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Poplar 1914

[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 1914.

TABLE X. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Sub-District of Poplar. Causes of, and Ages at, Death during the Year 1914.

Causes of Death (see page 78).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.Bow Institution.Bromley House Institution.Poplar Hospital.See Footnotes.Outlying . Institutions
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All causesCertified966183533646441352172522522520...2810177485
Uncertified...................................................
1 Enteric Fever4............13.........1............34
2 Small Pox...................................................
3 Measles15186..................3............14
4 Scarlet Fever1......1.................................11
5 Whooping Cough8242.................................22
6 Diphtheria and Croup73112..............................44
7 Influenza4..................13........................
8 Erysipelas4..................22...2...............2
9 Phthisis (Pulmonary Tuberculosis)1112...5101546258...38............3068
10 Tuberculous Meningitis164345...............1......1...46