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 XII.
METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OP POPLAR, Sub-District op Bow.
| Causes of Death, (see page 49.) | Nett Deaths in Sub-District at subjoined Ages. | Nett Deaths in Public Institutions and certain localities within and without Snb-District (at all ages) belonging thereto. | Nett Total Deaths in Public 1 Institutions, &c. | |||||||||||||||
| 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. | Black wall Sick Asylum. | Stepney Union Workhouse. | Poplar Hospital. | See Footnotes. | Outlying Institutions. | |||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| All Classes - | Certified | 766 | 195 | 79 | 61 | 32 | 29 | 8G | 136 | 148 | 9 | 191 | 2 | .. | 5 | 150 | 357 | .. |
| Uncertified | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| cjiiieric r ever | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
| Small-pox | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | * | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | ||
| Measles | 66 | 9 | 25 | 27 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 12 | 16 | |
| Scarlet Fever | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 4 | ||
| Diphtheria and Croup | 10 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 | 8 | |
| Influenza | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | i | 1 | . . | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
| Erysipelas .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | i | 1 | 1 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | |
| werebro-SpinaJ Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Acute Encephalitis | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | |
| Continued Fever .. .» .4 .. i; i. | i | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| 69 | 1 | .. | 2 | 2 | 12 | 28 | 20 | 4 | .. | 31 | .. | .. | .. | .. | y | 40 | ||
| 11 | 2 | 3 | .. | 5 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 4 | ||
| 8 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | '2 | 2 | ||
| .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| 4ft | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 | 24 | 13 | .. | 23 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 9 | 32 | ||
| Bronchitis | 55 | 6 | 3 | 4 | .. | .. | 4 | 19 | 19 | 1 | 14 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 | 23 | |
| Broncho-Pneumonia | 3-2 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 2 | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 8 | |
| Pneumonia (all other forms) | 25 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | .. | 6 | 6 | 4 | .. | 10 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 14 | |
| Other Diseases of Respiratory Organs | 7 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | i | 2 | |
| Diarrhoea and Enteritis | 96 | 70 | 20 | 3 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 12 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 16 | 28 | |
| a | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | ||
| Alcoholism .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | ||
| Nephritis and Bright's Disease .. | 28 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 4 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 13 | |
| Puerperal Fever | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
| 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| 59 | 55 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 11 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1C | 22 | ||
| Violent Deaths, excluding Suicide | 21 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 7 | 13 | |
| 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 5 | ||
| Other Defined Diseases | 203 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 20 | 41 | 93 | 3 | 59 | 1 | .. | .. | 111 | 41 | 105 | |
| Diseases ill-defined or unknown | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | |
| All causes | 766 | 195 | 79 | 61 | 32 | 29 | 86 | 136 | 148 | 9 | 191 | 2 | .. | .. | 5 | 150 | 357 | |
+t Duckett's Canal, 3 ; River Lea, Bow, 1. 11 Highway, Bow, 1.