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Poplar 1907

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

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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 Croup1....1............11
Croup........................
FeverTyphus........................
Enteric........................
Other Continued........................
Epidemic Influenza........................
Cholera........................
Plague........................
Diarrhœa........................
Enteritis1..1........1......1
Puerperal Fever........................
Erysipelas........................
Other Septic Diseases........................
Phthisis4......13....1..23
Other Tubercular Diseases........................
Cancer, Malignant Disease1........1....1....1
Bronchitis932....31..1....1
Pneumonia1........1............
Pleurisy........................
Other Diseases of Respiratory Organs1........1....1....1
Alcoholism Cirrhosis of Liver........................
Venereal Diseases........................
Premature Birth22....................
Diseases and Accidents of Parturition........................
Heart Diseases2........2....1....1
Accidents4........31..........
Suicides........................
All other causes831....4....2..13
All causes34841118217••412

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