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 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 15 | .. | .. | .. | ||||||
| 8carlet Fever | 3 | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | ||
| Whooping-cough | 11 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 | ||||||
| Diphtheria and Mem | |||||||||||||||
| branous Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | ||||
| Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Fever | Typhus | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Enteric | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||
| Other continued | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Epidemic Influenza | 5 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
| Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Plague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Diarrhœa | 20 | 13 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 11 | |||
| Enteritis | 9 | 5 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 4 | ||
| Gastritis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Puerperal Fever | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||||
| Other Septic Diseases | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||||
| Phthisis | 69 | .. | 3 | 5 | 5 | 55 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | *2 | 34 | |||
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | 21 | 5 | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 9 | |||||
| Cancer, Malignant Disease | 34 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 23 | 11 | .. | 10 | .. | .. | .. | 6 | ||
| Bronchitis | 58 | 12 | 2 | .. | .. | 20 | 9 | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 16 | |||
| Pneumonia | 59 | 12 | 19 | 2 | .. | 15 | 11 | 2 | 15 | .. | .. | .. | 10 | ||
| Pleurisy | 4 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | ||||||
| Other Diseases of | |||||||||||||||
| Respiratory Organs | 5 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
| Alcoholism | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | †1 | .. | |||
| Cirrhosis of Liver | |||||||||||||||
| Venereal Diseases | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | ||
| Premature Birth | 21 | 81 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
| Diseases and Accidents of Parturition | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | |||
| Heart Diseases | .. | 3 | 5 | 25 | 12 | .. | 5 | .. | .. | .. | 12 | ||||
| Accidcnts | 28 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 8 | |||
| Suicides | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | |
| All other causes | 61 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 45 | 86 | 7 | .. | .. | 39 | 91 | ||||
| All causes | 159 | 98 | 30 | 19 | 220 | 12 | 139 | 2 | .. | 6 | 125 | 284 | |||
* Relief Offices, Fairfield Road, 1; Highway, Bow, 1. † Highway, Bow, 1.
‡ West India Docks, Poplar, 1; Highway, Bow, 2.