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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TABLE III.
| Names of localities adopted for the purpose of these statistics: public institutions being shown as separate localities. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bow Sub-District | 142 | 87 | 76 | 85 | 390 |
| River Lee | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | 3 |
| Highway | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Bow Relief Offices | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 |
| Duckett's Canal | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Regents Canal | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 144 | 91 | 77 | 87 | 399 | |
| Deaths occurring outside the sub-district among persons belonging thereto* + | 88 | 73 | 55 | 63 | 279 + |
| Deaths occurring within the sub-district among persons not belonging thereto – | 1 | 2 | ... | 1 | 4 – |
| Deaths at all ages— nett | 231 | 162 | 132 | 149 | 674 |
* Including 154 deaths in other parts of the Borough (Poplar and Bromley Sub
Districts), viz.:—Poplar Union Workhouse, 12; Sick Asylum, 139; West India
Docks, Poplar, 1; Blackwall Sick Asylum, 2.