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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Deaths from diarrhœa* at all ages for the past eighteen years were as follows: —
Poplar. | Bromley. | Bow. | Borough of Poplar. | London. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1893 | 54 | 83 | 30 | 167 | 3446 |
1894 | 20 | 29 | 12 | 61 | 1780 |
1895 | 52 | 56 | 24 | 132 | 3600 |
1896 | 61 | 72 | 25 | 158 | 3223 |
1897 | 46 | 68 | 47 | 161 | 4104 |
1898 | 66 | 124 | 42 | 232 | 4376 |
1899 | 82 | 99 | 44 | 225 | 4196 |
1900 | 48 | 92 | 90 | 230 | 3564 |
1901 | 65 | 78 | 54 | 197 | 3931 |
1902 | 35 | 39 | 34 | 108 | 2504 |
1903 | 46 | 77 | 32 | 155 | 2958 |
1904 | 63 | 117 | 70 | 250 | 4801 |
1905 | 52 | 102 | 48 | 202 | 3410 |
1906 | 92 | 120 | 74 | 286 | 4424 |
1907 | 19 | 36 | 15 | 70 | 1510 |
1908 | 51 | 54 | 37 | 142 | 2592 |
1909 | 32 | 40 | 20 | 92 | 1577 |
1910 | 27 | 33 | 12 | 72 | 1368 |
Deaths from enteritis† at all ages for the past eleven years were as follows:—
Poplar. | Bromley. | Bow. | Borough. | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1900 | 39 | 41 | 79 | 159 |
1901 | 28 | 34 | 40 | 102 |
1902 | 20 | 22 | 19 | 61 |
1903 | 14 | 11 | 28 | 53 |
1904 | 14 | 28 | 19 | 61 |
1905 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 38 |
1906 | 13 | 19 | 19 | 51 |
1907 | 16 | 25 | 13 | 54 |
1908 | 14 | 20 | 12 | 46 |
1909 | 6 | 18 | 9 | 33 |
1910 | 10 | 16 | 17 | 43 |
* Under the heading of "Diarrhœa" are included deaths registered as due to
epidemic diarrhoea, epidemic enteritis, infective enteritis, zymotic enteritis, summer
diarrhoea, dysentery and dysenteric diarrhoea, choleraic diarrhoea, cholera (other than
Asiatic or epidemic) and cholera nostras.
† Under the heading of "Enteritis" are included deaths registered as due to
enteritis, muco-enteritis, gastro-enteritis, gastric catarrh and gastro-intestinal catarrh.
Gastritis is not included.