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 X. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Sub-District of Bromley.
| Causes of Death. (see page 43). | Deaths in Sub-District at subjoined Ages. | Deaths in Public Institutions and certain localities within and without Sub-District (at all ages belonging thereto. | Total Deaths in Public Institutions, &c. | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Ages. | Under 1. | 1 and under 5. | 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. | See Footnotes. | Outlying Institutions. | |||
| Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Measles | 31 | 4 | 24 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 | |
| Scarlet Fever | 20 | 2 | 13 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 12 | 12 | |
| Whooping-cough | 18 | 10 | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 12 | 12 | |
| Diphtheria and Membranous Croup | 23 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 17 | 19 | |
| Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Fever | Typhus | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Enteric | 5 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | |
| Other continued | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Epidemic Influenza | 17 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 8 | 7 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |
| Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Plague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Diarrhœa | 54 | 37 | 11 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 8 | 11 | |
| Enteritis | '20 | 11 | 5 | 1 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 3 | .. | 3 | 8 | |
| Pueperal Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Erysipelas | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Other Septic Diseases | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | l | 1 | |
| Phthisis | 102 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 14 | 69 | 5 | .. | 37 | .. | .. | .. | 9 | 46 | |
| Other Tubercular Diseases | 35 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 12 | 14 | |
| Cancer, Malignant Disease | 53 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 32 | 20 | .. | 18 | .. | .. | .. | 8 | 26 | |
| Bronchitis | 111 | 23 | 11 | .. | .. | 36 | 41 | 4 | 15 | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | 2.1 | |
| Pneumonia | 70 | 22 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 4 | .. | 10 | .. | .. | .. | 11 | 21 | |
| Pleurisy | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Other Diseases of Respiratory Organs | 10 | 5 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | |
| Alcoholism | 11 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 6 | |
| Cirrhosis of Liver | |||||||||||||||
| Venereal Diseases | 6 | 4 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 4 | |
| Premature Birth | 45 | 45 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 7 | |
| Diseases and Accidents of Parturition | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
| Heart Diseases | 70 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 40 | 16 | .. | 11 | .. | .. | .. | 11 | 22 | |
| Accidents | 49 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 5 | .. | 8 | .. | 7 | 26 | |
| Suicides | 6 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
| Spotted Fever | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | |
| Chicken Pox | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| All other causes | 311 | 86 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 79 | 118 | 13 | 74 | 1 | 7 | .. | 54 | 149 | |
| All causes | 1078 | 283 | 161 | 43 | 39 | 326 | 226 | 20 | 194 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 183 | 423 | |
* River Lee, Bromley, 1; River Lee, Bow, 1; Limehouse Cut, Bromley, 1; East
India Dock Road, 1; and London County Council Recreation Ground, St. Leonards
Street, 1.