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Poplar 1912

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

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Table: TABLE X. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Sub-District of Poplar. Causes of, and Ages at, Death during the Year 1912.

TABLE X. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Sub-District of Poplar. Causes of, and Ages at, Death during the Year 1912.

Causes of Death (see page 50).Nett Deaths in whole Sub-District at subjoined Ages.Nett Deaths in Public Institutions and certain localities within and outside Sub-District (at all ages) belonging thereto.Nett Total Deaths in Public Institutions, &o.
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.
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All causesCertified96119967403130124251219201991423413165438
Uncertified......................................................
1Enteric Fever3.........111.........1...............23
2Small Pox......................................................
3Measles441020122.................................1111
4Scarlet Fever1.........1.................................11
5Whooping Cough221444....................................22
6Diphtheria and Croup101162...............1.........1...68
7Influenza3...............111...........................
8Erysipelas2............1...1......2..................2
9Phthisis (Pulmonary Tuberculosis)87...32...638371...39...2......1*1154
10Tuberculous Meningitis1342151.........1............225