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Poplar 1914

[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 1914.

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

Causes of Death (see page 78).Nett Deaths in 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 65.55 and upwards.Poplar Union Workhouse.Sick Asylum.Bow Institution.Bromley House Institution.Poplar Hospital.See Footnotes.Outlying Institutions
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All causesCertified6841514029312791154152817891...4137337
Uncertified1.....................1..................11
1 Enteric Fever...................................................
2 Small Pox...................................................
3 Measles206113..................5...............5
4 Scarlet Fever3......2...1...........................33
5 Whooping Cough8233..................1............12
6 Diphtheria and Croup15...177..............................1313
7 Influenza6...............33......2...............2
8 Erysipelas2.....................2...2...............2
9 Phthisis (Pulmonary Tuberculosis)6521...71027153...22............1032