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 X.
METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR.
Sub-District of Bromley.
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. | ||||||||||||
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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. | Poplar Hospital. | See Footnotes. | Outlying Institutions. | |||
Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Measles | 20 | 3 | 17 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | |
Scarlet Fever | 9 | .. | 5 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 9 | 9 | |
Whooping-cough | 38 | 19 | 19 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 5 | ||
Diphtheria and Membranous Croup | 5 | .. | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 5 | |
Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Typhus | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Fever | Enteric | 7 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 4 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 7 |
Other continued | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Epidemic Influenza | 11 | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | 2 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Plague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Diarrhœa | 33 | 20 | 13 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | 3 | .. | 4 | 11 | |
Enteritis | 16 | 8 | 4 | 1 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 4 | |
Gastritis | 3 | 9 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
Puerperal Fever | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | ||
Erysipelas | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
Other Septic Diseases | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | |
Phthisis | 89 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 64 | 3 | 2 | 30 | .. | .. | .. | 10 | 42 | |
Other Tuberculous Diseases | 16 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 5 | |
Cancer, Malignant Disease | 61 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 33 | 25 | .. | 99 | 1 | 1 | .. | 8 | 39 | |
Bronchitis | 121 | 21 | 5 | .. | .. | 44 | 51 | 1 | 25 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 33 | |
Pneumonia | 103 | 25 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 38 | 12 | .. | 24 | 1 | 2 | .. | 17 | 44 | |
Pleurisy | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | |
Other Diseases of Respiratory Organs | 13 | 6 | 1 | .. | .. | 4 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 4 | |
Alcoholism Cirrhosis of Liver | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | |
Venereal Diseases | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Premature Birth | 43 | 43 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 10 | 12 | |
Diseases and Accidents of Parturition | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | l | 3 | |
Heart Diseases | 94 | 4 | .. | 5 | 2 | 53 | 30 | 3 | 17 | .. | 4 | .. | 9 | 33 | |
Accidents | 40 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 4 | .. | 6 | .. | 3 | **7 | 5 | 21 | |
Suicides | 6 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | |
Murder | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
Manslaughter | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
All other causes | 281 | 78 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 69 | 101 | 6 | 52 | 1 | 2 | .. | 48 | 109 | |
All causes | 1029 | 254 | 128 | 33 | 33 | 344 | 237 | 16 | 200 | 4 | 16 | 7 | 159 | 402 |
** River Lea, Bromley, 3; North London Railway, Siding, 1; North London Railway,
Works, 1; River Lea, Poplar, 1; River Thames, Poplar, 1.