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Poplar 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE I. Deaths during the year 1908 in the Poplar Sub-District of the Metropolitan Borough of Poplar, classified according to localities.
| Names of localities adopted for the purpose of these statistics: public institutions being shown as separate localities. | 1st Quarter | 2nd Quarter | 3rd Quarter | 4th Quarter | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poplar Sub-District | 144 | 111 | 99 | 159 | 513 |
| Union Workhouse | 38 | 22 | 8 | 17 | 85 |
| Sick Asylum, Black wall | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 16 |
| Grosvenor Buildings | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 19 |
| Hanbury Buildings | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 |
| Council Buildings | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Toronto Buildings | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Prestage Buildings | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Montreal Buildings | ... | 1 | l | ... | 2 |
| Ottawa Buildings | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 |
| Winnipeg Buildings | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Ontario Buildings | ... | ... | 1 | ... | |
| Quebec Buildings | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Baffin Buildings | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... |
| Hudson Buildings | ... | ... | 1 | ... | |
| River Thames | 4 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 15 |
| Millwall Dock | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| East India Dock | 2 | 2 | |||
| West India Dock | ... | 3 | ... | 3 | 6 |
| South-West India Dock | ... | ... | ... | ||
| Poplar Collier Dock | ... | ... | ... | i | 1 |
| London Graving Dock | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Limehouse Cut | ... | 1 | .... | i | 2 |
| Highway (Poplar) | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | 3 |
| Police Station, East India Dock Road | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 |
| Aberdeen Wharf | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 |
| 199 | 154 | 127 | 200 | 680 | |
| Deaths occurring outside the division among persons belonging thereto*-f | 104 | 112 | 94 | 87 | 397 + |
| Deaths occurring within the division among persons not belonging thereto — | 30 | 17 | 10 | 17 | 74- |
| Deaths at all ages—nett | 273 | 249 | 211 | 270 | 1003 |
* Including 219 deaths in the Bromley Sub-District:—Sick Asylum, 192 ; Poplar
Hospiital, 25 ; Stepney Union Workhouse, 1; Bromley Sub-diDstrict, 1.