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Poplar 1915

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

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Table: TABLE XII.METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR.Sub-District of Bow.Causes of, and Ages at, Death during the Year1915.

TABLE XII.

METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR.

Sub-District of Bow.

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

Causes of Death (see page 46).Nett Deaths in Sub-District at subjoined Ages.Nett Deaths in Public Institutions and certain localities within and outside Sub-Districts(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.±5ow Institution.Bromley House Institution.Poplar Hospital.See Footnotes.Uutlying Institutions
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All causes JCertified73716647372129881621871420413......2130363
Uncertified................................................
1 Enteric Fever................................................
2 Small Pox................................................
3 Measles9432.....................3..................
4 Scarlet Fever.............................................3
5 Whooping Cough2515631............7............29
6 Diphtheria and Croup101...81...........................1010
7 Influenza3..................12........................
8 Erysipelas31......1......1......1...............1
9 Phthisis (Pulmonary Tuberculosis)631...493217...20............1535
10 Tuberculous Meningitis6211...1............1............34
11 Other Tuberculous Diseases61...21...2........................44
12 Cancer, malignant disease451...1......32713......18............1129
13 Rheumatic Fever2......1.........1...1............12
14 Meningitis1022213.........3............58
15 Organic Heart Disease72.........651224251245......1‡435
16 Bronchitis87722...1822459232.........337
17 Pneumonia (all forms)49794...251012...12............921
18 Other diseases of respiratory organs1151......1...31...2...............2
19 Diarrhoea and Enteritis52331131...112...9...............211
20 Appendicitis and Typhlitis................................................
21 Cirrhosis of Liver6...............321...1...............1
21a Alcoholismi..................1...]...............1
22 Nephritis and Bright's Disease20...............39815............28
23 Puerperal Fever3............12......2............13
24 Other accidents and diseases of Pregnancy & Parturition5............23......1............23
25 Congenital Debility and Malformation, including Premature Birth7673111.........121............830
26 Violent Deaths, excluding Suicide163311...233...5.........1§511
27 Suicide4...............3...1..................11
28 Other Defined Diseases148107434838742416.........4291
29 Diseases ill-defined or unknown6...12......12...3...............3
Total Deaths73716647372129881621871420413......2130363
Sub-Entries (included in above figures).
14 Cerebro-spinal Meningitis4......112...........................44
28a Poliomyelitis1...1..........................................
17 Pneumonia22...21...2566...8...............412
26 Murder1...............1........................11
2'8 Dysentery1...............1........................11

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Bow Relief Offices, 1. § Highway, Bow, 1,