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Poplar 1917

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

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TABLE X.

METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Sub-District of Poplar.

Causes of, and Ages at, Death during the Year1917.

Causes of Death (see page 37).Nett Deaths in whole Sub-District at subjoined Ages.Nett Deaths in Public Institutions and certain localities within and outside Sub-District (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.Bow Institution.Bromley House Institution.Poplar Hospital.See Footnotes.Outlying Institutions.
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All causesCertified9151235951464412322824111201121487201481
Uncertified11
1 Enteric Fever3.........1...11.....................33
2 Small Pox................................................
3 Measles29415101..................2............68 1
4 Scarlet Fever1.........1....................................
5 Whooping Cough4121.......................................
G Diphtheria and Croup61...5...........................1...56
7 Influenza7......1......15...........................
8 Erysipelas...................................................
9 Phthisis (Pulmonary Tuberculosis)113...3242053256...31......1...4072
10 Tuberculous Meningitis15...7341...........................14
11 Other Tuberculous Diseases10......32221......2............57
12 Cancer, malignant disease41......1......423...1312......1...619
13 Rheumatic Fever......................................................
14 Meningitis31...1......1........................22
15 Organic Heart Disease912...14363538 118...11...12311
16 Bronchitis798221...42438 5213...211335
17 ' Pneumonia (all forms)915141015122512 115......312545
18 Other diseases of respiratory organs81...1.........24......1............45
19 Diarrhoea and Enteritis3920741...31......6......3...1019
20 Appendicitis and Typhlitis5...............22......2............24
21 Cirrhosis of Liver5..................4.....................13
21a Alcoholism...................................................
22 Nephritis and Bright's Disease18.........2111314......1...510
23 Puerperal Fever1...............1..............................
24 Other accidents and diseases of Pregnancy & Parturition4............13..........1...............1
25 Congenital Debility and Malformation, including Premature Birth514821..................11............1021
26 Violent Deaths, excluding Suicide765352285171111......2841255
27 Suicide1..................1...........................
28 Other Defined Diseases20151...332147115 461341849122
29 Diseases ill-defined or unknown62...1......1...2.1...............1
Total Deaths91512359514644123228211201121487202482
Sub-Entries (included in above figures).
14 Cerebro-spinal Meningitis21...1.................................11
28a Poliomyelitis....................................................
17 Pneumonia35441...371018......1...1020
28 Dysentery1...............1........................11

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*E.ast India Docks, Popar, 1. -West India Bocks, Poplar, 1. West India Docks, Poplar, 1; East India Dock, Poplar, 1;
River Thames, Poplar, 1 ; Limehouso Cut Poplar, 1. Miil\\all Dock, Poplar. 1.