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 | 70 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 5 | 35 | 28 | ... | 33 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 9 | 44 |
| 13 | Rheumatic Fever | 4 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 3 |
| 14 | Meningitis | 10 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 6 |
| 15 | Organic Heart Disease | 87 | ... | ... | 5 | 2 | 23 | 38 | 5 | 24 | 1 | '3 | ... | 2 | ... | 10 | 45 | ||
| 16 | Bronchitis | 108 | 15 | 5 | ... | 1 | 7 | 24 | 53 | 5 | 27 | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 39 | |
| 17 | Pneumonia (all forms) | 103 | 24 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 21 | 11 | 2 | 20 | ... | ... | ... | 7 | ... | 8 | 37 | |
| 18 | Other diseases of respiratory organs | 18 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | 2 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 |
| 19 | Diarrhoea and Enteritis | 35 | 22 | 5 | 5 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | 10 | 14 |
| 20 | Appendicitis and Typhlitis | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 3 |
| 21 | Cirrhosis of Liver | 6 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 4 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 |
| 21a Alcoholism | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||
| 22 | Nephritis and Bright's Disease | 25 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 5 | 13 | 5 | ... | 5 | ...... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 4 | 10 |
| 23 | Puerperal Fever | 6 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 5 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | .... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 5 |
| 24 | Other accidents and diseases of Pregnancy & Parturition | 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ...... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 4 |
| 25 | Congenital Debility and Malformation, including Premature Birth | 88 | 86 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 13 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 20 | 33 | |
| 26 | Violent Deaths, excluding Suicide | 61 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 11 | ... | ... | ... | 13 | 6** | 11 | 42 |
| 27 | Suicide | 7 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 4 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | |
| 28 | Other Defined Diseases | 157 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 19 | 44 | 45 | 3 | 28 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 39 | 80 | ||
| 29 | Diseases ill-defined or unknown | 54 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 51 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 15 | 30 |
| Total Deaths | 1056 | 222 | 81 | 7& | 49 | 34 | 127 | 213 | 252 | 17 | 225 | 5 | 8 | ... | 39 | 6 | 188 | 488 | |
| Sub-Entbies (included in above figures). | . | - | |||||||||||||||||
| 14 | Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | 5 | ... | 3 | 1 | 1 | ... | ...... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 4 | |
| 28 | Poliomyelitis | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 26 | Murder | 2 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... |
| 28 | Ptomaine Poisoning | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 |
| 28 | Dysentery | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | |
| 28 | General Myelitis | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 ¡ | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| ** London Graving Dock, Poplar, 1; River Lee, Bromley, 2; Limehouse Cut, Bromley, 3. ÷ Murder, Limehouse Cut, Bromley. | |||||||||||||||||||