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 without 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. | Poplar Hospital. | See Footnotes. | Outlying Institutions. | |||
| Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Measles | 54 | 11 | 42 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 14 | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 19 | |
| Scarlet Fever | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 9 | 9 | |
| Whooping-cough | 39 | 16 | 23 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 8 | 10 | |
| Diphtheria and Membranous Croup | 6 | .. | 5 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 5 | |
| Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Fever | Typhus | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Enteric | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 4 | |
| Other continued | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Epidemic Influenza | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
| Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Plague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Diarrhœa | 40 | 27 | 12 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 6 | .. | 3 | .. | 6 | 17 | |
| Enteritis | 11 | 7 | 8 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | |
| Gastritis | 7 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | |
| Pueperal Fever | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | |
| Erysipelas | 4 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Other Septic Diseases | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | |
| Phthisis | 90 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 62 | 3 | 1 | 28 | .. | 2 | .. | 21 | 52 | |
| Other Tuberculous | |||||||||||||||
| Diseases | 19 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | 6 | 10 | |
| Cancer, Malignant Disease | 50 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 35 | 15 | .. | 12 | .. | .. | .. | 13 | 25 | |
| Bronchitis | 131 | 23 | 5 | .. | 2 | 42 | 59 | 3 | 31 | .. | 1 | .. | 7 | 42 | |
| Pneumonia | 110 | 25 | 35 | 7 | 3 | 29 | 11 | 3 | 17 | .. | 3 | .. | 18 | 41 | |
| Pleurisy | 4 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | |
| Other Diseases of Respiratory Organs | 14 | 6 | 3 | .. | .. | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 4 | ||
| Alcoholism | 15 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 11 | 1 | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 | ||
| Cirrhosis of Liver | |||||||||||||||
| Venereal Diseases | 3 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | |
| Premature Birth | 38 | 38 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||
| Diseases and Accidents of Parturition | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||
| Heart Diseases | 72 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 45 | 11 | 1 | 11 | .. | 2 | *1 | 9 | 24 | ||
| Accidents | 55 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 11 | .. | 9 | †3 | 10 | 84 | |
| Suicides | 8 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 7 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | ‡2 | 1 | 6 | |
| Varicella | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||
| All other causes | 310 | 88 | 17 | 7 | 9 | 78 | 112 | 14 | 69 | .. | 5 | .. | 48 | 136 | |
| All causes | 1120 | 281 | 175 | 37 | 45 | 352 | 230 | 29 | 218 | .. | 31 | 6 | 182 | ||
* Highway, Poplar, 1. † River Lee, Bromley, 1; Limehouse Cut, 1; Bow Road,
Bow, 1. ‡ River Lee, Bromley, 1; Limehouse Cut, Bromley, 1.