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Poplar 1909

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

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Grosvenor, Hanbury, and Council Buildings.

Causes of Death. (See page 35.)Deaths in Buildings at subjoined Ages.Deaths in Public Institions within and without Borough (at all ages).Total Deaths in Public Institutions,
All Ages.Under 11 and under 55 and under 1515 and under 2525 and under 6565 and upwards.Poplar Union WorkhouseSick Asylum.Blackwall Sick Asylum.Poplar. Hospital.Outlying Institutions.
Small-pox..........................
Measles2..2................11
Scarlet Fever1....................11
Whooping-cough1..1..........1......1
Diphtheria and Membranous Croup1..1................11
Croup..........................
Typhus..........................
Fever Enteric
Other Continued..........................
Epidemic Influenza..........................
Cholera..........1..............
Plague..........................
Diarrhoea..........................
Enteritis..........................
Puerperal Fever..........................
Erysipelas..........................
Other Septic Diseases
Phthisisc....1....................11
Other Tubercular Diseases ....
Cancer, Malignant Disease ..i. .1
Bronchitis2l
Pneumonia..
Pleurisy..........................
Other Diseases of Respiratory Organs..........................
lcoholism..
Cirrhosis of Liver........ ..................
Venereal Diseases1........................
Premature Birth..........................
Diseases and Accidents of..........................
Parturition..........................
Heart Diseases3....................22
Accidents2• •......................
Suicides..........................
All other causes8........2313....26
All causes23542..8426....816

* East India Docks (Poplar).

The institutions and localities in which the deaths happened were:—

Asylum, Dartford Heath1
East India Docks, Poplar1
Fever Hospital, South Eastern3