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Poplar 1906

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

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Table: TABLE XII. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Total Deaths (at all ages) in Public Institutions within the Borough. Resident and non-resident included.)

TABLE XII. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Total Deaths (at all ages) in Public Institutions within the Borough. Resident and non-resident included.)

Causes of Death, (see page 35.)Poplar Union Workhouse.Sick Asylum.Sick Asylum, Black wall.City of London Union Infirmary.Stepney Union Workhouse.Poplar Hospital.Grove Hall.Total Deaths in Public Institutions within the Borough.
Small-pox................
Measles..25....11..27
Scarlet Fever................
Whooping-cough..32..1....6
Diphtheria and Membranous Croup..1..........1
Croup................
FeverTyphus................
Enteric..6..........9
Other continued................
Epidemic Influenza..2....1....5
Cholera................
Plague................
..Diarrhoea955..........64
Enteritis..7..12....10
Puerperal Fever..1..........1
Erysipelas..5....1....6
Other Septic Diseases..........1..1
Phthisis..153..10101..174
Other Tubercular Diseases..9..273..21
Cancer, Malignant Disease..581982..78
Bronchitis15892105....122
Pneumonia140..5105..63
Pleurisy........21..3
Other Diseases of Respiratory Organs110....2....13
Alcoholism Cirrhosis of liver512..24....23
Venereal Diseases........1....1
Premature Birth..21..1....4
Diseases and Accidents of Parturition................
Heart Diseases3331131410..74
Accidents715..3951..85
Suicides..1......2..3
All other causes431769335021..332
All causes77703168912910911124