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Poplar 1921
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE IX. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Sub-District of Poplar.
| Causes of Death (see page 26). | 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. | |||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |||||||||
| All causes | Certified | *727 | 151 | 53 | 4 | 30 | 30 | 77 | 154 | *181 | 8 | 155 | 1 | 29 | *6 | 168 | 367 | |
| Uncertified | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 Enteric Fever | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 2 Small Pox | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3 Measles | 25 | 6 | 1 1 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 7 | |||||||||||
| 4 Scarlet Fever | ||||||||||||||||||
| 5 Wooping Cough | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 6 Diphtheria and Croup | 26 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 23 | 24 | ||||||||||||
| 7 Influenza | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| 8 Erysipelas | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| 9 Phthisis (Pulmonary Tuberculosis) | 61 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 21 | 20 | 6 | 13 | 1 | †1 | 16 | 31 | |||||
| 10 Tuberculous Meningitis | 13 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | |||||||||
| 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 12 Cancer, malignant disease | 59 | 1 | 3 | 33 | 22 | 21 | 1 | 12 | 34 | |||||||||
| 13 Rheumatic Fever | ||||||||||||||||||
| 14 Meningitis | 3 | 2 | i | |||||||||||||||
| 15 Organic Heart Disease | 46 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 10 | |||||||
| 16 Bronchitis | 67 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 39 | 4 | 28 | 5 | 37 | |||||||
| 17 Pneumonia (all forms) | 79 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 20 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 28 | |||||
| 18 Other diseases of respiratory organs | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 19 Diarrhoea and Enteritis | 44 | 31 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 15 | 25 | ||||||||||
| 20 Appendicitis and Typhlitis | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 21 Cirrhosis of Liver | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| 21a Alcoholism | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| 22 Nephritis and Bright's Disease | 17 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 8 | ||||||||||||
| 23 Puerperal Fever | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 24 Other accidents and diseases of Pregnancy & Parturition | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| 25 Congenital Debility and Malformation, including Premature Birth | 5 8 | 58 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 18 | ||||||||||||
| 26 Violent Deaths, excluding Suicide | 29 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 21 | |||||
| 27 Suicide | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||
| 28 Other Defined Diseases | 160 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 32 | 84 | 1 | 41 | 1 | 4 | 46 | 93 | |||
| 29 Diseases ill-defined or unknown | 1 | *1 | **2 | |||||||||||||||
| Total Deaths | 727 | 151 | 55 | 41 | 30 | 30 | 77 | 154 | *189 | 8 | 155 | 1 | 29 | *6 | 168 | 36 7 | ||
| Sub-Entries (included in above figures). | ||||||||||||||||||
| 14 Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 17 Pneumonia | 39 | 2 | 1 | 1 | i | 1 | 8 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 15 | |||||
| 26(a) Murder | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| 26(b) Ptomaine Poisoning | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 28 a) Dysentery | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||||
| 28(b) Encephalitis | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| 28(c) Chronic Lead Poisoning | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 28 d) Ophthalmia Neonatorum with Gastritis | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
* Including 1 age not known † Bromley Sub District, 1.
¶ River Thames, Poplar, 1; S.S. Bengloe, East India Docks, Poplar, 1; Limehouse Basin, West India Docks, Poplar, 1.
** S.S. Palma, East India Docks, Poplar, 1; Limehouse Basin, West India Docks, Poplar.