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 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 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Measles | 38 | 11 | 18 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
| Scarlet Fever | 6 | .. | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 8 | |
| Whooping-cough | 35 | 15 | 19 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 | 9 | |
| Diphtheria and Membranous Croup | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1* | 4 | ||
| .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Enteric | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | ||
| Other continued | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Epidemic Influenza .. | 10 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | 5 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Diarrhoea | 92 | 64 | 23 | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | .. | 12 | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 11 | 26 | |
| Enteritis | 13 | 5 | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | 4 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 4 | |
| .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Erysipelas | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |
| Other Septic Diseases | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | |
| Phthisis | 126 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 23 | 81 | 5 | .. | 44 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 17 | 63 | |
| Other Tubercular Diseases | 25 | 7 | 10 | 6 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 | 9 | |
| Cancer, Malignant Disease | 43 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 29 | 14 | .. | 15 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 20 | |
| Bronchitis | 105 | 22 | 7 | 2 | .. | 32 | 42 | 8 | 25 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 38 | |
| Pneumonia | 70 | 14 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 8 | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 12 | 24 | |
| Pleurisy | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | |
| Other Diseases of Respiratory Organs | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | |
| Alcoholism .. ) Cirrhosis of Liver i | 18 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 17 | 1 | 2 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 8 | |
| Venereal Diseases | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | |
| Premature Birth | 39 | 39 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 4 | |
| Diseases and Accidents | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Heart Diseases | 54 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 31 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | 11 | 19 | |
| Accidents | 54 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 4 | .. | .. | 10 | 7** | 11 | 36 | |
| Suicides | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1‡ | 1 | 3 | |
| Rotheln | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| All other causes | 311 | 89 | 29 | 7 | 12 | 66 | 108 | 12 | 45 | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | 63 | 123 | |
| All causes.. | 1068 | 293 | 153 | 40 | 42 | 330 | 1 210 | 29 | 171 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 11 | 170 | 407 | |
*East India Dock Road, Poplar, 1. †South West India Dock, 1; River Thames, 1.
**Millwall Docks, 1; River Thames, 6. ‡ Millwall Docks, 1.