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 X. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Sub-District of Bromley.
| 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 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Measles | 55 | 10 | 42 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 3 |
| Scarlet Fever | 22 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 19 | 19 |
| Whooping-cough | 41 | 18 | 23 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 12 | 13 |
| Diphtheria and Membranous Croup | 21 | .. | 14 | 6 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 15 | 16 |
| Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Typhus | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Fever Enteric | 5 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 4 |
| Other continued | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Epidemic Influenza | 9 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
| Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Plague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Diarrhoea | 50 | *37 | 11 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 11 | .. | 2 | .. | 5 | 18 |
| Enteritis | 11 | .. | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
| Pueperal Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Erysipelas | 4 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 |
| Other Septic Diseases | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
| 91 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 61 | .. | .. | 31 | .. | .. | .. | 11 | 42 | |
| Other Tubercular Diseases | 42 | 15 | 17 | 8 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | 13 | 17 |
| Cancer, Malignant Disease | 46 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 33 | 12 | 1 | 9 | .. | 1 | .. | 16 | 27 |
| Bronchitis | 139 | 21 | 23 | 1 | .. | 46 | 48 | 6 | 37 | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | 47 |
| Pneumonia | 94 | 22 | 33 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 5 | .. | 13 | .. | 5 | .. | 17 | 35 |
| PleurisyOther Diseases of | 5 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 3 |
| Respiratory Organs | 15 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | 5 |
| Alcoholism Cirrhosis of Liver | 14 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 12 | 2 | 1 | 7 | •• | 1 | .. | 1 | 10 |
| Venereal Diseases | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Premature Birth | 42 | 42 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 3 |
| Diseases and Accidents of Parturition | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 3 |
| Heart Diseases | 88 | 2 | .. | 3 | 3 | 57 | 23 | 4 | 22 | .. | 3 | .. | 14 | 43 |
| Accidents | 51 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 10 | .. | 5 | .. | 12 | †3 | 11 | 31 |
| Suicides | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ‡1 | .. | 1 |
| Heat Apoplexy | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| All other causes | 321 | 87 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 86 | 111 | 9 | 51 | .. | 10 | .. | 50 | 120 |
| All causes | 1175 | 287 | 218 | 56 | 31 | 360 | 223 | 23 | 195 | 1 | 37 | 4 | 206 | 466 |
* 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.