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 XI.
METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR.
Sub-District of Bow.
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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Causes of Death. (see page 55.) | 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 | 8 | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Scarlet Fever | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | i | |
Whooping-cough | 8 | 4 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | i | |
Diphtheria and Membranous Croup | 5 | .. | .. | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 4 | |
Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Fever | Typhus | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Enteric | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | 2.. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 4 | |
Other continued | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Epidemic Influenza | 8 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 6 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Plague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Diarrhœa | 12 | 7 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 6 | |
Enteritis | 17 | 12 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 4 | |
Gastritis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Puerperal Fever | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | |
Erysipelas | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
Other Septic diseases | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | |
Phthisis | 72 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 52 | 5 | .. | 34 | .. | .. | .. | 7 | 41 | |
Other Tuberculous Diseases | 21 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 10 | 13 | |
Cancer, Malignant Disease | 35 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 18 | 15 | .. | 15 | .. | .. | .. | 11 | 26 | |
Bronchitis | 68 | 11 | 6 | .. | .. | 18 | 28 | 3 | 21 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 26 | |
Pneumonia | 64 | 20 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 9 | .. | .. | .. | 14 | 24 | |
Pleurisy | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Other Diseases of Respiratory Organs | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | |
Alcoholism Cirrhosis of Liver | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |
Venereal Diseases | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | |
Premature Birth | 32 | 35 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | |
Diseases and Accidents of Parturition | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Heart Diseases | 40 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 25 | 11 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 13 | |
Accidents | 26 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 3 | .. | 6 | .. | .. | **1 | 7 | 14 | |
Suicides | 6 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 7 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | |
Cerebro-Spinal Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .... | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
All other causes | 166 | 46 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 53 | 60 | 3 | 52 | .. | .. | .. | 34 | 89 | |
All causes | 604 | 151 | 43 | 35 | 24 | 214 | 137 | 10 | 159 | .. | .. | 3 | 108 | 280 |