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Poplar 1917

[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 Table XIX., page 53.

For annual rates of deaths from violence per 1,000 persons living and the percentages of inquest cases to total deaths, see Table XIX., page 53.

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.Bromley.Bow.
By Railway121.........
Bv Vehicles and Horses...20...130
Ships. Boats and Docks (exclusive of drowning)310............
Building Operations...4............
Conflagrations...............
Burns, Scalds and Explosions1453...723
Drowning (accidental not suicidal)1611322
Suffocation in Bed523.........
Poisons or Poisonous Vapours...............1
Other and not stated Causes106051...4
Homicide..................
Suicide29............
Manslaughter..................
Murder..................
Exeoution..................
Total5116110121212

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

MORTUARY.

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

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 stated2
Stillborn3
Under 157
1 to 533
5 to 1536
15 to 2517
25 to 65123
65 and upward78
Total349