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Poplar 1909

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]

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TABLE XII.

METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR.

Total Deaths (at all ages) in Public Institutions within the Borough. (Resident and non-resident included.)

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..1311....15
Diphtheria and Membranous Croup..........11
Croup..............
FeverTyphus..............
Enteric..3......25
Other continued..............
Epidemic Influenza............2
Cholera..............
Plague..............
Diarrhœa..18......529
Enteritis..4........4
Gastritis..1........3
Puerperal Fever..2........2
Erysipelas..2........2
Other Septic Diseases..2......13
Phthisis111711232136
Other Tuberculous Diseases112..2..419
Cancer, Malignant Disease359275379
Bronchitis188821041123
Pneumonia658187989
Pleurisy12....2..5
Other Diseases of Respiratory Organs15......28
Alcoholism214..3..120
Cirrhosis of liver
Venereal Diseases1......1..2
Premature Birth16....1..8
Diseases and Accidents of..............
Parturition14........5
Heart Diseases330..451153
Accidents121..114165
Suicides11......46
All other causes422323423628383
All causes897521192651161125