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Poplar 1907

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

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TABLE X. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Sub-District of Bromley. 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 without 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.Stepney Union Workhouse.Poplar Hospital.See Footnotes.Outlying Institutions.
Small-pox............................
Measles5510423................33
Scarlet Fever2219111..............1919
Whooping-cough411823..........1......1213
Diphtheria and Membranous Croup21..1461......1......1516
Croup............................
Typhus............................
Fever Enteric5......32....1......34
Other continued............................
Epidemic Influenza9........7211........2
Cholera............................
Plague..........................
Diarrhoea50*37112........11..2..518
Enteritis11..4212............11
Pueperal Fever............................
Erysipelas42......2............22
Other Septic Diseases1..1..................11
91943861....31......1142
Other Tubercular Diseases4215178..2....3..1..1317
Cancer, Malignant Disease46......1331219..1..1627
Bronchitis13921231..464863711..247
Pneumonia94223333285..13..5..1735
PleurisyOther Diseases of5..2....3....1......23
Respiratory Organs156221221....1..35
Alcoholism Cirrhosis of Liver14........12217••1..110
Venereal Diseases11........................
Premature Birth4242............1......23
Diseases and Accidents of Parturition3........3............33
Heart Diseases882..335723422..3..1443
Accidents51148341210..5..12†31131
Suicides4......22..........‡1..1
Heat Apoplexy............................
All other causes32187259386111951..10..50120
All causes11752872185631360223231951374206466

* 37 include all deaths classified as "Diarrhœal Diseases " in Table XV. See also
page 35, Notes to Tables. † River Lea, Bromley, 2 ; Highway, Bromley, 1. ‡ River
Lea, Bromley, 1.