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 XII. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR.
| Causes of Death. (see page 35.) | Poplar Union Workhouse. | Sick Asylum. | Sick Asylum, Blackwall. | City of London Union Infirmary. | Stepney Union Workhouse. | Poplar Hospital. | Total Deaths in Public Institutions within the Borough. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Measles | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | ||
| Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Whooping-cough | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | ||
| Diphtheria and Membranous Croup | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | ||
| Typhus | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Enteric | .. | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | ||
| Other continued | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Epidemic Influenza | 1 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | ||
| Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Plague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Diarrhœa | .. | 35 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 40 | ||
| Enteritis | 1 | 8 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 11 | ||
| Puerperal Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Other Septic Diseases | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | ||
| Phthisis | .. | 125 | 1 | 15 | 5 | .. | 146 | ||
| Other Tubercular Diseases | .. | 13 | 1 | .. | 4 | 4 | 22 | ||
| Cancer, Malignant Disease | 1 | 43 | .. | 15 | 7 | 6 | 72 | ||
| Bronchitis | 27 | 121 | 3 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 179 | ||
| Pneumonia | 1 | 49 | .. | 10 | 11 | 14 | 85 | ||
| Pleurisy | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 7 | ||
| Other Diseases of Respiratory Organs | 4 | 7 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 12 | ||
| Alcoholism Cirrhosis of liver | 2 | 11 | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 17 | ||
| Venereal Diseases | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | ||
| Premature Birth | 2 | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 6 | ||
| Diseases and Accidents of Parturition | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||
| Heart Diseases | 9 | 43 | 1 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 91 | ||
| Accidents | 3 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 43 | 77 | ||
| Suicides | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 | 7 | ||
| Varicella | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||
| All other causes | 42 | 190 | 7 | 35 | 42 | 44 | 360 | ||
| All causes | 93 | 699 | 14 | 111 | 104 | 139 | 1160 | ||