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Poplar 1910

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

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Table: INQUESTS AND DEATHS FROM VIOLENCE Inquests and Deaths from violence during the year 1910 were as follows :—

INQUESTS AND DEATHS FROM VIOLENCE Inquests and Deaths from violence during the year 1910 were as follows :—

Sub-DistrictsNumber of Inquests held in the Sub-DistrictsDeduct In-quests held on non-parishionersAdd Inquests held on parishioners from outlying districtsTotal Inquests belonging to each Sub-DistrictVerdict from ViolenceVerdict from Natural Causes
Poplar144274816562103
Bromley2611251715348105
Bow703361033469
Totals475155101421144277

Table: For annual rates of deaths from violence per 1000 persons living, and the percentages of inquest cases to total deaths, see Tables XVIII and XIX, page 67

For annual rates of deaths from violence per 1000 persons living, and the percentages of inquest cases to total deaths, see Tables XVIII and XIX, page 67

Violent deaths which actu-ally occurred in Poplar, Bromley and Bow, not deducting non-residents, were as follows : —Deaths occurring entirely outside Poplar, Bromley and Bow belonging thereto
PoplarBromleyBowPoplarBromleyBow
By Railway..3........
By Vehicles and Horses37....1..
Ships, Boats and Docks (exclusive of drowning)27........
Building Operations11........
Conflagrations1..........
Burns, Scalds and Explosions021..1..3
Drowning (accidental not suicidal)163233..
Suffocation in Bed877......
Poisons or Poisonous Vapours1........1
Other and not stated Causes13476123
Homicide1..........
Suicide81183....
Manslaughter..2........
Total5410923867