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Poplar 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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DEATHS FROM DROWNING, ETC., AND DEATHS OF
PERSONS OF UNKNOWN ADDRESSES INCLUDED
IN THE MORTALITY STATISTICS.
The following deaths have been included in the Mortality Statistics
of the respective Sub-districts as there as no reason for believing that such
deaths will be shown in the Mortality Tables of some other District:—
Poplar (Sub-District).
| 1913. | ||
|---|---|---|
| 20th May | River Thames Unknown male, off Cook's Wf. age 30 | Found dead. Suffocation from drowning, but when and by what means he got into the water and was so drowned the evidence fails to prove. Inq. |
| 19th Sept. | Blackwall Basin, Unknown male, West India age about 30. Docks | Found dead. Ditto. Inq. |
No such deaths occurred in the Bromley and Bow Sub-Districts
during the year 1913.