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Poplar 1907

[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, and Ages at, Death during the Year 1907.

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..............................
Measles254201..................33
Scarlet Fever151851................1313
Whooping-cough228113..................1010
Diphtheria and Membranous Croup1841121............1..1011
Croup..............................
Typhus..............................
Fever Enteric3......12..............22
Other continued..............................
Epidemic Influenza112......54..2..........2
Cholera..............................
Plague..............................
Diarrhœa3026121..1......4........37
Enteritis5..3....1111..........2
Puerperal Fever2......11....1..........1
Erysipelas52......12................
Other Septic Diseases4.....1..3....1........23
Phthisis9413412704..38........1452
Other Tubercular Diseases29119522....11..1..912
Cancer, Malignant Disease47......2369..11........1223
Bronchitis1211671..385918392......362
Pneumonia9012254..427113....4..1230
Pleurisy5..2....21............11
Other Diseases of Respiratory Organs95......4....1........12
Alcoholism Cirrhosis of Liver15........11412....1..26
Venereal Diseases33............1..........1
Premature Birth3131..........2..........13
Diseases and Accidents of Parturition2........2..................
Heart Diseases846234472246....11†1325
Accidents4511224151128....67‡427
Suicides5........5............1§..1
Spotted Fever3..12..................22
All other causes3037113598412128525..10..57152
All causes10262141193937372245571818..249174453

* 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.