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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| Number of Inquests held in the parishes. | Deduct Inquests held on non-parishoners. | Add Inquests held on parishioners from outlying districts. | Total Inquests belonging to each parish. | Verdict from Violence. | Verdict from Natural Causes. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poplar | 139 | 32 | 39 | 146 | 58 | 88 |
| Bromley | 279 | 122 | 20 | 177 | 56 | 121 |
| Bow | 77 | 4 | 28 | 101 | 47 | 54 |
| Totals | 495 | 158 | 87 | 424 | 161 | 263 |
For annual rates of deaths from violence per 1000 persons living, and the percentages of inquest cases to total deaths, see Tables XVIII. and XIX., page 47.
| Violent deaths which actually occurred in Poplar, Bromley and Bow, not deducting non-residents, were as follows:— | Deaths occurring entirely outside Poplar, Bromley and Bow belonging thereto. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poplar. | Bromley. | Bow. | Poplar. | Bromley. | Bow. | ||
| By Railway | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | |
| By Vehicles and Horses | 3 | 15 | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | |
| Ships, Boats and Docks (exclusive of drowning) | 1 | 10 | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Building Operations | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
| Conflagrations | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Burns, Scalds and Explosions | .. | 17 | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | |
| Drowning (accidental not suicidal) | 20 | 5 | 1 | 6 | .. | .. | |
| Suffocation in Bed | 4 | 12 | 12 | .. | .. | .. | |
| Poisons or Poisonous Vapours | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | |
| Other and not stated Causes | 17 | 49 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 3 | |
| Homicide | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | |
| Suicide | 2 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Manslaughter | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Total | 48 | 116 | 30 | 13 | 4 | 11 | |