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Poplar 1917
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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l0th Dec. Leuvesden Asylum Widow, of Poplar
Female. 62 yrs.
Gliomatous tumour of brain. P.M.
| Bromley (Sub-District). | ||
| 13th Jan. Bromley Lock. Unknown | Female, about 22 vrs. | Found dead. Suffoca-tion by drowning, but how she came into the water. and was so drowned, the evidence fails to prove. Inq. |
| 24th Mar. Bromley House Gen. l abourer Institute. Home-less. | Male, 79 yrs. | Senile decay. |
| 20th July River Lee, off Sun Of unknown par-Flour Mills. entage. | Male about 6 mins. | Found dead. Want of attention at birth but under what circum-stances the evidence fails to prove.P.M-Inq. |
| Bow (Sub-District.) | ||
| 4th May Bow, N.L.Rly. Stn. Unknown « | Male, about 45 yrs. | Violent. Smashed skull by jumping off the down platform of Bow Stn. (N.L. Rly.) and stumbling and falling in front of a train coming into the station on the up line, but whether suicidal or otherwise the evidence fails to prove. Inq. |
| 14th May Ducketts Canal, off Unknown parent-Old Ford Lock age | Female, about 10 min. | Found dead. Want of attention at birth, but under what circum-stances the child was bom, the evidence fails to prove. Inq. |