Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[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 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. | Outlying Institutions. | ||
| Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Measles | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
| Scarlet Fever | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
| Whooping-cough | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
| Diphtheria and Membranous Croup | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | |
| Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Typhus | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Fever Enteric | |||||||||||||
| Other Continued | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Epidemic Influenza | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1.. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Plague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Diarrhoea | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Enteritis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Puerperal Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Other Septic Diseases | |||||||||||||
| Phthisisc | ....1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
| Other Tubercular Diseases .. | .. | ||||||||||||
| Cancer, Malignant Disease .. | |||||||||||||
| Bronchitis | 2 | l | |||||||||||
| Pneumonia | .. | ||||||||||||
| Pleurisy | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Other Diseases of Respiratory Organs | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| lcoholism | .. | ||||||||||||
| Cirrhosis of Liver | .. | .. | .. | .. .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Venereal Diseases | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Premature Birth | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Diseases and Accidents of | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Parturition | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Heart Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | |
| Accidents | • • | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Suicides | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| All other causes | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 6 | |||||
| All causes | 23 | .. | 6 | .. | .. | 16 | |||||||
* East India Docks (Poplar).
The institutions and localities in which the deaths happened were:—
| Asylum, Dartford Heath | 1 |
| East India Docks, Poplar | 1 |
| Fever Hospital, South Eastern | 3 |