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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Grosvenor, Hanbury, and Council Buildings.
Causes of Death. (See page 49.) | Deaths belonging to Buildings at subjoined Ages. | Deaths in Public Institutions within and without Borough (at all ages). | Total Deaths in Public Institutions, &c. | |||||||||||
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All Ages. | Under 1. | 1 and under 2. | 2 and under 5. | 5 and under 15. | 15 and under 25. | 25 and under 45. | 45 and under 65. | 65 and upwards. | Poplar Union Workhouse. | Sick Asylum. | Poplar Hospital. | Outlying Institutions. | ||
1 | j 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |||||
Enteric Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Measles | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Whooping-cough | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Diphtheria and Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Influenza | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Krvsipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Cerebro Spinal Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Phthisis (Pulmonary Tuberculosis) | 5 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 |
Tuberculous Meningitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Other Tuberculous Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Rheumatic Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Cancer, Malignant Disease | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Bronchitis | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | |
Broncho-Pneumonia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Pneumonia (all other forms) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Other Diseases of Respiratory Organs | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
Diarrhoea and Enteritis Appendicitis and | 3 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 |
Tvphlitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Alcoholism | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Cirrhosis of Liver | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Nephritis and Bright's Disease | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Puerperal Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Other accidents and diseases of Pregnancy and Parturition | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Congenital Debility and Malformation, including Premature Birth | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
Violent Deaths, excluding Suicide | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 |
Suicides | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Other defined Diseases.. | 10 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | .. | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
Diseases ill-defined or unknown | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
All causes | 33 | 7 | 3 | .. | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 20 |