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 VIII. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OP POPLAR. The Borough.
| Causes of Death. (see page 35.) | Deaths in whole Borough at subjoined Ages. | Deaths in Public Institutions and certain localities within and outside Borough (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. | Sick Asylum, Blackwall | Stepney Union Workhouse. | Poplar Hospital. | See Footnotes. | Outlying Institutions. | ||
| Smallpox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Measles | 94 | 15 | 74 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 | 9 |
| Scarlet Fever | 43 | 2 | 21 | 18 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 38 | 38 |
| Whooping-cough Diphtheria and Mem | 81 | 33 | 43 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 25 | 28 | |
| branous Croup | 50 | 4 | 35 | 9 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 35 | 37 |
| Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Typhus | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Fever Enteric | 11 | .. | .. | 1 | 5 | 5 | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 8 |
| Other continued | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Epidemic Influenza .. | 30 | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | 19 | 7 | 1 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 |
| Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Plague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Diarrhœa | 102 | *82 | 15 | 3 | .. | 2 | .. | 20 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 11 | 33 | |
| Enteritis | 22 | .. | 10 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 5 |
| Puerperal Fever | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Erysipelas | 13 | 5 | 1 | .. | .. | 4 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 3 |
| Other Septic Diseases | 7 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 4 | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 5 |
| Phthisis | 238 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 24 | 169 | 11 | .. | 92 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 35 | 127 |
| Other Tubercular | |||||||||||||||
| Diseases | 90 | 30 | 36 | 16 | 2 | 6 | .. | .. | 5 | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | 29 | 37 |
| Cancer, Malignant | |||||||||||||||
| Disease | 127 | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 90 | 33 | 1 | 39 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 33 | 67 |
| Bronchitis | 333 | 43 | 33 | 2 | 1 | 118 | 136 | 27 | 97 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | 7 | 135 |
| Pneumonia | 257 | 53 | 85 | 9 | 6 | 83 | 21 | 1 | 34 | .. | .. | 9 | .. | 35 | 79 |
| Pleurisy | 13 | .. | 4 | .. | 1 | 6 | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 6 |
| Other Diseases of Respiratory Organs | 32 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 5 | 12 |
| Alcoholism Cirrhosis of Liver' | 37 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 29 | 8 | 2 | 11 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 3 | 18 |
| Venereal Diseases | 5 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
| Premature Birth | 95 | 95 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 6 |
| Diseases and Accidents of Parturition | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 3 |
| Heart Diseases | 232 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 138 | 65 | 9 | 34 | .. | .. | 4 | 2† | 34 | 83 |
| Accidents | 133 | 42 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 35 | 26 | 3 | 18 | .. | .. | 19 | 11‡ | 94 | 75 |
| Suicides | 13 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 10 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2§ | 9 | 4 |
| Spotted Fever. | 3 | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 |
| Heat Apoplexy | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Rötheln | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| All other causes | 809 | 203 | 51 | 20 | 16 | 222 | 297 | 39 | 144 | 7 | .. | 20 | .. | 141 | 351 |
| All causes | 2879 | 653 | 436 | 124 | 86 | 963 | 617 | 89 | 573 | 10 | 1 | 62 | 15 | 489 | 1179 |
* 82 include all deaths classified as diarrhœal diseases in Table XIII., see also page 35 Notes to
Table. † Highway, Poplar, 1; Highway, Bow, 1. ‡ River Thames, 3 ; River Lea, Bromley,
3; Highway, Bromley, 1 ; Poplar Collier Dock, 1 ; West India Dock, 1; Millwall Docks, 1;
G. E. Rly., Old Ford Road, 1. § River Lea, Bromley, 1; West India Docks, 1.