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Poplar 1911

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

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For annual rates of deaths from violence per 1000 persons living, and the percentages of inquest cases to total deaths, see Tables XIX. and XX., page 65.

Violent deaths which actually occurred in Poplar, Bromley and Bow, not deducting non-residents, were as follows : —Deaths occurring entirely outside Poplar, Bromley and Bow belonging thereto.
Poplar.'Bromley.Bow.Poplar.Bromley.Bow.
By Railway12....4..
By Vehicles and Horses..1181311
Ships, Boats and Docks (exclusive of drowning)..8....3..
Building Operations2........
Conflagrations............
Burns, Scalds and Explosions..12....11
Drowning (accidental not suicidal)215434..
Suffocation in Bed526......
Poisons or Poisonous Vapours23........
Other and not stated Causes17843242
Homicide2....1....
Suicide7101..12
Manslaughter............
Execution........1..
Total5090159198

MORTUARY.

Number ofBodies Received into Council's Mortuary.

The following is a list of the number of bodies received into the Council's Mortuary classified according to the ages of the deceased: —

Mo. age stated1
Stillborn3
Under 1102
1 to 556
5 to 1526
15 to 2517
25 to 65177
65 and upward89
Total471