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Poplar 1906

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

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TABLE VIII.

METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OP POPLAR.

The Bobough.

Causes of, and Ages at, Death during the Year 1906.

Causes of Death, (see page 35.)Deaths in whole Borough at subjoined Ages.Deaths in Public Institutions and certain localities within and outside Borough (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 upwards.Poplar Union Workhouse.Sick Asylum.Sick Asylum, BlackwallStepney Union Workhouse.Poplar Hospital.See Footnotes.Outlying Institutions.
Smallpox..............................
Measles10126705........7..........7
Scarlet Fever12174..................1010
Whooping-cough5025241........31......812
Diphtheria and Membranous Croup283204..1....1......1*1921
Croup..............................
FeverTyphus..............................
Enteric11..1217....3........710
Other continued..............................
Epidemic Influenza ..355131196..1..........1
Cholera..............................
Plague..............................
Diarrhœa286199651..89234....6..2567
Enteritis512871..78..7........815
Puerperal Fever3......21....1........23
Erysipelas84......4....4........15
Other Septic Diseases65......1....1........34
Phthisis286..1816441928..103..11..37142
Other Tubercular Diseases65153114122..5........2025
Cancer, Malignant Disease122......18734..41........1354
Bronchitis313622322991251373......2†1098
Pneumonia23S556911126922130....4..4176
Pleurisy1013....24........1..45
Other Diseases of Respiratory Organs351252..10615........410
Alcoholism Cirrhosis of Liver41......1364411........318
Venereal Diseases66......................11
Premature Birth9090............11......46
Diseases and Accidents of Parturition5........5..............11
Heart Diseases18354912107463231..31‡3667
Accidents14537171484722613....2313**2378
Suicides15......213....1....13§49
Manslaughter11..........................
Heat Apoplexy1........1..................
Rotheln1..1........................
All other causes843234652225201296441335..4..149335
All causes2991822435111112919592745018143204331080

*East India Dock Road, Poplar, 1. †South West India Dock, 1; River Thames, 1.
‡Public Health Offices, Bow, 1. **East India Dock, Poplar, 1; Limehouse Cut,
Bromley, 2; Limehouse Cut, Bromley Lock, 1; River Lee, Bromley. 1; Sewer under Carpenter's
Road, Bow, 1; Millwall Docks, 1; River Thames, 6. § Millwall Docks, 1; Duckett's
Canal, 1; River Lee, Bow, 1.