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 XI. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Paeish of Bow. 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 or without (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. | G5 and upwards. | Poplar Union Workhouse. | Sick Asylum. | Black wall Sick Asylum. | Poplar Hospital. | Sec Footnotes. | Outlying Institutions. | |||
| Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Measles | 15 | 1 | 14 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |
| Scarlet Fever | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | |
| Whooping-cough | 10 | 6 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
| Diphtheria and Membranous Croup | 11 | 2 | 8 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 | 8 | |
| Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Fever | Typhus | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Enteric | 3 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | |
| Other continued | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Epidemic Influenza | 8 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
| .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Plague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Diarrhœa | 74 | 59 | 11 | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 7 | 12 | |
| Enteritis | 19 | 9 | 5 | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | •• | 4 | 7 | |
| Puerperal Fever | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | |
| Erysipelas | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
| Other Septic Diseases | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | |
| Phthisis | 57 | .. | 5 | 1 | 8 | 43 | .. | .. | 21 | .. | .. | .. | 9 | 30 | |
| Other Tubercular Diseases | 17 | 5 | 9 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 6 | |
| Cancer, Malignant Disease | 35 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 27 | 7 | .. | 12 | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 17 | |
| Bronchitis | 74 | 11 | 4 | .. | 22 | 37 | 5 | 18 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 24 | ||
| Pneumonia | 58 | 17 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 6 | .. | 6.. | .. | .. | .. | 9 | 15 | |
| Pleurisy | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Other Diseases of Respiratory Organs | 8 | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
| Alcoholism Cirrhosis of Liver | 13 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 11 | 2 | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | |
| Venereal Diseases | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Premature Birth | 16 | 16 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Diseases and Accidents of Parturition | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Heart Diseases | 45 | .. | 2 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 16 | .. | 6 | .. | .. | .. | 10 | 16 | |
| Accidents | 37 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 6 | .. | 1 | .. | 9 | 17 | |
| Suicides | 9 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 9 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | *2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Manslaughter | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| All other causes | 187 | 52 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 43 | 66 | 7 | 29 | 2 | .. | .. | 28 | 66 | |
| All causes | 705 | 202 | 105 | 15 | 19 | 214 | 150 | 14 | 119 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 101 | 239 | |