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Poplar 1913

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

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Table: TABLE X. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Sub-District of Poplar. Causes of, and Ages at, Death during the Year 1913.

TABLE X. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Sub-District of Poplar. Causes of, and Ages at, Death during the Year 1913.

Causes of Death (see page 64).Nett Deaths in whole Sub-District at subjoined Ages.Nett Deaths in Public Institutions and certain localities within and outside Sub-District (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.Blackwall Sick Asylum.Bow Institution.Stepney Union Workhouse.Poplar Hospital.See Footnotes.Outlying Institutions.
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All causesCertified9971980649473313323523628172...172297199454
Uncertified11..........................................11
1 Enteric Fever1.........1.......................................
2 Small Pox
3 Measles3271491...1.........1...............67
4 Scarlet Fever10...442.................................1010
6 Whooping Cough2010631.................................11
6 Diphtheria and Croup72122...........................1...56
7 Influenza9.........11232.....................11
8 Erysipelas11........................1..................1
9 Phthisis (Pulmonary Tuberculosis)9735241642214...41...............2667
10 Tuberculous Meningitis143245......... 1........................77