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Poplar 1906

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

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TABLE IX. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OP POPLAR. Paeish of Poplar. Causes of, and Ages at, Death during the Year 1906.

Causes of Death, (see page 35.)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 upwards.Poplar Union Workhouse.Sick Asylum.Black wall Sick Asylum.Stepney Union Workhouse.Poplar Hospital.See Footnotes.Outlying Institutions.
Smallpox..............................
Measles3811184........1..........1
Scarlet Fever6..41..................38
Whooping-cough3515191........1........89
Diphtheria and Membranous Croup6123................1*45
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Fever..............................
Enteric3........3..............33
Other continued..............................
Epidemic Influenza ..1031....51................
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Diarrhoea926423....14..12....3..1126
Enteritis1351....34..2........24
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Erysipelas31......2....1..........2
Other Septic Diseases32......1....1........12
Phthisis12648523815..44..11..1763
Other Tubercular Diseases257106..11..1........89
Cancer, Malignant Disease43........2914..15........520
Bronchitis1052272..3242825........338
Pneumonia7014212125718....3..1224
Pleurisy3..1....11........1....1
Other Diseases of Respiratory Organs11511..31..2........13
Alcoholism .. ) Cirrhosis of Liver i18........17124........28
Venereal Diseases11......................11
Premature Birth3939..............1......34
Diseases and Accidents..............................
Heart Diseases5431333113231..2..1119
Accidents54765325844....107**1136
Suicides4........4....1......1‡13
Rotheln1..1......................
All other causes31189297126610812451..2..63123
All causes..106829315340423301 21029171312211170407

*East India Dock Road, Poplar, 1. †South West India Dock, 1; River Thames, 1.
**Millwall Docks, 1; River Thames, 6. ‡ Millwall Docks, 1.