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Poplar 1906

[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............................
Measles5314381........4........4
Scarlet Fever6123................66
Whooping-cough541..........11......2
Diphtheria and Membranous Croup11..101........1......78
Croup............................
FeverTyphus............................
Enteric5..1..13....2......35
Other continued............................
Epidemic Influenza171..3193..............
Cholera..............................
Plague............................
Diarrhoea12076351..44118..3..729
Enteritis191411..21..2......24
Pueperal Fever............................
Erysipelas42......2....1......12
Other Septic Diseases22....................11
Phthisis103451013683..38......1149
Other Tubercular Diseases233125111..2......810
Cancer, Malignant Disease44........3113..14......317
Bronchitis1342912..24546..30......636
Pneumonia1102430810299..16..1..2037
Pleurisy612....12..........44
Other Diseases of Respiratory Organs16331..5412......36
Alcoholism Cirrhosis of Liver10......18123......16
Venereal Diseases44........................
Premature Birth3535............1......12
Diseases and Accidents of Parturition5........5............11
Heart Diseases8421285417114..1*11532
Accidents541588215613..12†6 ..325
Suicides........2..........112
Heat Apoplexy1........1................
All other causes3459316121092122255922..58146
All causes12183271775651375232312113207162434

*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.