in Public Institutions within the Borough. (Resident and non-resident included.)

TABLE XII. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Total Deaths (at all ages) in Public Institutions within the Borough. (Resident and non-resident included.)

Onuses 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.
Small-pox................
Measles..24..1......25
Scarlet fever................
Whooping-cough..6........410
Diphtheria and membranous croup..4..........4
Croup................
FeverTyphus................
Enteric..8..........8
Other continued................
Epidemic influenza..32........7
Cholera................
Plague................
Diarrhœa..43..31....48
Enteritis..3..ll....5
Puerperal fever................
Erysipelas..41........5
Other septic diseases..4....2....6
Phthisis113213..412158
Other tubercular diseases..102..3....15
Cancer, malignant disease..5513..5..176
Bronchitis14103148322146
Pneumonia246687....69
Pleurisy..3..........3
Other diseases of Inspiratory organs210....3....15
Alcoholism314411....23
Cirrhosis of liver
Venereal diseases..1..1......2
Premature birth..1..1......2
Diseases and accidents of parturition..3..........3
Heart diseases560101267..100
Accidents7262934....78
Suicides..3..14....8
All other causes3216234293195302
All causes677281018210521141118