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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Poplar 1920
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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Bromley (Sub-District).
| 29th Mar. Poplar Hospital. | Fireman, s,s. Roon, of Calcutta. | Male, 23. | Influenza. Bronchopneumonia |
| 1st June. Poplar Hospital. | Unknown. | Male, 60. | Found dead. Angina pectoris. Natural. P.M. Inquest. |
| 26th June. Bromley House Institution. | Ship's Carpenter, of Rotterdam. | Male, 64. | Chronic Bronchitis, Asthma, and Syncope. |
| 27th Dec. Poplar Hospital. | Mess-room boy s.s. Ville dv Havre | Male, 23. | Violent. Asphyxia by drowning, the deceased having fallen into the water in the East India Dock whilst attempting to go ashore from the ship. Accidental. P.M. Inquest. |