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Poplar 1915
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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DEATHS FROM DROWNING, ETC., AND DEATHS OF
PERSONS OF UNKNOWN ADDRESSES INCLUDED
IN THE MORTALITY STATISTICS.
The following deaths have been included in the Mortality Statistics of the respective Sub-districts as there is no reason fcr believing that such deaths will be shown in the Mortality Tables of some other District:—
| Poplar (Sub-District). | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 4th Jan. S.S. Ariadne Christian, Millwall Dock | W. Engineer, unknown address | Female, 38 yrs. | Ulceration of stomach; perforation; peritonitis and syncope. |
| 17th Jan. West India Dock | Donkeyman on S.S. Siresia, Antwerp | Male, 52 yrs. | Violent suffocation by drowning, caused by falling into the water while crossing some lighters while returning to his ship at night. Inq. |
| 6th Feb. West India Docks | Seaman on board S.S. Savan, late of Demerara, West Indies. | Male, about 20 yrs. | Found dead, suffocation by drowning ; no fur-further evidence. Inq. |
| 11th April S.S. Kansas, East India Dock | Quartermaster S.S. Kansas, native of Siam | Male, about 50 yrs. | Found dead ; pneumonia, Nat. P.M. Inq. |
| 4th May Millwall Docks .. | Unknown parentage | Female, about 5 days | Found dead, inanition but under what circumstances, the evidence fails to prove. P.M. Inq. |
| 2nd July West India Dock | Second Steward, S.S. Crown of Granada, of Edinburgh | Male, 36 yrs. | Found dead, suffocation by drowning ; no further evidence. Inq. |
| 7th Aug. Thames, off Locks Wharf | Unknown parentage | Female, about 5 mins. | Found dead ; want of attention at birth, but under what circumstances the evidence fails to prove. Inq. |
| 29th Aug. East India Dock | Merchant seaman of Rutuagiri, India | Male, 62 yrs. | Cerebral ha;morrhage and coma. |
| 16th Oct. Millwall Dock | 4th engineer, S.S. St. Andrew, address unknown | Male, 35 yrs. | Found dead ; suffocation by drowning, but under what circumstances the evidence fails to prove. Inq. |
| Bromley (Sub-District). | |||
| 8th Mar. Sick Asylum | Address unknown | Male, 48 yrs. | Found dead ; heart failure supervening on acute bronchitis. Nat. Inq. |
| Bow (Sub-District). | |||
| 14th Dec. Relief Offices | Shoemaker, of no fixed abode | Male, 71 yrs. | Found dead, heart failure supervening on fatty heart. Inq. Nat. |
| 27th Dec. Northern Outfall Sewer Embankment | Unknown parentage | Male, 5 mins. | Found dead ; want of attention at birth ; insufficient evidence. |