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Poplar 1908

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

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TABLE XII. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Total Deaths (at all ages) in Public Institutions within the Borough. (Resident and non-resident included.)

Causes of Death. (see page 43.)Poplar Union Workhouse.Sick Asylum.Sick Asylum, Blackwall.City of London Union Infirmary.Stepney Union Workhouse.Poplar Hospital.Total Deaths in Public Institutions within the Borough.
Small-pox..............
Measles..373......40
Scarlet Fever..............
Whooping-cough..41......5
Diphtheria and Membranous Croup..2......35
Croup..............
FeverTyphus..............
Enteric..........19
Other continued..............
Epidemic Influenza..7........7
Cholera..............
Plague..............
Diarrhœa..45........50
Enteritis..10..1..314
Puerperal Fever..1....1..2
Erysipelas..............
Other Septic Diseases..........11
Phthisis..14411744170
Other Tubercular Diseases..1211..115
Cancer, Malignant Disease..722106191
Bronchitis236821332111
Pneumonia147243562
Pleurisy..............
Other Diseases of Respiratory Organs..2....1..3
Alcoholism213....1117
Cirrhosis of liver
Venereal Diseases..3..12..6
Premature Birth..5....1..6
Diseases and Accidents of Parturition..3........3
Heart Diseases3391147670
Accidents327..124174
Suicides1........12
Heat1..........1
Spotted Fever..........22
Manslaughter..........11
All other causes502443404327407
All causes8579316102781001174