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 I.
| Names of localities adopted for the purpose of these statistics : public institutions being shown as separate localities. | 1st Quarter | 2nd Quarter | 3rd Quarter | 4th Quarter | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poplar Sub-District | 141 | 107 | 107 | 144 | 499 |
| Union Workhouse | 23 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 52 |
| Sick Asylum, Blackwall | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 12 |
| Baffin Buildings | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| Council Buildings | ... | ... | 6 | ... | 6 |
| Grosvenor Buildings | 5 | ... | . . . | 4 | 10 |
| Hudson Buildings | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0 |
| Hanbury Buildings | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0 |
| Montreal Buildings | 3 | ... | 1 | ... | 4 |
| Ontario Buildings | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0 |
| Ottawa Buildings | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 2 |
| Prestage Buildings | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0 |
| Quebec Buildings | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 2 |
| Toronto Buildings | 1 | 1 | |||
| Winnipeg Buildings | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0 |
| River Thames | 4 | ... | 3 | ... | 9 |
| East India Docks | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0 |
| West India Docks | 4 | ... | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| South-West India Docks | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0 |
| Poplar Collier Dock | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| Millwall Docks | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 2 |
| Aberdeen Wharf | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 |
| West India Dock Station | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| Brown's Dry Dock | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| London Graving Dock | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 |
| 190 | 123 | 131 | 169 | 613 | |
| Deaths occurring outside the sub-district among persons belonging thereto*+ | 97 | 104 | 98 | 106 | 405+ |
| Deaths occurring within the subdistrict among persons not belonging thereto- | 25 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 57— |
| Deaths at all ages—nett | 262 | 218 | 215 | 266 | 961 |
* Including 240 deaths in the Bromley Sub-District:—Sick Asylum, 199; Poplar
Hospital, 34; Stepney Union Workhouse, 2; Bromley Sub-District, 1; Bow Institution,
4.