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 I.
| Names of localities adopted for the purpose of these statistics: public institutions being shown as separate localities. | 1st Quarter _ | 2nd Quarter | 3rd Quarter | 4th Quarter | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poplar Sub-District | 155 | 121 | 166 | 122 | 564 |
| Union Workhouse | 16 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 47 |
| Sick Asylum, Black wall | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 |
| Baffin Buildings | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 |
| Council Buildings | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 |
| Grosvenor Buildings | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| Hudson Buildings | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 |
| Hanbury Buildings | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 |
| Montreal Buildings | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0 |
| Ontario Buildings | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 2 |
| Ottawa Buildings | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0 |
| Prestage Buildings | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Quebec Buildings | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 2 |
| Toronto Buildings | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0 |
| Winnipeg Buildings | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 |
| River Thames | 1 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 14 |
| East India Docks | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | 3 |
| West India Docks | 1 | 1 | ... | 3 | 5 |
| South-West India Docks | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 |
| Poplar Collier Dock | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0 |
| Millwall Docks | 1 | 1 | ... | 3 | 5 |
| Limehouse Cut | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Poplar Police Station | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 |
| The High Seas | ... | ... | l | ... | 1 |
| Bow Creek | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 2 |
| 182 | 156 | 195 | 149 | 682 | |
| Deaths occurring outside the subdistrict among persons belonging thereto1 ... ...+ | 117 | 113 | 112 | 96 | 438+ |
| Deaths occurring within the subdistrict among persons not belonging thereto ... — | 9 | 19 | 12 | 10 | 50- |
| Deaths at all ages—nett | 290 | 250 | 295 | 235 | 1070 |
* Including 227 deaths in the Bromley Sub-District:—Sick Asylum, 197; Poplar
Hospital, 28; Stepney Union Workhouse, 1; River Lea, Bromley, 1.