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Poplar 1908

[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, and Ages at, Death during the Year 1908.

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............................
Measles314243........7........7
Scarlet Fever202135................1212
Whooping-cough18108..................1212
Diphtheria and Membranous Croup2311561......1..1..1719
Croup............................
FeverTyphus............................
Enteric5..1....4....1......23
Other continued............................
Epidemic Influenza171....187..2........2
Cholera............................
Plague............................
Diarrhœa543711....12..3......811
Enteritis'201151..3....2..3..38
Pueperal Fever............................
Erysipelas1........1................
Other Septic Diseases21..1................l1
Phthisis10219414695..37......946
Other Tubercular Diseases351117511....2......1214
Cancer, Malignant Disease53......13220..18......826
Bronchitis1112311....3641415..1..32.1
Pneumonia70221831224..10......1121
Pleurisy21......1................
Other Diseases of Respiratory Organs105....122..........11
Alcoholism11..1....9111......46
Cirrhosis of Liver
Venereal Diseases64....11....2......24
Premature Birth4545............2......57
Diseases and Accidents of Parturition3........3....1........1
Heart Diseases7042444016..11......1122
Accidents491195511815..8..726
Suicides6......1321..........1
Spotted Fever11....................11
Chicken Pox22........................
All other causes31186146879118137417..54149
All causes10782831614339326226201941205183423

* 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.