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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: TABLE IX. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. The Borough. Causes of, and Ages at, Death during the Year 1912.

TABLE IX. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. The Borough. Causes of, and Ages at, Death during the Year 1912.

Causes of Death (see pag3 50).Nett Deaths in whole Borough at subjoined Ages.Nett Deaths in Public Institutions and certain localities within and outside Borough (at all ages) belonging thereto.
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.Blackwall Sick Asylum.Bow Institution.Stepney Union Workhouse.Poplar Hospital.See Footnotes.Outlying Institutions.Nett Total Deaths in Public Institutions, &c.
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All causesCertified2652543181146988833261964550582917375204771233
Uncertified................................................•••...
1 Enteric Fever7.........2122......1...............67
2 Small Pox......................................................
3 Measles1132051366...............6...............2632
4 Scarlet Fever311...1...............1...............23
5 Whooping Cough612917131.........1.....................77
6 Diphtheria and Croup1832751............1.........1...1113
7 Influenza9............1233...........................
8 Erysipelas82......1113......5...............38
9 Phthisis (Pulmonary Tuberculosis)24956682998916...10112...11*36142
10 Tuberculous Meningitis2883691...1...14.........3...614
11 Other Tuberculous Diseases228343112..................1...89
12 Cancer, malignant disease1751......1220975416411...2...35104