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Poplar 1912

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

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

TABLE XI. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Sub-District of Bromley. 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, &c.
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.PopJar Union Workhouse.Sick Asylum.Blackwall Sick Asylum.Bow Institution.Stepney Union Workhouse.Poplar Hospital.See Footnotes.Outlying Institutions.
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All causesCertified1056222817849341272132521722558...396188488
Uncertified......................................................
1Enteric Fever3.........1...11........................33
2Small Pox......................................................
3Measles59925214...............6...............1420
4Scarlet Fever211.....................1...............12
5Whooping Cough3212127............l.....................22
6Diphtheria and Croup51...13..............................33
7Influenza4...............112...........................
8Erysipelas31............11......3..................3
9Phthisis (Pulmonary Tuberculosis)833...371328254...271............1543
10Tuberculous Meningitis112152......1......4.........1...38