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Poplar 1908

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

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TABLE XI. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Sub-District of Bow. 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............................
Measles243201........4........1
Scarlet Fever6123................66
Whooping-cough1798..................55
Diphtheria and Membranous Croup6..42........1......56
Croup............................
FeverTyphus............................
Enteric5......23....5........5
Other continued............................
Epidemic Influenza10......154..2......13
Cholera............................
Plague............................
Diarrhœa373061........6........6
Enteritis1256......1..2......24
Puerperal Fever1........1....1........1
Erysipelas1........1............11
Other Septic Diseases1....1....................
Phthisis641719433..31......1142
Other Tubercular Diseases1775113....3......58
Cancer, Malignant Disease39......2289..15......924
Bronchitis6772....2929312........15
Pneumonia60202222104..7......815
Pleurisy5..2..12............22
Other Diseases of Respiratory Organs6112..2............11
Alcoholism7........7....2........2
Cirrhosis of Liver
Venereal Diseases11..................••11
Premature Birth1313........................
Diseases and Accidents of Parturition3........3....2........1
Heart Diseases511..222917110......819
Accidents28942..103..6....*5516
Suicides2........11........†2..2
Found Dead11..................‡1..1
All other causes21660116553811650....§140107
All causes700169100242523015220159....9110298

* River Lee, Bromley, 1; River Lee, Bow, 1; Ducketts Canal, 1; Regents Canal, 1;
and Unicorn Wharf, Bow, 1. †Ducketts Canal, 2. ‡Ducketts Canal, 1.
§ Highway, Bromley, 1.