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Poplar 1915

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

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Table: For annual rates of deaths from violence per 1,000 persons living and the percentages of inquest cases to total deaths, see Tables XIX. and XX., page 63.

For annual rates of deaths from violence per 1,000 persons living and the percentages of inquest cases to total deaths, see Tables XIX. and XX., page 63.

Violent deaths which actually occurred in Poplar, Bromley and Bow, not deducting non-residents, were as follows :—Deaths occurring entirely outside the Borough, but belonging thereto.
Poplar.Bromley.Bow.Poplar.Bkomley.Bow.
By Railway...5......1...
By Vehicles and Horses136114...
Ships, Boats and Docks (exclusive of drowning)...15...3......
Building Operations...2............
Conflagrations..................
Burns, Scalds and Explosions123......22
Drowning (accidental not suicidal)3341322
Suffocation in Bed432.........
Poisons or Poisonous Vapours111...1...
Other and not stated Causes12624221
Homicide..................
Suicide573......1
Manslaughter..................
Murder.........1...1
Anthrax..................
Total571581210127

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MORTUARY.
Number of Bodies Received into Council's Mortuary,
Cottage Street.

Table: The following is a list of the number of bodies received into the Council's Mortuary, Cottage Street, Poplar, classified according to the-ages of the deceased:—

The following is a list of the number of bodies received into the Council's Mortuary, Cottage Street, Poplar, classified according to the-ages of the deceased:—

No age stated3
Stillborn2
Under 148
1 to 523
5 to 1529
15 to 2520
25 to 65152
65 and upward73
Total350