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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| Causes of Death, (see page 49.) | Nett Deaths in Sub-District at subjoined Ages. | Nett Deaths in Public Institu-;ions and certain localities within and outside Sub-District (at all ages) belonging thereto. | Nett Total Deaths in Public Institutions, &c. | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Ages. | Under 1. | 1 and under 2. | 2 and under 5. I | 5 and under 15. | 15 and under 25. j | 25 and under 45. | 45 and under 65. 65 and upwards. | Poplar Union Workhouse. | Sick Asylum. | Blackwall Sick Asylum. | Stepney Union Workhouse. | Poplar Hospital. | See Footnotes. | Outlying Institutions. | |||||
| 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |||||||||||
| All Classes | Certified | 1070 | 266 | 110 | 53 | 47 | 37 | 126 | 189 | 242 | 26 | 197 | 2 | 28 | 20 | 211 | 485 | |
| Uncertified | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Enteric Fever | 9 | .. | .. | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 9 | |
| Smallpox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Measles | 63 | 12 | 32 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 11 | 14 | |||
| Searlet Fever | 3 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | ||
| Whoping cough | 18 | 5 | 9 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | |
| Diptheria and Croup | 12 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 9 | 9 | |
| Influenza | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Erysipelas | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | |
| Dysentery | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Lead Poisoning | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Phthisis (Pulmonary Tuberculosis) | 73 | .. | 1 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 30 | 20 | .. | 33 | .. | .. | 1 | 1* | 13 | 48 | ||
| Tuberculous Meningitis | 13 | 3 | 3 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 5 | ||
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | 10 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 7 | |
| Rheumatic Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Cancer, Malignant Disease | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 9 | 30 | 17 | .. | 21 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 15 | 36 | ||
| Bronchitis | 90 | 15 | 6 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 42 | 5 | 17 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 7 | 31 | ||
| Broncho-Pneumonia | 26 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | .. | 1 | 9 | .. | 4 | .. | .. | 9 | .. | 8 | 14 | ||
| Pneumonia (all other forms) | 48 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 7 | .. | 11 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 20 | |
| Other Diseases of Respiratory Organs | 7 | .. | 3 | .. | 1 | 1 | 9 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 8 | |||
| Diarrhoea and Enteritis | 115 | 77 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 | .. | .. | 4 | .. | 12 | 25 | |
| Appendicitis and Typhlitis | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 4 | ||
| Alcoholism | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | |
| Cirrhosis of Liver | 9 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | 3 | .. | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | ||
| Nephritis and Bright's Disease | 30 | .. | .. | .. | 7 | 17 | 4 | .. | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 13 | |||
| Puerperal Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Other Accidents and Diseases of Pregnancy and Parturition | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Congenital Debility and Malformation, Including Premature Birth | 92 | 88 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 20 | ||
| Violent Deaths, excluding Suicide | 58 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 6 | .. | .. | 12 | 14†† | 8 | 43 | ||
| Suicides | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1‡ | .. | 1 | ||
| Murder | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1§ | .. | 1 | |
| Manslaughter | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | ||
| Heat Apoplexy | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Other Defined Diseases | 297 | 30 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 36 | 62 | 144 | 12 | 65 | 1 | .. | 5 | 3¶ | 67 | 153 | |
| Diseases ill-defined or unknown. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 3 | |
| All causes | 1070 | 266 | 110 | 53 | 47 | 37 | 126 | 189 | 242 | 26 | 197 | 2 | 28 | 20 | 211 | 485 | |||
* On the High Seas (off Dungeness),1. †† East India Docks, 1; Limehouse Cut, Poplar. 2; West India Docks, 2; Bow Creek
Poplar, 2; River Thames, Poplar, 4; Millwall Docks, 3. X River Lea, Bromley, 1. § River Thames, Poplar, 1. ¶ Poplar
Police Station, 1 ; River Thames, Poplar, 2.