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]
This page requires JavaScript
Geosvenor, Hanbuey, and Council Buildings.
| Causes of Death. (See page 35.) | Deaths in Buildings at subjoined Ages. | Deaths in Public Institutions within & without Borough (at all ages). | 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. | Union Workhouse. | Sick Asylum. | Poplar Hospital. | Outlying Institutions. | |||
| Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Measles | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Whooping-cough | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Diphtheria and Membranous Croup | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | |
| Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Fever | Typhus | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Enteric | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Other Continued | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Epidemic Influenza | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Plague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Diarrhœa | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Enteritis | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
| Puerperal Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Other Septic Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Phthisis | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 3 | |
| Other Tubercular Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Cancer, Malignant Disease | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | |
| Bronchitis | 9 | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | |
| Pneumonia | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Pleurisy | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Other Diseases of Respiratory Organs | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | |
| Alcoholism Cirrhosis of Liver | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Venereal Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Premature Birth | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Diseases and Accidents of Parturition | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Heart Diseases | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | |
| Accidents | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Suicides | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| All other causes | 8 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | 3 | |
| All causes | 34 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 7 | •• | 4 | 12 | |
The institutions and localities in which the deaths happened
were: —
Asylum, Claybury 2
Fever Hospital, Brook 1
Hospital, Children's, East London 1
Sick Asylum 7
Union Workhouse, Poplar 1
Total 12