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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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 Asylum | Poplar Hospital. | Outlying Institutions. | |||
| Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Measles | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Whooping-cough | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | |
| Diphtheria and Membranous Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | •• | .. | .. | |
| Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Fever | Typhus | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .... |
| Enteric | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Other Continued | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Epidemic Influenza | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Plague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Diarrhoea | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Enteritis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Puerperal Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Other Septic Diseases | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | |
| Phthisis | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |
| Other Tubercular Diseases | 1 | . .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | i | 1 | |
| Cancer, Malignant Disease | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | |
| Bronchitis | 6 | 1 | 2 | .. | ... . | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | |
| Pneumonia | 3 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Pleurisy | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Other Diseases of Respiratory Organs | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Alcoholism | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | |
| Cirrhosis of Liver | ||||||||||||||
| Venereal Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Premature Birth | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Diseases and Accidents of Parturition | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Heart Diseases | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | |
| Accidents | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | . | .. | .. | 1 | ||
| Suicides | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| All other causes | 11 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | |
| All causes | 38 | 7 | 9 | .. | 1 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 18 | |
The institutions and localities in which the deaths happened
were: —
Asylum, Claybury 2
,, Dartford Heath 1
„ Tooting Bee 1
Fever Hospital, Brook 1