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Poplar 1917

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

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Table: TABLE XIIMETROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR.Sub-District of Bow.Causes of, and Ages at, Death during the Year1917.

TABLE XII

METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR.

Sub-District of Bow.

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

Causes of Death (see page 37).Nett Deaths in Sub-District at subjoined Ages. •Nett Deaths in Public Institutions and certain localities within and outside Sub-Districts(at all ages) belonging thereto.Nett Total Deaths in Public Institutions, &c.
All Ages.Under 1.1 and under 2.1 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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(Certified All causes {Uncertified5398034352327661311431014210.........116278
1 Enteric Fever
2 Small Pox
3 Measles154371...............1............34
4 Scarlet Fever2..........................................22
5 Whooping Cough31........................1............23
6 Diphtheria and Croup412...1..............................33
7 Influenza1.....................1........................
8 Erysipelas2.....................2...1............12
9 Phthisis (Pulmonary Tuberculosis)63...2311228152120............1334
10 Tuberculous Meningitis5...1211............1............34
11 Other Tuberculous Diseases5...12......1...1......2.........24
12 Cancer, malignant disease32...............31910...71.........513
13 Rheumatic Fever1.........1....................................
14 Meningitis61...22...1......12...............6
15 Organic Heart Disease56.........24727...2134.........524
1G Bronchitis54842......116234121.........118
17 Pneumonia (all forms)4851153271051151.........1229
18 Other diseases of respiratory organs111...12...151..................66
19 Diarrhoea and Enteritis2816711...111...2............79
20 Appendicitis and Typhlitis1.........1..............................11
21 Cirrhosis of Liver3..................3.....................22
21a Alcoholism2...............11..............................
22 Nephritis and Bright's Disease11.......................................11
23 Puerperal Fever...................................................
24 Other accidents and diseases of Pregnancy & Parturition2............11........................11
25 Congenital Debility and Malformation, including Premature Birth2323........................5............16
26 Violent Deaths, excluding Suicide315...352286...11............1223
27 Suicide...................................................
28 Other Defined Diseases1361223251226741501.........3082
29 Diseases ill-dsfined or unknown42...1............1...1...............1
Total Deaths53980343523276613114310142 10.........116278
Sub-Entries (included in above figures). 14 Cerebro-spinal Meningitis1.........1...............1...............1
28a Poliomyelitis...................................................
17 Pneumonia15...1122342161.........412
28 Dysentery2............11........................22