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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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, Blackwall | Stepney Union Workhouse. | Poplar Hospital. | See Footnotes. | Outlying Institutions. | |||
| Smallpox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Measles | 101 | 26 | 70 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 | |
| Scarlet Fever | 12 | 1 | 7 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 10 | 10 | |
| Whooping-cough | 50 | 25 | 24 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 8 | 12 | |
| Diphtheria and Membranous Croup | 28 | 3 | 20 | 4 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1* | 19 | 21 | |
| Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Fever | Typhus | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Enteric | 11 | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 | 10 | |
| Other continued | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Epidemic Influenza .. | 35 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 6 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
| Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Plague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Diarrhœa | 286 | 199 | 65 | 1 | .. | 8 | 9 | 2 | 34 | .. | .. | 6 | .. | 25 | 67 | |
| Enteritis | 51 | 28 | 7 | 1 | .. | 7 | 8 | .. | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 | 15 | |
| Puerperal Fever | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | |
| Erysipelas | 8 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .... | .. | 1 | 5 | ||
| Other Septic Diseases | 6 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 4 | |
| Phthisis | 286 | .. | 18 | 16 | 44 | 192 | 8 | .. | 103 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 37 | 142 | |
| Other Tubercular Diseases | 65 | 15 | 31 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .. | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 20 | 25 | |
| Cancer, Malignant Disease | 122 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 87 | 34 | .. | 41 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 13 | 54 | |
| Bronchitis | 313 | 62 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 99 | 125 | 13 | 73 | .. | .. | .. | 2† | 10 | 98 | |
| Pneumonia | 23S | 55 | 69 | 11 | 12 | 69 | 22 | 1 | 30 | .. | .. | 4 | .. | 41 | 76 | |
| Pleurisy | 10 | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | 2 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 4 | 5 | |
| Other Diseases of Respiratory Organs | 35 | 12 | 5 | 2 | .. | 10 | 6 | 1 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 10 | |
| Alcoholism Cirrhosis of Liver | 41 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 36 | 4 | 4 | 11 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 18 | |
| Venereal Diseases | 6 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | |
| Premature Birth | 90 | 90 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 6 | |
| Diseases and Accidents of Parturition | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | |
| Heart Diseases | 183 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 107 | 46 | 3 | 23 | 1 | .. | 3 | 1‡ | 36 | 67 | |
| Accidents | 145 | 37 | 17 | 14 | 8 | 47 | 22 | 6 | 13 | .. | .. | 23 | 13** | 23 | 78 | |
| Suicides | 15 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 13 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 3§ | 4 | 9 | |
| Manslaughter | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Heat Apoplexy | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Rotheln | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| All other causes | 843 | 234 | 65 | 22 | 25 | 201 | 296 | 44 | 133 | 5 | .. | 4 | .. | 149 | 335 | |
| All causes | 2991 | 822 | 435 | 111 | 112 | 919 | 592 | 74 | 501 | 8 | 1 | 43 | 20 | 433 | 1080 | |
*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.