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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Poplar 1912

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

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Table: Grosvenor, Hanbury, and Council Buildings.

Grosvenor, Hanbury, and Council Buildings.

Causes of Death. (See page 50.)Deaths belonging to Buildings at subjoined Ages.Deaths in Public Institutions within and without Borough (at all ages).Total Deaths in Public Institutions, &c.
All Ages. 1Under 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.Poplar Hospital.Outlying. Institutions.
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Enteric Fever1...............1.........1......1
Small-pox..........................................
Measles..........................................
Scarlet Fever..........................................
Whooping-cough11..............................11
Diphtheria and Croup..........................................
Influenza..........................................
Erysipelas..........................................
Cerebro-Spinal Fever..........................................
Phthisis (Pulmonary Tuberculosis)2...............11............11
Tuberculous Meningitis11........................1...1
Other Tuberculous Diseases..........................................
Rheumatic Fever..........................................
Cancer, Malignant Disease..........................................
Bronchitis31..................2...............
Broncho-Pneumonia1...1...........................11
Pneumonia (all other forms)1...1.................................
Other Diseases of Respiratory Organs1..................1..................
Diarrhoea and Enteritis22........................1......1
Appendicitis and Typhlitis..........................................
Alcoholism..........................................
Cirrhosis of Liver1..................1..................
Nephritis and Bright's Disease1.....................1............1
Puerperal Fever..........................................
Other accidents and diseases of Pregnancy and Parturition..........................................
Congenital Debility and Malformation, including Premature Birth11.....................1.........1
Violent Deaths, excluding Suicide2............1*...1......1......1
Suicides1...............1.....................
Other defined Diseases6.........1...113...1113
Diseases ill-defined or unknown2.....................2...............
Organic Heart Disease4...............13......2......2
All causes3153...11588172414

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* River Thames, Poplar.