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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 1915
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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Notification of Zymotic Enteritis (Summer Diarrhoea). Notifiable from 1st June to 30th September.
| Age periods. | Number of notifications. | Number of deaths. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Years. | Poplar | Bromley. | Bow. | total. | Poplar. | Bromley. | Bow. | Total. |
| Under 1 | 137 | 189 | 93 | 419 | 33 | 24 | 17 | 74 |
| 1—5 | 245 | 376 | 142 | 763 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 25 |
| 5—15 | 34 | 51 | 9 | 94 | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| 15—25 | 17 | 36 | 2 | 55 | — | — | — | — |
| 25—45 | 33 | 104 | 3 | 140 | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| 45—65 | 32 | 59 | 2 | 93 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 65 and upwards | 9 | 16 | — | 25 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| All ages—totals | 507 | 831 | 251 | 1,589 | 49 | 31 | 30 | 110 |
INQUESTS AND DEATHS FROM VIOLENCE.
| Sub-Districts. | Number of Inquests held in the Sub-Districts. | Deduct Inquests held on non-parishioners. | Add Inquests held on parishioners from outlying districts. | Total Inquests belonging to each Sub-District. | Verdict from Violence. | Verdict from Natural Causes. |
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