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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Grosvenob, Hanbury, and Council Buildings.
Causes of Death. (See page 55.) | Deaths in Buildings at subjoined Ages. | Deaths in Public Institutions within and without Borough (at all ages). | Total Deaths in Public! Institutions, &c. | |||||||||||
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All Ages. | Under 1. | 1 and under 5. | 1 5 and under 15. | 15 and under 25. | 25 and under 65. | 65 and upwards. | Poplar Union Workhouse. 1 | Sick Asylum. | Blackwall Sick Asylum. | Poplar Hospital. | Outlying Institutions. | |||
Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Measles | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Whooping-cough | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Diphtheria and Membranous Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Fever | Typhus | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Enteric | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Other Continued | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Epidemic Influenza | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | * *.. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Plague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Diarrhœa | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
Enteritis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Gastritis | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ... ... | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Puerperal Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Other Septic Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Phthisis | 3 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |||
Other Tubercular Diseases .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Cancer, Malignant Disease | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | |||
Bronchitis | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Pneumonia | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Pleurisy | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Other Diseases of Respiratory Organs | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Alcoholism | ||||||||||||||
Cirrhosis of Liver | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | . . | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Venereal Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Premature Birth | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Diseases and Accidents of Parturition | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Heart Diseases | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | |
Accidents | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Suicides | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
All other causes | 9 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | |
All causes | 29 | 11 | 2 | 2 | .. | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | 4 | 8 |
The institutions and localities in which the deaths happened
were: —
Hospital, London . 2
Hospital, Children's, Bast London 2
Hospital, Poplar 1