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Poplar 1910

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

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TABLE X.

METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR.

Sub-District of Bromley.

Causes of, and Ages at, Death during the Year 1910.

Causes of Death, (see page 55).Deaths in Sub-District at subjoined Ages.Deaths in Public Institutions and certain localities within and without Sub-District (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.Poplar Hospital.See Footnotes.Outlying Institutions.
Small-pox............................
Measles20317..........1......23
Scarlet Fever9..531..............99
Whooping-cough381919..........3......58
Diphtheria and Membranous Croup5..5..........1......45
Croup............................
Typhus............................
FeverEnteric7....124....1......67
Other continued............................
Epidemic Influenza11..2..225..............
Cholera............................
Plague............................
Diarrhœa332013..........313..411
Enteritis16841..3....1......34
Gastritis39........11..........1
Puerperal Fever1........1............11
Erysipelas41......21..1........1
Other Septic Diseases1....1................11
Phthisis893559643230......1042
Other Tuberculous Diseases1658111....1......45
Cancer, Malignant Disease61....123325..9911..839
Bronchitis121215....4451125........33
Pneumonia1032521523812..2412..1744
Pleurisy11....................11
Other Diseases of Respiratory Organs1361....421........34
Alcoholism Cirrhosis of Liver6........51..1......12
Venereal Diseases11........................
Premature Birth4343..........11......1012
Diseases and Accidents of Parturition4........4....2......l3
Heart Diseases944..525330317..4..933
Accidents4012523144..6..3**7521
Suicides6......231......1....1
Murder11..........1..........1
Manslaughter11............1........1
All other causes2817818876910165212..48109
All causes10292541283333344237162004167159402

** River Lea, Bromley, 3; North London Railway, Siding, 1; North London Railway,
Works, 1; River Lea, Poplar, 1; River Thames, Poplar, 1.