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Poplar 1920

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

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Table: TABLE XI. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Sub-District of Bow.Causes of, and Ages at, Death, during the Year 1920.

TABLE XI. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Sub-District of Bow.

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

Causes of Death (see page 27).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 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 causesCertified603120313423308812115f7155431J 4283
Uncertified
1 Enteric Fever1..................1.....................11
2 Small Pox...................................................
3 Measles183771...............3...............3
4 Scarlet Fever2......2.................................22
5 Whooping Cough16745..................2...............2
6 Diphtheria and Croup12...2631...........................1212
7 Influenza191.........4932...1............12
8 Erysipelas3...............21......1...............1
9 Phthisis (Pulmonary Tuberculosis)54...1...21022181...11............1526
10 Tuberculous Meningitis6|2211...............2............24
11 Other Tuberculous Diseases4......1...2............2............13
12 Cancer, malignant disease48...............81822...21............526
13 Rheumatic Fever1.........1...............1...............1
14 Meningitis52......3...............1............34
15 Organic Heart Disease48......11232017...11......1**24IS
16 Bronchitis78133......161837425............332
17 Pneumonia (all forms)581691033476...15............621
18 Other diseases of respiratory organs4...............121........................
19 Diarrhoea and Enteritis16131...............212............58
20 Appendicitis and Typhlitis11.......................................11
21 Cirrhosis of Liver1...............1..............................
21a Alcoholism...................................................
22 Nephritis and Bright's Disease6...............231...2............46
23 Puerperal Fever4...............4.........2............24
24 Other accidents and diseases of Pregnancy & Parturition3............12.........2...............2
25 Congenital Debility and Malformation, including Premature Birth5049...1..................7............512
26 Violent Deaths, excluding Suicide202......236...7...4......3¶ 1917
27 Suicide3...............12...........................
28 Other Defined Diseases121112...63132858140............3374
29 Diseases ill-defined or unknown1.....................11..................1
Total Deaths60312031342330881211567155......43114283
Sub-Entries (included in above figures).
14 Cerebro-spinal Meningitis3.........3...............1............12
17 Pneumonia2412233364...9............211
?8 Dysentery1.....................1..................11
28a Poliomyelitis...................................................

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** Highway, Bromley, 1; Highway, Bow, 1.
¶ Highway, Poplar, 1.