London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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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| 14 | Meningitis | 16 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 7 | 9 | ||
| 15 | Organic Heart Disease | 221 | ... | ... | 3 | 11 | 6 | 32 | 84 | 85 | 9 | 59 | 1 | 5 | ... | 4 | ... | 23 | 101 |
| 10 | Bronchitis | 249 | 36 | 9 | 4 | ... | 3 | 18 | 60 | 119 | 10 | 79 | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 11 | 103 |
| 17 | Pneumonia (all forms) | 276 | 61 | 56 | 32 | 5 | 8 | 33 | 55 | 26 | 8 | 49 | ... | ... | ... | 11 | ... | 42 | 110 |
| 18 | Other diseases of respiratory organs | 43 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | ... | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1† | 3 | 8 |
| 19 | Diarrhoea and Enteritis | 73 | 52 | 9 | 5 | 2 | ... | ... | 2 | 3 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 20 | 26 | ||
| 20 | Appendicitis and Typhlitis | 11 | ... | ... | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 7 | 11 | ||
| 21 | Cirrhosis of Liver | 22 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5 | 9 | 8 | ... | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 6 |
| 21a | Alcoholism | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | |
| 22 | Nephritis and Bright's Disease | 67 | 1 | ... | 1 | 2 | 13 | 33 | 15 | 1 | 18 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 10 | 31 | ||
| 23 | Puerperal Fever | 9 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 8 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 5 | 8 |
| 24 | Other accidents and diseases of Pregnancy & Parturition | 6 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 4 |
| 25 | Congenital Debility and Malformation, including Premature Birth | 212 | 207 | 3 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 23 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 38 | 65 |
| 26 | Violent Deaths, excluding Suicide | 155 | 28 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 32 | 30 | 35 | 3 | 29 | ... | ... | ... | 25 | 151 | 32 | 104 | |
| 27 | Suicide | 20 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 9 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 1‡ | 2 | 9 | |
| 28 | Other Defined Diseases | 412 | 54 | 9 | 8 | 21 | 19 | 47 | 120 | 134 | 11 | 85 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 2§ | 107 | 227 | |
| 29 | Diseases ill-defined or unknown | 156 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 4 | 149 | 2 | 34 | 4 | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | 25 | 68 |
| Total Deaths | 2652 | 543 | 181 | 146 | 98 | 88 | 332 | 619 | 645 | 50 | 582 | 9 | 17 | 3 | 75 | 20 | 477 | 1233 | |
| Sub-entries (included in above figures.) | |||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | Meningitis, Myelitis | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 14 | Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | 7 | ... | 3 | 2 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 4 | |
| 28 | Poliomyelitis | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 26 | Murder | 2 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 |
| 26 | Manslaughter | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 |
| 28 | Idiopathic Tetanus | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 |
| 28 | Ptomaine Poisoning | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 |
| 28 | Dysentery | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 3 | |
| 28 | General Myelitis | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
* West India Dock Station, 1. † West India Docks, 1. ** River Thames, 4 ; Millwall Docks, 2 ; West India Docks, 2 ; River Lee,
Bromley, 2 ; Brown's Dry Dock, 1 ; London Graving Dock, 1 ; Limehouse Cut, Bromley, 3. § Bromley Sub-District, 1 ; Aberdeen
Wharf, 1. ‡ River Lee , Bow, 1. ¶ Murder, Limehouse Cut, Bromley.