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Poplar 1914

[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 1914.

TABLE IX METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. The Borough. Causes of, and Ages at, Death during the Year 1914.

Causes of Death (see page 78).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.Bow Institution.Bromley House Institution.Poplar Hospital.See Footnotes.Outlying Institutions.
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All causesCertified27755931731451321063745986544968544259205191378
Uncertified1.....................1..................11
1 Enteric Fever7............25.........3............47
2 Small Pox...................................................
3 Measles631031184...............14............317
4 Scarlet Fever10......721...........................99
5 Whooping Cough256127..................4............48
6 Diphtheria and Croup39531813..............................3131
7 Influenza17............2546...3...............3
8 Erysipelas7............1...24...5...............5
9 Phthisis (Pulmonary Tuberculosis)290821426421186416196......2...68167
10 Tuberculous Meningitis39951014...1.........5......4...1423
11 Other Tuberculous Diseases173143...51......2............79
12 Cancer, malignant disease1641...121188754165......2...32100