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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TABLE VIII.
METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OP POPLAR.
The Borough.
Causes of Death, (see page 55.) | Deaths in whole Borough at subjoined Ages. | Deaths in Public Institutions and certain localities within and outside Borough (at all ages) belonging thereto. | Total Deaths in Public Institutions, &c. | |||||||||||||
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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. | Stepney Union Workhouse. | Poplar Hospital. | See Footnotes. | Outlying Institutions. | |||
Smallpox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Measles | 41 | 6 | 34 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 7 | |
Scarlet Fever | 12 | .. | 5 | 6 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 12 | 12 | |
Whooping-cough | 80 | 41 | 37 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 10 | 18 | |
Diphtheria and Membranous Croup | 21 | 1 | 12 | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 13 | 16 | |
Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Fever | Typus | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Enteric | 13 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 10 | .. | .. | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 | 13 | |
Other continued | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Epidemic Influenza | 22 | .. | 3 | .. | 2 | 11 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | |
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Plague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Diarrhaœa | 72 | 43 | 24 | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | .. | 6 | .. | 12 | 25 | |
Enteritis | 43 | 26 | 10 | 2 | .. | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 | 14 | |
Gastritis | 6 | 4 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 0 | 1 | |
Puerperal Fever | 6 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 4 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 5 | |
Erysipelas | 7 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | |
Other Septic Diseases | 3 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | |
Phthisis Other Tuberculous | 257 | 4 | 12 | 11 | '28 | 185 | 17 | 4 | 106 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 34 | 146 | |
Diseases | 63 | 18 | 19 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 1 | .. | 9 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 20 | 30 | |
Cancer, Malignant Disease | 145 | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | 87 | 52 | .. | 64 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 26 | 92 | |
Bronchitis | 270 | 46 | 18 | .. | .. | 96 | 112 | 6 | 79 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 17 | 103 | |
Pneumonia | 254 | 60 | 54 | 20 | 3 | 86 | 31 | 3 | 47 | 1 | .. | 7 | .. | 45 | 103 | |
Pleurisy | 8 | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | 4 | |
Other Diseases of Respiratory Organs | 26 | 9 | 3 | .. | .. | 10 | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 11 | 7 | 10 | |
Alcoholism Cirrhosis of Liver | 19 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 16 | 3 | .. | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 6 | |
Venereal Diseases | 4 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | |
Premature Birth | 108 | 108 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 12 | 17 | |
Diseases and Accidents of Parturition | 7 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 5 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 4 | |
Heart Diseases | 222 | 7 | .. | 9 | 10 | 128 | 68 | 9 | 41 | .. | .. | 6 | 2† | 18 | 76 | |
Accidents | 120 | 33 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 41 | 19 | 1 | 19 | .. | .. | 10 | 17** | 16 | 63 | |
Suicides | 22 | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 15 | 1 | .. | 9 | .. | .. | 1 | 5‡ | 3 | 11 | |
Murder | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
Manslaughter | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
Spotted Fever | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | |
Varicella | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
All other causes | 758 | 191 | 42 | 17 | 13 | 209 | 280 | 21 | 164 | 3 | 9 | .. | 140 | 337 | ||
All causes | 2615 | 606 | 290 | 106 | 80 | 923 | 610 | 54 | 571 | 8 | .. | 45 | 25 | 422 | 1125 |
* On the High Seas, 1.
Thames, Poplar, 6 ; River
India Docks, 1; North
Aberdeen Wharf, Poplar,
† Scandinavian Sailors' Home, 1; Millwall Docks, 1. ** River
Lea, Bromley, 3; River Lea, Poplar, 1; Millwall Docks, 3; West
London Railway Siding, 1; North London Railway Works, 1;
1. J Limehouse Cut, Poplar, 2; Limehouse Cut, Bromley. 1;
River Lea, Bow, 2.