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Poplar 1915

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

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Table: TABLE XI.METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR S ub- D istrict of B romley.Causes of, and Ages at, Death during the Year1915.

TABLE XI.

METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR S ub- D istrict of B romley.

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

Causes of Death (see 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 mider 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 causesCertified11552419473453913623828918291111337165526
Uncertified...................................................
1 Enteric Fever3...............21......2............13
2 Small Pox...................................................
3 Measles44421154...............3............36
4 Scarlet Fever4...121..............................44
5 Whooping Cough219831...............1............12
6 Diphtheria and Croup101522...............2............79
7 Influenza11...............245..................11
8 Erysipelas4............1......3...4...............4
9 Phthisis (Pulmonary Tuberculosis)1044...452148202135......1...1653
10 Tuberculous Meningitis135152...............2............57
11 Other Tuberculous Diseases61......212.........2............24
12 Cancer, malignant disease61............829241201.........931
13 Rheumatic Fever8.........22211...3............25
14 Meningitis143244......1......1......1...46
15 Organic Heart Disease106.........271442411364...11‡750
16 Bronchitis167191121...439919483...1...162
17 Pneumonia (all forms)13132261924102810...18......91*1947
18 Other diseases of respiratory organs181032......3.........1......1...35
19 Diarrhoea and Enteritis493854.........11...8......1...615
20 Appendicitis and Typhlitis1...............1........................11
21 Cirrhosis of Liver6..................42...2...............2
21a Alcoholism3..................2111...............2
22 Nephritis and Bright's Disease23......12...512318.........2...314
23 Puerperal Fever................................................
24 Other accidents and diseases of Pregnancy & Parturition2...............2........................11
25 Congenital Debility and Malformation, including Premature Birth958951...............226......1...837
26 Violent Deaths, excluding Suicide47824727"710...8......105§1235
27 Suicide3...............1111..................1
28 Other Defined Diseases198184381254693159315...49118
29 Diseases ill-defined or unknown3......2............1...1...............1
Total Deaths11552419473453913623828918291111337165526
Sub-Entries (included in above figures).
14 Cerebro-spinal Meningitis6123..............................33
28a Poliomyelitis.............................................
17 Pneumonia.57866148186...10......3...720
28 Dysentery3.........2...1..................33
6 Croup11.....................1...............1

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† Bow Sub-district, 1. * Highway, Poplar, 1.
§ River Thames, Poplar, 1; River Lee, Bromley, 2; East India Docks, Poplar, 1; Highway, Bromley, 1.
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