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Poplar 1917

[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.

Table: The following deaths have been included in the Mortality Statistics of the respective Sub-districts as there is no reason for believing that such deaths will be shown in the Mortality Tables of some other District :—PorLAR (Sub-Distbict).

The following deaths have been included in the Mortality Statistics of the respective Sub-districts as there is no reason for believing that such deaths will be shown in the Mortality Tables of some other District :—

PorLAR (Sub-Distbict).

16th Feb. S.S. Umsnrga East India Dock.Fireman on board. Native of Cal-cuttaMale, 75 yrs.Found dead. Heart fail-ure following acute bronchitis. Nat. Inq.
25th Feb. ,S.S. Intrula, West India Dock.Native of CalcuttaMale 20 yrs.Found dead. Heart fail-ure following double pneumonia. Nat.P.M. Inq.
20th Mar. Tooting Bee Asy-lum, found wan-dering in streets of Poplar.LabourerMale, 67 yrs.Senile Decay.
2nd April S. A. of Poplar. Workhouse from Pentonv i11e • prison.GardenerMale, 78 yrs.Senility.
20th Aug. Mill wall Dock.Coal trimmer, na-tive of India.Male, 24 yrs.Malaria. Bro-pneumonia 3 days. Debility.
10th Oc t. River Thames off Fletcher's Wharf.UnknownFemale about 10 inins.Found dead, want of attention at birth, but under what circum-stances the said female child was born and died, the evidence fails to prove. Inq.
7th Nov. Front garden, 12, Stainsby Road.UnknownMale, about 5 mine.Found dead. Want of attention at birth, but under what circum-stances male child was born or died, the evi-dence fails to prove. P.M. Inq.
28th Nov. Poplar Workhouse, Native of Colom-bo.Coal trimmer, S.S. PoonaMale, 19 yrs.Sudden. Heart failure, supervening onMalaria, the result of acute pneumonia. Nat. Inq.
5th Dec. Caterham AsylumOf PoplarMale, 42 yrs.Exhaustion of Enteritis, (simple). No P.M.
10th Doc. S.S. Intowbi, West India Dock.Deck serang, na-tive of CalcuttaMale, 60 yrs.Found dead. Double pneumonia. Nat. Inq. P.M.