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 IX. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Sub-District of Poplar.
| Causes of Death. (see page 35.) | Deaths in Sub-District at subjoined Ages. | Deaths in Public Institutions and certain localities within and outside Sub-District (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. | Blackwall Sick Asylum. | Stepney Union Workhouse. | Poplar Hospital. | See Footnotes. | Outlying Institutions. | ||
| Smallpox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Measles | 25 | 4 | 20 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 3 |
| Scarlet Fever | 15 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 13 | 13 |
| Whooping-cough | 22 | 8 | 11 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 10 | 10 |
| Diphtheria and Membranous Croup | 18 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 10 | 11 |
| Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Typhus | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Fever Enteric | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 |
| Other continued | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Epidemic Influenza | 11 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 4 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
| Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Plague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Diarrhœa | 30 | 261 | 2 | 1 | .. | 1.. | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 7 |
| Enteritis | 5 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
| Puerperal Fever | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Erysipelas | 5 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Other Septic Diseases | 4 | ... | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 3 |
| Phthisis | 94 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 70 | 4 | .. | 38 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 14 | 52 |
| Other Tubercular Diseases | 29 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 9 | 12 |
| Cancer, Malignant Disease | 47 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 36 | 9 | .. | 11 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 12 | 23 |
| Bronchitis | 121 | 16 | 7 | 1 | .. | 38 | 59 | 18 | 39 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 62 |
| Pneumonia | 90 | 12 | 25 | 4 | .. | 42 | 7 | 1 | 13 | .. | .. | 4 | .. | 12 | 30 |
| Pleurisy | 5 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
| Other Diseases of Respiratory Organs | 9 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 |
| Alcoholism Cirrhosis of Liver | 15 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 6 |
| Venereal Diseases | 3 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Premature Birth | 31 | 31 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 |
| Diseases and Accidents of Parturition | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Heart Diseases | 84 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 47 | 22 | 4 | 6 | .. | .. | 1 | 1† | 13 | 25 |
| Accidents | 45 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 8 | .. | .. | 6 | 7‡ | 4 | 27 |
| Suicides | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1§ | .. | 1 |
| Spotted Fever | 3 | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 |
| All other causes | 303 | 71 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 84 | 121 | 28 | 52 | 5 | .. | 10 | .. | 57 | 152 |
| All causes | 1026 | 214 | 119 | 39 | 37 | 372 | 245 | 57 | 181 | 8 | .. | 24 | 9 | 174 | 453 |
* 26 include all deaths classified as "Diarrhœal Diseases" in Table XIV. See also page 35,
Notes to Tables. ‡Poplar Highway, 1. ‡River Thames, 3; Poplar Collier Dock, 1;
River Lea, Bromley, 1; West India Docks, 1; Millwall Docks, 1. § West India Docks, 1.