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Poplar 1920

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

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Table: table x.metropolitan borough of poplar. Sub-District of Bromley.Causes of, and Ages at, Death during the Year 1920.

table x.

metropolitan borough of poplar. Sub-District of Bromley.

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

Causes of Death (see page 27).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 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 causesCertified9311744059423914121022652611344165484
Uncertified
1 Enteric Fever...................................................
2 Small Pox3...............12.....................33
3 Measles12156..................6............17
4 Scarlet Fever61122..............................55
5 Whooping Cough176641...............8...............8
6 Diphtheria and Croup3043176...............a 2......2...b2428
7 Influenza20......1...11053...4......2...28
8 Erysipelas51............1...3...3...............3
9 Phthisis (Pulmonary Tuberculosis)854...251344152...18......1...2544
10 Tuberculous Meningitis1021411...1......4......1...16
11 Other Tuberculous Diseases6......221......1...3......1...15
12 Cancer, malignant disease79.........1133437...30......3...639
13 Rheumatic Fever3............21..................1...12
14 Meningitis82...1311.........2......1...25
15 Organic Heart Disease65.........441528141251...3...939
16 Bronchitis134832...2123859152...1......256
17 Pneumonia (all forms)98261793414187123......6...1141
18 Other diseases of respiratory organs1311112421...4......1...49
19 Diarrhoea and Enteritis1612...2............2...3......1...49
20 Appendicitis and Typhlitis4.........2......11............2...24
21 Cirrhosis of Liver6.........1...122...1............12
21a Alcoholism...................................................
22 Nephritis and Bright's Disease18.........1...476...5...11...612
23 Puerperal Fever1...............1........................11
24 Other accidents and diseases of Preenancv & Parturition7...............7.........1............12
25 Congenital Debility and Malformation, including Premature Birth72...........................14......1...621
26 Violent Deaths, excluding Suicide347213...4575...11......6¶11129
27 Suicide3......5...12.....................11
28 Other Defined Diseases1752023...3164483245...111...3594
29 Diseases ill-defined or unknown1.........4......1..................†1...1
Total Deaths93117440594239141210226526413442165484
Sub-Entries (included in above figures).
14 Cerebro-spinal Meningitis2.........11...........................11
17 Pneumonia487...2...413166116......2...524
28a Poliomyelitis......7.............................................
28 Dysentery1..................1.....................11
28 Actinomycosis1.....................1...1...............1
28 Encephalitis Lethargica2............1...1.....................22

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¶ East India Docks, Poplar, 1.
(a) One Laryngeal Croup not notified as Diphtheria.
† S.S. Braemar Casile, East India Docks, Poplar, 1.
(6) One not notified.