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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| Causes of Death. (see page 35.) | Deaths in Sub-District at subjoined Ages. | Deaths in Public Institutions and certain localities within and outside Sub-District (at all ages) belonging thereto. | Total Deaths in Public Institutions, &c. | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. | Stepney Union Workhouse. | Poplar Hospital. | See Footnotes. | Outlying Institutions. | |||
| Smallpox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Measles | 13 | 43 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||
| Scarlet Fever | 2 | 3 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
| Whooping-cough | 28 | 12 | 16 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Diphtheria and Membranous Croup | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | ||
| Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Fever | Typhus | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Enteric | 8 | .. | .. | 4 | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 8 | ||
| Other continued | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Epidemic Influenza | 8 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
| Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Plague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .... | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Diarrhœa | 32 | 21 | 10 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | ||||
| Enteritis | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
| Gastritis | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Puerperal Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
| Other Septic Diseases | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||
| Phthisis | 3 | 2 | 4 | 53 | .. | 28 | .. | .. | .. | |||||||
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | 3 | 10 | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
| Cancer, Malignant Disease | .. | .. | 38 | 25 | 3 | 24 | .. | .. | .. | |||||||
| Bronchitis | 16 | 2 | .. | 34 | 36 | 25 | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||
| Pneumonia | 88 | 21 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 26 | 1 | 8 | .. | .. | .. | 1† | 15 | |||
| Pleurisy | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | |||||
| Other Diseases of Respiratory Organs | 21 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | ||||||
| Alcoholism | 15 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 5 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | |||
| Cirrhosis of Liver | ||||||||||||||||
| Venereal Diseases | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | ..-.. | ||||
| Premature Birth | 36 | 36 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
| Diseases and Accidents of Parturition | 5 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
| Heart Diseases | 3 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 14 | |||||||||
| Accidents | 14 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | ||||||||
| Suicides | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | ||||
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||||
| Heat Apoplexy | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | § | |||||
| All other causes | 300 | 19 | 5 | 20 | 63 | 2 | .. | 5 | ||||||||
| All causes | 1008 | 230 | 151 | 40 | 326 | 219 | .. | 20 | 18 | 176 | ||||||
* Millwall Junction, G.E.R. Station, 1. †East India Docks, Poplar, 1. ‡Scandinavian
Sailors' Home, 2; West India Docks, 1; East India Docks, Poplar, 1.; Millwall Docks, 1;
River Thames, Poplar, 8. § West India Docks, 1. || East India Docks, Poplar, 1;
Bromley Parish, 1.