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Poplar 1921
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE VIII METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. The Borough.
| Causes of Death (see page 26). | 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 Deaths in Public Institutions, &c. | |||||||||||||||
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| 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. | |||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |||||||||
| All causes | Certified | 2090 | 374 | 135 | 87 | 102 | 91 | 225 | 475 | 601 | 18 | 550 | 2 | 52 | 16* | 413 | 1051 | |
| Uncertified | * | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 Enteric Fever | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2... | 1 | 4 | 5 | |||||||||||
| 2 Small Pox | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3 Measles | 39 | 7 | 21 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 13 | |||||||||||
| 4 Scarlet Fever | 13 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 13 | |||||||||||
| 5 Whooping Cough | 29 | 9 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 9 | ||||||||||
| 6 Diphtheria and Croup | 64 | 4 | 15 | 25 | 19 | 1 | 10 | 52 | 62 | |||||||||
| 7 Influenza | 16 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||
| 8 Erysipelas | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 9 Phthisis (Pulmonary Tuberculosis) | 182 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 31 | 71 | 51 | 12 | 50 | 1 | 1† | 48 | 100 | |||||
| 10 Tuberculous Meningitis | 25 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 16 | |||||||||
| 11 Other Tuberculous Diseases | 14 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 11 | ||||||||
| 12 Cancer, malignant disease | 18 | 1 | 10 | 96 | 78 | 69 | 4 | 33 | 106 | |||||||||
| 13 Rheumatic Fever | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 14 Meningitis | 13 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | ||||||||
| 15 Organic Heart Disease | 186 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 23 | 61 | 80 | 5 | 38 | 2 | ‡2 | 10 | 57 | |||||
| 16 Bronchitis | 224 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 55 | 121 | 5 | 81 | 6 | 92 | ||||||
| 17 Pneumonia (all forms) | 193 | 44 | 29 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 19 | 44 | 28 | 44 | 8 | 21 | 73 | |||||
| 18 Other diseases of respiratory organs | 19 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 9 | ||||||
| 19 Diarrhoea and Enteritis | 112 | 77 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 3 | 30 | 61 | ||||||
| 20 Appendicitis and Typhlitis | 11 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 | |||||||||
| 21 Cirrhosis of Liver | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||
| 21a Alcoholism | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| 22 Nephritis and Bright's Disease | 45 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 21 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 22 | |||||||||
| 23 Puerperal Fever | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||||
| 24 Other accidents and diseases of Pregnancy & Parturition | 10 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | ||||||||||||
| 25 Congenital Debility and Malformation, including Premature Birth | 156 | 156 | 17 | 1 | 24 | 42 | ||||||||||||
| 26 Violent Deaths excluding Suicide | 64 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 16 | 11 | 14 | ¶9 | 16 | 50 | ||||
| 27 Suicide | 18 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | |||||||||
| 28 Other Defined Diseases | 436 | 31 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 38 | 88 | 239 | 7 | 138 | 2 | 6 | 103 | 256 | |||
| 29 Diseases ill-defined or unknown | 3* | 1 | **2 | *2 | ||||||||||||||
| Total Deaths | 2090 | 374 | 135 | 87 | 102 | 91 | 225 | 475 | *601 | 18 | 550 | 2 | 52 | *16 | 413 | 1051 | ||
| Sub-entries (included in above figures). | ||||||||||||||||||
| 14 Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |||||||||
| 17 Pneumonia | 103 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 39 | 19 | 35 | 3 | 6 | 44 | |||||
| 26(a) Murder | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| 26(6) Ptomaino Poisoning | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| 28(a) Dysentery | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | |||||||||||||
| 28(6) Encephalitis | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| 28(c) Polioencephalitis | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 28(e) Ophthalmia Neonatorum with Gastritis | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
* Includes 1 age not known. † Bromley Sub-District, 1. ‡Highway, Bromley, 1; Bow Sub-District, 1;
¶ River Thames, Poplar, 1 , Limehouse Basin, West India Docks, Poplar, 1; S.S. Bengloe, East India Docks, Poplar, 1;
Highway, Bromley 4; Highway, Bow, 2.
§ River Lee, Bromley, 2. ** S.S. Palma, East India Docks, Poplar, 1; Limehouse Basin, West India Docks, Poplar, 1.
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