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Poplar 1915

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

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Table: TABLE X.METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Sub- D istrict of P oplar.Causes of, and Ages at, Death during the Year1915.

TABLE X.

METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Sub- D istrict of P oplar.

Causes of, and Ages at, Death during the Year1915.

Causes of Death (sec page 46).Nett Deaths in whole Sub-District at subjoined Ages.Nett Deaths in Public Institutions and certain localities within and outside Sub-District (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 65.65 and upwards.Poplar Union Workhouse.Sick Asylum.Bow Institution.Bromley House Institution.Poplar Hospital.See Footnotes.Outlying Institutions.
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all causesCertified11652211028046281332672882524323...4517210563
Uncertified2......1.........1...............22
1 Enteric Fever3............12..................33
2 Small Pox..........................................
3 Measles611228192.........6......2...19
4 Scarlet Fever4......31........................44
5 Whooping Cough261385............6............17
6 Diphtheria and Croup171583.........2............1416
7 Influenza8............1142...............11
8 Erysipelas53...............112............2
9 Phthisis (Pulmonary Tuberculosis)102228675124234......1...2257
10 Tuberculous Meningitis2135751......1............56
li Other Tuberculous Diseases8......21212......2............24
12 Cancer, malignant disease61.........1...535203122...1...1230
13 Rheumatic Fever5.........1112...12............14
14 Meningitis107...1...2.........1...............67
15 Organic Heart Disease108......15...854401295......2‡1350
16 Bronchitis14218241...82980114210...1...569
17 Pneumonia (all forms)952126112...71810110......41*1632
18 Other diseases of respiratory organs16312...1252......1.........45
19 Diarrhoea and Enteritis7351142......123...7......6...1629
20 Appendicitis and Typhlitis1..................1.....................11
21 Cirrhosis of Liver12...1.........344...5...............5
2la Alcoholism1........................1.....................•••
22 Nephritis and Bright's Disease26......2122118...9............615
23 Puerperal Fever...................................................
24 Other accidents and diseases of Pregnancy & Parturition...................................................
25 Congenital Debility and Malformation, including Premature Birth66651..................18.........1‡1020
26 Violent Deaths, excluding Suicide658321131316936......2410§952
27 Suicide4............4..............................
28 Other Defined Diseases22414636724581063595...63159135
29 Diseases ill-defined or unknown3...1.........2......l............12
Total Deaths11672211028146281332682882524323...4517212565
Sub-Entries (included in above figures).
14 Cerebro-spinal Meningitis76.........1...........................66
28a Poliomyelitis1.........1.......................1......1
17 Pneumonia374631...413616......11312
26 Murder1...............1........................11
28 Dysentery2............1......1..................22
28 Rötheln41111....................................

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† West India Docks, Poplar, 1; Millwall Docks, Poplar, 1. * s.s. "Kansas," East India Docks, Poplar, 1. t Millwall Docks, Poplar, 1.
§ Millwall Docks, Poplar, 2 ; West India Docks. Poplar, 3; Highway, Poplar, 1; River Thames, Poplar, 2; South West India Docks,
Poplar, 1; East India Docks, Poplar, 1.
** s.s. "Umzumbi," East India Docks, Poplar, 1 ; Millwall Docks, Poplar, 1 ; South West India Docks, Poplar, 1.
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