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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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| 14 Meningitis | 20 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 4 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 3 | 4 |
| 15 Organic Heart Disease | 270 | ... | ... | 1 | 7 | 14 | 50 | 95 | 103 | 9 | 67 | ... | 7 | 1 | 5 | ... | 44 | 133 |
| 16 Bronchitis | 278 | 31 | 5 | 2 | 1 | ... | 19 | 85 | 135 | 23 | 68 | ... | 9 | ... | 2 | ... | 7 | 109 |
| 17 Pneumonia (all forms) | 223 | 52 | 28 | 27 | 13 | 7 | 36 | 35 | 25 | 3 | 34 | ... | 1 | ... | 6 | 1 1 | 53 | 98 |
| 18 Other diseases of respiratory organs | 36 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ... | 6 | 5 | 4 | ... | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 8 |
| 19 Diarrhæa and Enteritis | 171 | 113 | 38 | 7 | ... | ... | 2 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 11 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | 51 | 68 |
| 20 Appendicitis and Typhlitis | 8 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 7 | 7 |
| 21 Cirrhosis of Liver | 30 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 6 | 21 | 1 | ... | 6 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 5 | 12 |
| 21a Alcoholism | 10 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 4 |
| 22 Nephritis and Bright's Disease | 66 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 3 | 16 | 26 | 20 | 4 | 23 | ... | 4 | ... | ... | ... | 14 | 45 |
| 23 Puerperal Fever | 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 5 |
| 24 Other accidents and diseases of Pregnancy & Parturition | 8 | ... | 1 | 7 | . . . | ... | 1 | . . • | ... | ... | . . . | 1 | ||||||
| 25 Congenital Debility and Malformation, including Premature Birth | 243 | 234 | 6 | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 24 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 42 | 68 |
| 26 Violent Deaths, excluding Suicide | 108 | 19 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 5 | 15 | 29 | 13 | ... | 12 | ... | ... | 1 | 26 | 9† | 26 | 74 |
| 27 Suicide | 15 | ... | • •• | ... | ... | 2 | 6 | 6 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1§ | 4 | 6 |
| 28 Other Defined Diseases | 356 | 57 | 17 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 50 | 110 | 98 | 9 | 81 | ... | 5 | 1 | 7 | ... | 85 | 188 |
| 29 Diseases ill-defined or unknown | 173 | 4 | 1 | ... | 4 | ... | 2 | 13 | 149 | 3 | 26 | ... | 7 | ... | ... | 1‡ | 31 | 68 |
| Total Deaths | 2689 | 588 | 183 | 122 | 113 | 92 | 358 | 591 | 642 | 57 | 537 | ... | 37 | 4 | 64 | 12 | 544 | 1255 |
| Sub-entries (included in above figures.) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 14 Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 |
| 28a Poliomyelitis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| 28b Dysentery | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 28c Tetanus | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 26 Murder | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 17 Pneumonia | 94 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 21 | 26 | 13 | ... | 20 | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | 12 | 35 |
* Highway, Poplar 1. † River Thames, 3; West India Docks, 1; Bow Creek, Bromley, 1; Poplar Collier Dock, 1; Highway, Bow, 2;
River Lee, Bow, 1, § Limehouse Cut, ‡ Millwall Baths, 1.