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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 1913

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

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Table: Grosvenor, Hanbury, and Council Buildings.

Grosvenor, Hanbury, and Council Buildings.

Causes of Death. (See page 64.)Deaths belonging to Buildings at subjoined Ages.Deaths in Public Institutions within and without Borough (at all ages).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.Poplar Union Workhouse.Sick Asylum.Poplar Hospital.Outlying. Institutions.
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Enteric Fever..........................................
Small-pox..........................................
Measles2......1..............................
Scarlet Fever..........................................
Whooping-cough1......1..............................
Diphtheria and Croup..........................................
Influenza..........................................
Erysipelas..........................................
Phthisis (Pulmonary..........................................
Tuberculosis)51......1...1...2.........22
Tuberculous Meningitis2...1...1...........................
Other Tuberculous Diseases..........................................
Cancer, Malignant..........................................
Disease4...............121...1...12
Rheumatic Fever1.......................................
Meningitis..........................................
Organic Heart Disease5...............122......1...2
Bronchitis71...............33............1
Pneumonia (all forms)1..................1..................
Other Diseases of..........................................
Respiratory Organs1..................1..................
Diarrhoea and Enteritis11.....................1.........1
Appendicitis and Typhlitis..........................................
Cirrhosis of Liver..........................................
Alcoholism..........................................
Nephritis and Bright's..........................................
Disease1...............1...............1l
Puerperal Fever..........................................
Other accidents and diseases of Pregnancy and Parturition..........................................
Congenital Debility and..........................................
Malformation, includ..........................................
ing Premature Birth11....................................
Violent Deaths, exclud..........................................
ing Suicide2......11..................1...l
Suicides1..................1..................
Other defined Diseases7...1............42...3...14
Diseases ill-defined or unknown5..................14...1...l2
All causes475234...41514262616
Sub-Entries (included in above figures. Pneumonia1..................1..................