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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| 12 | Cancer, malignant disease | 65 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 9 | 38 | 17 | ... | 19 ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 15 | 36 |
| 13 | Rheumatic Fever | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| 14 | Meningitis | 3 | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | |
| 15 | Organic Heart Disease | 82 | ... | ... | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 41 | 23 | 2 | 21 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 13 | 38 |
| 16 | Bronchitis . | 86 | 18 | 3 | 1 | ... | 1 | 5 | 24 | 34 | 5 | 33 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 42 |
| 17 | Pneumonia (all forms) | 94 | 21 | 25 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 16 | ... | ... | 4 | ... | 23 | 45 | |
| 18 | Other diseases of respiratory organs | 15 | 6 | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | 4 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1† | 1 | 4 |
| 19 | Diarrhoea and Enteritis | 19 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6 | 8 | ||
| 20 | Appendicitis and Typhlitis | 5 | ... | ... | ... | 4 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | 2 | 5 |
| 21 | Cirrhosis of Liver | 13 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 4 | 6 | ... | 3 ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 4 |
| 21a Alcoholism | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ||
| 22 | Nephritis and Bright's Disease | 25 | 1 | • • • | ... | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 7 | ... | 6 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 10 |
| 23 | Puerperal Fever | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | ||
| 24 | Other accidents and diseases of Pregnancy & Parturition | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||
| 25 | Congenital Debility and Malformation, including Premature Birth | 71 | 69 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 5 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 7 | 15 |
| 26 | Violent Deaths, excluding Suicide | 65 | ]5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 2 | 12 | ... | ... | ... | 11 | 9** | 10 | 44 | |
| 27 | Suicide | 7 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 3 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 3 | |
| 28 | Other Defined Diseases | 145 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 46 | 48 | 4 | 27 | ... | ... | 1 | 5 | 30 | 69 | |
| 29 | Diseases ill-defined or unknown | 60 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 57 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 22 | |||
| Total Deaths | 961 | 199 | 67 | 40 | 31 | 30 | 124 | 251 | 219 | 20 | 199 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 34 | 13 | 165 | 438 | |
| Sub-Entries (included in above figures). | |||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| 28 | Poliomyelitis | ... | ... | ... | • •• | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| 14 | Meningitis, Myelitis | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| * West India Dock Station, 1. † West India Docks, 1. ** River Thames, 4 ; Millwall Docks, 2 ; West India Docks, 2 ; Brown's Dry Dock, 1. § Bromley Sub-District, 1 ; Aberdeen Wharf, 1. | |||||||||||||||||||