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 XI. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Sub-District of Bow.
| Deaths in Sub-District at subjoined Ages. | Deaths in Public Institutions and certain localities within and without (at all ages) belonging thereto. | Total Deaths in Public Institutions, &c. | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Causes of Death. (see page 35.) | 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. | Poplar Hospital. | See Footnotes. | Outlying Institutions. | ||
| Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Measles | 14 | 1 | 12 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | |
| Scarlet Fever | 6 | .. | 4 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 6 | |
| Whooping-cough | 18 | 7 | 9 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 5 | |
| Diphtheria and Membranous Croup | 11 | .. | 10 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 10 | 10 | |
| Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Typhus | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Fever-Enteric | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |
| Other continued | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Epidemic Influenza | 10 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 7 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
| Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Plague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Diarrhœea | 22 | *19 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 5 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 8 | |
| Enteritis | 6 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |
| Puerperal Fever | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Erysipelas | 4 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | |
| Other Septic Diseases | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
| Phthisis | 53 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 38 | 1 | .. | 28 | .. | .. | .. | 10 | 33 | |
| Other Tubercular Diseases | 19 | 4 | 10 | 3 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 7 | 8 | |
| Cancer, Malignant Disease | 34 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 21 | 12 | .. | 12 | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 17 | |
| Bronchitis | 73 | 6 | 3 | .. | 1 | 34 | 29 | 3 | 21 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 26 | |
| Pneumonia | 73 | 19 | 27 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 9 | .. | 8 | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 14 | |
| Pleurisy | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | |
| Other Diseases of Respiratory Organs | 8 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 5 | |
| Alcoholism Cirrhosis of Liver | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |
| Venereal Diseases | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
| Premature Birth | 22 | 22 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Diseases and Accidents of Parturition | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Heart Diseases | 60 | 2 | .. | 2 | 2 | 34 | 20 | 1 | 6 | .. | .. | †1 | 7 | 15 | |
| Accidents | 37 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 5 | .. | 1 | ‡1 | 9 | 17 | |
| Suicides | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | |
| Manslaughter | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| All other causes | 185 | 45 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 52 | 65 | 2 | 41 | 2 | .. | .. | 34 | 79 | |
| All causes | 678 | 152 | 99 | 29 | 18 | 231 | 149 | 9 | 137 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 109 | 260 | |
* 19 include all deaths classified as "Diarrhœal Diseases" in Table XVI. See also
page 35, Notes to Tables. † Highway, Bow, 1. ‡ G. E. Rly., Old Ford Road, 1.