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Poplar 1917
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE IX
METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR The Borough.
| Causes of Death (seepag 37). | NettDeathsinwholeBorough atsubjoinedAges. | NettDeathsinPublic Institutionsandcertainlocalities withinandoutsideBorough (at allages) belongingthereto. | NettTotalDeathsinPublic Institutions, &c. | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AllAges. | Under 1. | 1 andunder 2. | 2 andunder 5. | 5 andunder 15. | 15 andunder 25. | 25 andunder 45. | 45 andunder 65. | 65 andupwards. | PoplarUnion Workhouse. | SickAsylum. | Bow Institution. | BromleyHouse Institution. | Poplar Hospital. | SeeFootnotes. | Outlying Institutions. | |||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |||||||||
| All causes | Certified | 2417 | 352 | 176 | 168 | 3 108 | 120 | 305 | 546 | 642 | 37 | 579 | 31 | 4 | 505 | 1249 | ||
| Uncertified | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 EntericFever | 5 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 3 | 5 | |
| 2 SmallPox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| 3 Measles | 91 | 12 | 34 | 3 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 4 | 27 4 | ||
| 4 ScarletFever | 4 | l | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5 | 11 | |
| 5 WhoopingCough | 31 | 6 | 11 | 1 1 i0 | 13 10 | ... k | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6 | ... 1 | ... | ... | ... | 19 | 21 | |
| 6 DiphtheriaandCroup | 23 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 5 | ... | ... | 2 | 9 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | 3 | |
| 7 Influenza | 17 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | ||||
| 8 Erysipelas | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | |
| 9 Phthisis (PulmonaryTuberculosis) | 276 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 49 | 13 | 54 | 13 | 1 | 82 | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | 158 | ||
| 10 TuberculousMeningitis | 3 | '1 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | ... | 5 | ... | ... | 4 | ... | 7 | 16 | ||
| 11 OtherTuberculousDiseases | 26 | 6 ... | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 1 | ... | 3 | 3 | ... | ... | 16 | |||
| 13 Cancer, malignantdisease | 122 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 11 | 69 | 40 | ... | 40 | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | 18 | 61 | |
| 13 RheumaticFever | 6 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | |
| 14 Meningitis | 17 | 2 | ... | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | ||||||||
| 15 OrganicHeartDisease | 223 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 15 | 25 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 7 | 10 | |
| 16 Bronchitis | 242 | ...4 | 9 1 | 1 | 69 | 116 | 18 | 52 | 12 6 | 1 | *1 1 | 23 I; | 95 | |||||
| 17 Pneumonia (allforms) | 270 | 40 | 53 | 31 | 9 | 28 | 55 | 43 | 4 | 58 | 1 | ... | 2 | +1 | 91 | |||
| 18 Otherdiseasesofrespiratoryorgans | 31 | 3 | 1 | l 1 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 4 | ... | 3 | 1 | ... | 9 | +1 | 64 | 137 | ||
| 19 DiarrhoeaandEnteritis | 99 | 57 | 18 | 8 | 3 | ... | 5 | 4 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 31 | 14 | ||
| 20 AppendicitisandTyphlitis | 9 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 4 | 2 | 1 | ... | 3 | ... | ... | 5 | ... | 48 | ||
| 21 CirrhosisofLiver | 9 | 8 | 1 | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5 | 8 | |||||||
| 21aAlcoholism | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 6 | |
| 22 NephritisandBright'sDisease | 1 | 1 | ... | 2 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 4 | ... | 5 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ||
| 23 PuerperalFever | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | 9 | 7 | |
| 24 OtheraccidentsanddiseasesofPregnancy & Parturition | 8 | 3 | 5 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | l | |||||
| 25 CongenitalDebilityandMalformation, including PrematureBirth | 133 | 127 | 1 | ... | 5 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 4 | |||
| 26 ViolentDeaths, excludingSuicide | l48 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 30 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 19 | 49 | |
| 27 Suicide | 148 | ... | ... | ... | 30 | 14 | 12 | 31 | 27 | ... | 28 | ... | ... | 39 | 119 | 36 | 112 | |
| 28 OtherDefinedDiseases | 541 | 47 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | 3 | |
| 29 Diseasesill-definedorunknown | 11 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 45 | 120 | 3 | 8 | 173 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 128 | 325 | |
| TotalDeaths | 2417 | 352 | 176 | 168 | 108 | 120 | 305 | 546 | 642 | 37 | 579 | 31 | 4 | 75 | 18 | 506 | 1250 | |
| Sub-entries (includedinabovefigures.) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 14 Cerebro-spinalMeningitis | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| 28aPoliomyelitis | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | ||
| 17 Pneumonia | 100 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 27 | 17 | 2 | 26 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 26 | 57 | ||
| 28 Dysentery | ... | 11 | / | 4 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 17 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 3 | ||
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♦Poplar Sub-District, 1. Eeast India Dock, Poplar, 1. West India Dock, Poplar, 1. §Bow Highway, 11. West India Docks, Poplar, 1, East
India Dock, Poplar,1.; River Thames, Poplar, 1; Limchouso Cut, Poplar, 2; Bromley Lock, 1; Bow Creek, Poplar, 1; Poplar Dock, g.w.r, 1;
Poplar Dock, Poplar, i. **River Leo, Bromley, 2 Millwall Dock, Poplar, 1; Poplar Sub-District, 1; River Lee, Bromley, 1.