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Poplar 1908

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

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Table: The following deaths have been included in the Mortality Statistics of the respective Sub-districts as there is no reason for believing that such deaths will be shown in the Mortality Tables of some other District:—

The following deaths have been included in the Mortality Statistics of the respective Sub-districts as there is no reason for believing that such deaths will be shown in the Mortality Tables of some other District:—

Poplar (Sub-District.)
1908.Mill wallDocks.Unknown Male, about 30.Found dead. Suffocation by drowning but how he oame into the water and was so drowned the evidence fails to prove. Inq.
15th Feb.
23rd May.R. Thames off Morton's Factory.Unknown parentage, Female, about 5 minutes.Found dead. Inanition through want of attention at birth. Nat. P.M.
31st May.On board barque " Sterma Millwall Docks.Cook and Steward on ," board barque " Sterma' late of Udderwalla, Swedan. Male about 28.Violent. Strangulation by ' hanging by a rope from a beam in the forecastle of the barque "Sterma." Suicide unsound mind. Inq.
20th June.Limehouse Cut off Cotall St.Unknown Female, about 55.Suffocation by drowning, but how caused the evidence fails to prove. Inq.
20th June.Poplar Collier Dock.Male, 26, able seaman on board sailing ship " Mary Seymour," a native of Stookholm.Suffocation by drowning caused by jumping off the yard-arm into the Dock when he was held by the mud at the bottom. Acc. Inq.
26th July.Millwall Docks.Fireman on board ss. ."Tosto," late of 12, Hill Street, South Shields. Male, 40.Violent. Suffocation by drowning caused by falling from a barge into Millwall Docks. Acc. Inq.
19th Aug.R. Thames off Morton's Wharf.Able seaman, ss. " Mid-surrey," of 25, South Eldon Street, South Shields. Male, 39.Violent. Suffocation by drowning. Evidence fails to prove with certainty. Inq.
16th Sept.R. Thames off W. India Dock Pier.Unknown Male, about 45.Found dead. Suffocation by drowning. Evidence fails to prove. Inq.

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DEATHS FROM DROWNING, ETC., AND
DEATHS O^ jpEKSCTNS OF UNKNOWN
ADDRESSES INCLUDED IN THE MORTALITY
STATISTICS.