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 XII.
METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR.
Total Deaths(at all ages) in Public Institutions within the Borough.
(Resident and non-resident included.)
Causes of Death. (see page 55.) | Poplar Union Workhouse. | Sick Asylum. | Blackwall Sick Asylum. | City of London Union Infirmary. | Stepney Union Workhouse. | Poplar Hospital. | Total Deaths in Public Institutions within the Borough. | ||
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Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Measles | .. | 7 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 8 | ||
Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Whooping-cough | .. | 14 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 14 | ||
Diphtheria and Membranous | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Croup | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | ||
Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Fever | Typhus | .. | .. | .. | .... | .. | .. | ||
Enteric | .. | 6 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 7 | ||
Other continued | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Epidemic Influenza | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Cholera | .. | .. | •• | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Plague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Diarrhœa | 1 | 10 | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 18 | ||
Enteritis | l | 5 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 8 | ||
Gastritis | l | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||
Puerperal Fever | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||
Erysipelas | l | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | ||
Other Septic Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .... | .. | |||
Phthisis | 4 | 142 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 151 | ||
Other Tuberculous Diseases | .. | 10 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 13 | ||
Cancer, Malignant Disease | .. | 90 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 97 | ||
Bronchitis | 6 | 107 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 116 | ||
Pneumonia | 3 | 65 | 3 | 11 | 83 | ||||
Pleurisy | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
Other Diseases of Respiratory Organs | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | ||
Alcoholism | .. | 7 | .. .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 | ||
Cirrhosis of liver | |||||||||
Venereal Diseases | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | ||
Premature Birth | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | ||
Diseases and Accidents of Parturition | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | ||
Heart Diseases | 9 | 53 | .. | .. | 2 | 8 | 73 | ||
Accidents | 2 | 25 | .. | .. | 10 | 36 | 73 | ||
Suicides | .. | 1 | •• | .. | 1 | 3 | 5 | ||
Murder | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||
Manslaughter | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | ||
All other causes | 22 | 214 | 7 | .. | 45 | 27 | 315 | ||
All causes | 56 | 769 | 12 | .. | 69 | 109 | 1015 |