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Poplar 1911

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

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DEATHS FROM DROWNING, ETC., AND
DEATHS OF PERSONS OF UNKNOWN
ADDRESSES INCLUDED IN THE MORTALITY
STATISTICS.

The following deaths have been included in the Mortality Statistics of the respective Sub-districts as there is no reason for believing that such deaths will be shown in the Mortality Tables of some other District:—

Poplar (Sub-District.)

Date and Place of Death. 1911.Occupation and Address.Sex.Cause of Death.
30th Jan. West India Docks.Able seaman on board cable ship “Mackay Bennett," of Halifax, Nova Scotia.M., 52.Found dead. Suffocation by drowning, but how deceased came into the water and was so drowned the evidence fails to prove. Inq.
4th Feb. River Thames, off West IndiaUnknown.M., about 35.Found dead. Suffocation by drowning. No evidence. Inq.
Dock entrance. 7th April. West India Docks.Unknown.M., about 35.Found dead. Suffocation by drowning, but under what circumstances the evidence fails to prove. Inq.
29th April. River Thames, off Bullivant's Wharf.Unknown.F., 5mins.Found dead. Want of attention at birth, but under what circumstances the evidence fails to prove. Inq.
25th May. River Thames, off Lockes' WharfUnknown.F., about 5mins.Violent. Strangulation. Murder against some person or persons unknown. p.M. Inq.
24th June. s.s. “Brunette," off Cook's Wharf, River Thames.Captain of s.s. “Brunette," of 10, Topperstadt Stolp, Prom-meren, Germany.M., 68.Found dead. Syncope supervening on chronic valvular disease of heart. Natural Inq. P.M.
8th July. s.s. "Umhloti," off Dungeness. now lying in East India Dock.Marine engineer, of Sabie, Transvaal, Africa.M., 45.Pulmonary Consumption. Cardiac failure.