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Poplar 1908

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

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Grosvenor, Hanbury, and Council Buildings.

Causes of Death. (See page 43.)Deaths in Buildings at subjoined Ages.Deaths in Public Institutions within and without Borough (at all ages)Total Deaths in Public Institutions, &c.
All Ages.Under 1.1 and under 6.5 and under 15.15 and under 25.25 and under 65.65 and upwards.Poplar Union Workhouse.Sick Asylum.Blackwall Sick AsylumPoplar Hospital.Outlying Institutions.
Small-pox..........................
Measles1..1....................
Scarlet Fever..........................
Whooping-cough2..2................11
Diphtheria and Membranous Croup....................••....
Croup..........................
FeverTyphus............................
Enteric..........................
Other Continued..........................
Epidemic Influenza..........................
Cholera..........................
Plague..........................
Diarrhoea11......................
Enteritis..........................
Puerperal Fever..........................
Erysipelas..........................
Other Septic Diseases1........1..........11
Phthisis3........3....2......2
Other Tubercular Diseases1. ..1................i1
Cancer, Malignant Disease3........21........11
Bronchitis612..... .12..11....2
Pneumonia3..3..............112
Pleurisy..........................
Other Diseases of Respiratory Organs1..........1............
Alcoholism1........1..........11
Cirrhosis of Liver
Venereal Diseases..........................
Premature Birth11......................
Diseases and Accidents of Parturition..........................
Heart Diseases1......1............11
Accidents2..........21.....12
Suicides..........................
All other causes114......5212....14
All causes3879..11382511918

The institutions and localities in which the deaths happened
were: —
Asylum, Claybury 2
,, Dartford Heath 1
„ Tooting Bee 1
Fever Hospital, Brook 1