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Poplar 1920

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

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Table: TABLE VIII METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR.The Borough.Causes of, and Ages at, Death during the Year 1920.

TABLE VIII METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR.

The Borough.

Causes of, and Ages at, Death during the Year 1920.

Causes of Death (see page 27).Nett Deaths in whole Borough at subjoined Ages. *Nett Deaths in Public Institutions and certain localities within and outside Borough (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 Institution.St. Andrew's Hospital.Bow Institution.Bromley House Institution.Poplar Hospital.See Footnotes.Outlying Institutions.
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All causesCertified2352447113124101117341530579325911385194441175
Uncertified
1 Enteric Fever4.........3......1......2......1...14
2 Small Pox3...............12.....................33
3 Measles33512151...............9............110
4 Scarlet Fever142165.................................1313
5 Whooping Cough501720121...............19............120
6 Diphtheria and Croup594926191............a 2......2...b 4953
7 Influenza531......41723125...5......2...411
8 Erysipelas92............313...4...............4
9 Phthisis (Pulmonary Tuberculosis)223722935102606...45......2......62109
10 Tuberculous Meningitis2674842...1......6......6...517
11 Other Tuberculous Diseases151...453......2...7......1...412
12 Cancer, malignant disease187.........13178680176......4...1899
13 Rheumatic Fever6.........231.........1......2...25
14 Meningitis176...1612.........3......1...812
15 Organic Heart Disease159......16133265422441...5**22579
16 Bronchitis ...32644133...324941459110...1......8128
17 Pneumonia (all forms)235614028911313718148......14*136100
18 Other diseases of respiratory organs29211135124...8......1...615
19 Diarrhoea and Enteritis ...55422212...1527...12‡21529
20 Appendicitis and Typhlitis71......3......21...1......3...37
21 Cirrhosis of Liver9.........1...242...1............23
21a Alcoholism ......................................................
22 Nephritis and Bright's Disease .38......11...81711...11......2...1326
23 Puerperal Fever7............16.........2............57
24 Other accidents and diseases of Preenancv & Parturition12............210.........4............15
2o Congenital Debility and Malformation, including Premature Birth191188...2...1.........331......4...1856
26 Violent Deaths excluding Suicide1001124914221820125.........17¶122984
27 Suicide13...............38221............25
470467413124910723210119...116§1110257
29 Diseases ill-defined or unknown ...2..................111............†1...2
Total Deaths ... ... ... ^235244711312410111734153057932591138519444
Sub-entries (included in above figures).
14 Cerebro-spinal Meningitis ...82......411.........1............45
28 Encephalitis Lethargica2............1...1.....................22
17 Pneumonia ... I1009553826212131......3...1954
28 Dysentery ...2..................11..................22
28 Tetanus1.........1..............................11
26 Murder211....................................11
28 Actinomycosis2..................11...1............12

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** Highway, Bromley, 1 ; Highway. Bow, 1. * S.S. Vim, West India Dock, Poplar, 1. ‡ Bromley Sub-District, 2.
¶ River Thames, Poplar, 6 ; Millwall Docks, Poplar, 3 ; East India Docks, Poplar, 1 ; Highway, Poplar, 2.
§ River Thames, Poplar, 1. † S.S. Braemar Castle, East India Docks, Poplar, 1.
(a) One Laryngeal Croup not notified as Diphtheria. b) One not notified.