London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Poplar 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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| 12 Cancer, malignant disease | 68 | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 39 | 16 | ... | 28 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 15 | 44 | |
| 13 Rheumatic Fever | 8 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 2 | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | |
| 14 Meningitis | 12 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | |
| 15 Organic Heart Disease | 95 | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | 15 | 41 | 36 | 1 | 36 | 3 | ... | 2 | ... | 11 | 53 | |
| 16 Bronchitis | 105 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 2 | ... | 2 | 27 | 52 | 6 | 27 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 37 | |
| 17 Pneumonia (all forms) | 104 | 25 | 19 | 20 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 11 | 1 | ... | 7 | 1† | 17 | 38 | |
| 18 Other diseases of respiratory organs | 22 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ... | 2 | 6 | 3 | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6 | 9 | |
| 19 Diarrhoea and Enteritis | 82 | 60 | 11 | 4 | ... | ... | 1 | 4 | ... | ... | 20 | ... | ... | 3 | ... | 12 | 35 | |
| 20 Appendicitis and Typhlitis | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | |
| 21 Cirrhosis of Liver | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | |
| 21a Alcoholism | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| 22 Nephritis and Bright's Disease | 23 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 7 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 10 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 14 | |
| 23 Puerperal Fever | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | |
| 24 Other accidents and diseases of Pregnancy & Parturition | 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 3 | |
| 25 Congenital Debility and Malformation, including Premature Birth | 97 | 97 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 19 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 7 | 27 | |
| 26 Violent Deaths, excluding Suicide | 50 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 7 | ... | 6 | ... | ... | 9 | 3§ | 12 | 30 | |
| 27 Suicide | 8 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 4 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2¶ | 3 | 6 | |
| 28 Other Defined Diseases | 168 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 26 | 40 | 52 | 6 | 49 | 4 | ... | 2 | ... | 35 | 96 | |
| 29 Diseases ill-defined or unknown | 63 | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | 57 | ... | 18 | 4 | 1 | ... | ... | 14 | 37 | |
| Total Deaths | 1125 | 259 | 71 | 80 | 55 | 35 | 148 | 227 | 250 | 16 | 282 | 15 | 1 | 31 | 6 | 205 | 556 | |
| Sue-Entries (included in above figures). | ||||||||||||||||||
| 14 Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | 3 | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | |
| 28 Poliomyelitis | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | |
| 6 Croup | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| 28 Chicken-pox | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | |
| 28 Dysentery | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 3 | |
| 17 Pneumonia | 45 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 9 | ... | ... | 4 | ... | 5 | 19 | |
† Plevna Street of Bromley, 1.
§ River Leo, Bromley, 2; West India Dock, Poplar, 1.
River Lie, Bromley, 1.
* Lime house Cut, Bromley, 1;
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