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Poplar 1914

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

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Table: TABLE XI. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR Sub-District of Bromley. Causes of, and Ages at, Death during the Year 1914.

TABLE XI. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR Sub-District of Bromley. 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.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 causesCertified11252597180553514822725016282151316205556
Uncertified...................................................
1 Enteric Fever3............12.........2............13
2 Small Pox...................................................
3 Measles2831294...............6............28
4 Scarlet Fever6......42..............................55
5 Whooping Cough9252..................3............14
6 Diphtheria and Croup1721104..............................1414
7 Influenza7............22...3...1...............1
8 Erysipelas1............1............1...............1
9 Phthisis (Pulmonary Tuberculosis)11441991745245136......2...2867
10 Tuberculous Meningitis153147...............1......3...711