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 X.
METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OP POPLAR.
Parish of Bromley.
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 without 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. | Blackwall Sick Asylum. | Poplar Hospital. | See Footnotes. | Outlying Institutions. | |||
| Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Measles | 53 | 14 | 38 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | |
| Scarlet Fever | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 6 | |
| Whooping-cough | 5 | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |
| Diphtheria and Membranous Croup | 11 | .. | 10 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 7 | 8 | |
| Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Fever | Typhus | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Enteric | 5 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 5 | |
| Other continued | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Epidemic Influenza | 17 | 1 | .. | 3 | 1 | 9 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Cholera.. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Plague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Diarrhoea | 120 | 76 | 35 | 1 | .. | 4 | 4 | 1 | 18 | .. | 3 | .. | 7 | 29 | |
| Enteritis | 19 | 14 | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 4 | |
| Pueperal Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Erysipelas | 4 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | |
| Other Septic Diseases | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | |
| Phthisis | 103 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 68 | 3 | .. | 38 | .. | .. | .. | 11 | 49 | |
| Other Tubercular Diseases | 23 | 3 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 8 | 10 | |
| Cancer, Malignant Disease | 44 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 31 | 13 | .. | 14 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 17 | |
| Bronchitis | 134 | 29 | 12 | .. | 2 | 45 | 46 | .. | 30 | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 36 | |
| Pneumonia | 110 | 24 | 30 | 8 | 10 | 29 | 9 | .. | 16 | .. | 1 | .. | 20 | 37 | |
| Pleurisy | 6 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 4 | |
| Other Diseases of Respiratory Organs | 16 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .. | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 6 | |
| Alcoholism Cirrhosis of Liver | 10 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 6 | |
| Venereal Diseases | 4 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Premature Birth | 35 | 35 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | |
| Diseases and Accidents of Parturition | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | |
| Heart Diseases | 84 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 54 | 17 | 1 | 14 | .. | 1 | *1 | 15 | 32 | |
| Accidents | 54 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 3 | .. | 12 | †6 .. | 3 | 25 | |
| Suicides | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Heat Apoplexy | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| All other causes | 345 | 93 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 92 | 122 | 25 | 59 | 2 | 2 | .. | 58 | 146 | |
| All causes | 1218 | 327 | 177 | 56 | 51 | 375 | 232 | 31 | 211 | 3 | 20 | 7 | 162 | 434 | |
*Public Health Offices, Bow. 1. †East India Dock, Poplar, 1; Limehouse Cut,
Bromley, 2; Limehouse Cut, Bromley Lock, 1; River Lea, Bromley, 1; Sewer under
Carpenter's Road, Bow, 1.