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Poplar 1910

[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, and Ages at. Death during the Year 1910.

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.
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..............................
Measles416341........3........47
Scarlet Fever12..561................1212
Whooping-cough8041372........8........1018
Diphtheria and Membranous Croup211128........1....1..1316
Croup..............................
FeverTypus..............................
Enteric13....1210....5........813
Other continued..............................
Epidemic Influenza22..3..2116............11
Cholera..............................
Plague..............................
Diarrhaœa724324....14151..6..1225
Enteritis4326102..4115........814
Gastritis64..1....11..........01
Puerperal Fever6......24....1........45
Erysipelas71......4213..........4
Other Septic Diseases31..1..1..............33
Phthisis Other Tuberculous25741211'281851741062......34146
Diseases63181916361..9....1..2030
Cancer, Malignant Disease145....338752..641..1..2692
Bronchitis2704618....96112679....1..17103
Pneumonia254605420386313471..7..45103
Pleurisy822....22........1..34
Other Diseases of Respiratory Organs2693....1041......111710
Alcoholism Cirrhosis of Liver19........163..5........16
Venereal Diseases42......2..............22
Premature Birth108108..........41........1217
Diseases and Accidents of Parturition7......25....2........24
Heart Diseases2227..91012868941....62†1876
Accidents1203314854119119....1017**1663
Suicides22......6151..9....15‡311
Murder11..........1............1
Manslaughter11............1..........1
Spotted Fever11......................11
Varicella1..1........................
All other causes7581914217132092802116439..140337
All causes261560629010680923610545718..45254221125

* 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.