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.) | Poplar Union Workhouse. | Sick Asylum. | Blackwall j Sick Asylum. | City of London Union Infirmary. | Stepney Union Workhouse. | Poplar Hospital. | Nett total deaths in Public Institutions within the Borough, | |
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All Classes | Certified | 47 | 858 | 13 | .. | 83 | 127 | 1128 |
Uncertified | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Enteric Fever | .. | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | |
Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Measles | .. | 22 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 22 | |
Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Whooping-cough | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | |
Diphtheria and Croup | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 6 | |
Influenza | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |
Erysipelas | .. | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | |
Cerebro-Spinal Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Acute Meningitis and Encephalitis | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
Phthisis (Pulmonary Tuberculosis) | .. | 134 | .. | .. | 4 | 7 | 145 | |
Tuberculous Meningitis | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | |
Other Tuberculous Diseases | .. | 5 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 6 | |
Rheumatic Fever | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
Cancer, Malignant Disease | .. | 88 | 2 | .. | 1 | 3 | 94 | |
Bronchitis | 6 | 70 | 1 | .. | 12 | 1 | 90 | |
Broncho-Pneumonia | 1 | 20 | .. | .. | 7 | 7 | 35 | |
Pneumonia (all other forms) | 1 | 46 | .. | .. | 5 | 6 | 58 | |
Other Diseases of Respiratory Organs | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 6 | |
Diarrhcea and Enteritis | 2 | 75 | .. | .. | .. | 10 | 87 | |
Appendicitis and Typhlitis | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 5 | |
Alcoholism | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 6 | |
Cirrhosis of liver | .. | 12 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 12 | |
Nephritis and Bright's Disease | 3 | 29 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 32 | |
Puerperal Fever | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Other Accidents and Diseases of Pregnancy and Parturition | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Congenital Debility and Malformation, including Premature Birth | 1 | 37 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 41 | |
Violent Deaths, excluding Suicide | 6 | 20 | .. | .. | 8 | 43 | 77 | |
Suicides | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 8 | ||
Other Defined Diseases Diseases, Ill-defined or Unknown | 20 | 265 | 9 | .. | 42 | 37 | 373 | |
All causes | 47 | 858 | .. | 83 | 127 | 1128 |