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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: TABLE IX METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR.The Borough Causes of, and Ages at, Death during the Year 1913.

TABLE IX METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR.The Borough Causes of, and Ages at, Death during the Year 1913.

Causes of Death (see paga 64).Nett Deaths in whole Borough at subjoined Ages.Nett Deaths in Public Institutions and certain localities within and outside Borough (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.Poplar Union Workhouse.Sick Asylum.Black wall Sick Asylum.Bow Institution.Stepney Union Workhouse.Poplar Hospital.See Footnotes.Outlying Institutions.
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All causesCertified26885871831221139235859164257537...37464125431254
Uncertified11..........................................11
1 Enteric Fever5.........13...1........................22
2 Small Pox......................................................
3 Measles691037201...1.........5.........1...1319
4 Scarlet Fever12...552.................................1212
5 Whooping Cough36161271...............1...............34
6 Diphtheria and Croup34761011...........................3...2831
7 Influenza21.........41493.....................11
8 Erysipelas42...............11...2..................2
9 Phthisis (Pulmonary Tuberculosis)2593149154010660121102...1...2...57163
10 Tuberculous Meningitis3394109...1.........2...............1820
11 Other Tuberculous Diseases2454322341...2.........2...610
12 Cancer, malignant disease1641......31158064163...3.........2491