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Poplar 1913

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

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

TABLE XII. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR, Sub-District of Bow. 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-Districts (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 causesCertified624136442326228514414410128...6......3140287
Uncertified......................................................
1 Enteric Fever2............2..............................22
2 Small Pox......................................................
3 Measles12...82..................2...............35
4 Scarlet Fever1...1.......................................11
5 Whooping Cough4...2.....................1...............12
0 Diphtheria and Croup15...276.................................1313
7 Influenza1..................1..............................
8 Erysipelas1.....................1...........................
9 Phthisis (Pulmonary Tuberculosis)65...333829154126...1.........1038