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.) | Poplar Union Workhouse. | Sick Asylum. | Blackwall Sick Asylum. | City of London Union Infirmary. | Stepney Union Workhouse. | Poplar Hospital. | Total Deaths in Public Institutions within the Borough. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Measles | .. | 58 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 58 | |
| Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Whooping-cough | .. | 1 | .. | .. | ||||
| Diphtheria and Membranous Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||
| Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Fever | Typhus | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Enteric | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | |||
| Other continued | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Epidemic Influenza | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Plague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Diarrhœa | .. | 18 | .. | .. | .. | 5 | ||
| Enteritis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
| Gastritis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | ||
| Puerperal Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
| Erysipelas | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |
| Other Septic Diseases | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | ||
| Phthisis | 117 | 3 | 2 | 136 | ||||
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | 12 | .. | .. | 4 | ||||
| Cancer, Malignant Disease | 3 | 3 | ||||||
| Bronchitis | 18 | 88 | 2 | 1 | 123 | |||
| Pneumonia | 6 | 58 | 8 | |||||
| Pleurisy | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 5 | |||
| Other Diseases of Respiratory Organs | 5 | .. | .. | .. | 8 | |||
| Alcoholism | 2 | 14 | .. | 3 | .. | |||
| Cirrhosis of liver | ||||||||
| Venereal Diseases | .. | .. | .. | |||||
| Premature Birth | 6 | .. | .. | .. | 8 | |||
| Diseases and Accidents of | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Parturition | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
| Heart Diseases | 3 | 30 | .. | 5 | 11 | 53 | ||
| Accidents | 21 | .. | ||||||
| Suicides | .. | .. | .. | |||||
| All other causes | 42 | 232 | 3 | 383 | ||||
| All causes | 752 | 11 | 65 | 116 | 1125 | |||