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Poplar 1908

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

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Table: TABLE XI. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Sub-District of Bow. Causes of, and Ages at, Death during the Year 1908.

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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.
Causes of Death. (see page 43.)		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.	Total Deaths in Public Institutions, &c.
Small-pox		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Measles		24	3	20	1	..	..	..	..	4	..	..	..	..	1
Scarlet Fever		6	1	2	3	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	6	6
Whooping-cough		17	9	8	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	5	5
Diphtheria and Membranous Croup		6	..	4	2	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	5	6
Croup		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Fever	Typhus	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	Enteric	5	..	..	..	2	3	..	..	5	..	..	..	..	5
	Other continued	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Epidemic Influenza		10	..	..	..	1	5	4	..	2	..	..	..	1	3
Cholera		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Plague		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Diarrhœa		37	30	6	1	..	..	..	..	6	..	..	..	..	6
Enteritis		12	5	6	..	..	..	1	..	2	..	..	..	2	4
Puerperal Fever		1	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	1
Erysipelas		1	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	1
Other Septic Diseases		1	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Phthisis		64	1	7	1	9	43	3	..	31	..	..	..	11	42
Other Tubercular Diseases		17	7	5	1	1	3	..	..	3	..	..	..	5	8
Cancer, Malignant Disease		39	..	..	..	2	28	9	..	15	..	..	..	9	24
Bronchitis		67	7	2	..	..	29	29	3	12	..	..	..	..	15
Pneumonia		60	20	22	2	2	10	4	..	7	..	..	..	8	15
Pleurisy		5	..	2	..	1	2	..	..	..	..	..	..	2	2
Other Diseases of Respiratory Organs		6	1	1	2	..	2	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	1
Alcoholism		7	..	..	..	..	7	..	..	2	..	..	..	..	2
Cirrhosis of Liver		7	..	..	..	..	7	..	..	2	..	..	..	..	2
Venereal Diseases		1	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	••	1	1
Premature Birth		13	13	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Diseases and Accidents of Parturition		3	..	..	..	..	3	..	..	2	..	..	..	..	1
Heart Diseases		51	1	..	2	2	29	17	1	10	..	..	..	8	19
Accidents		28	9	4	2	..	10	3	..	6	..	..	*5	5	16
Suicides		2	..	..	..	..	1	1	..	..	..	..	†2	..	2
Found Dead		1	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	‡1	..	1
All other causes		216	60	11	6	5	53	81	16	50	..	..	§1	40	107
All causes		700	169	100	24	25	230	152	20	159	..	..	9	110	298

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* 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.

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Poplar 1908

Table: TABLE XI. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Sub-District of Bow. Causes of, and Ages at, Death during the Year 1908.

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