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Poplar 1921
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE X. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Sub-District of Bromley Causes of, and Ages at, Death during the Year 1921.
| 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 | 872 | 131 | 61 | 32 | 9 | 41 | 95 | 197 | 266 | 6 | 248 | 1 | 23 | 8 | 145 | 431 | |
| Uncertified | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 Enteric Fever | 1... | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| 2 Small Pox | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3 Measles | 13 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 4 Scarlet Fever | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 7 | ||||||||||||
| 5 Whooping Cough | 9 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||||
| 6 Diphtheria and Croup | 24 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 19 | 24 | ||||||||||
| 7 Influenza | 7 | 4 | 3 | |||||||||||||||
| 8 Erysipelas | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 9 Phthisis (Pulmonary Tuberculosis) | 77 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 33 | 20 | 3 | 27 | 21 | 48 | |||||||
| 10 Tuberculous Meningitis | 11 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | |||||||||
| 11 Other Tuberculous Diseases | 9 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | ||||||||||
| 12 Cancer, malignant disease | 83 | 7 | 44 | 32 | 32 | 3 | 12 | 47 | ||||||||||
| 13 Rheumatic Fever | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 14 Meningitis | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |||||||||
| 15 Organic Heart Disease | 93 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 27 | 46 | 1 | 16 | 2 | ‡2 | 8 | 29 | ||||||
| 16 Bronchitis | 109 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 28 | 57 | 1 | 36 | 1 | 38 | ||||||
| 17 Pneumonia (all forms) | 66 | 14 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 22 | |||||
| 18 Other diseases of respiratory organs | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||
| 19 Diarrhoea and Enteritis | 40 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 22 | ||||||||
| 20 Appendicitis and Typhlitis | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||||
| 21 Cirrhosis of Liver | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| 21a Alcoholism | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 22 Nephritis and Bright's Disease | 20 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 9 | ||||||||||
| 23 Puerperal Fever | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 24 Other accidents and diseases of Pregnancy & Parturition | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 25 Congenital Debility and Malformation, including Premature Birth | 55 | 55 | 3 | 6 | 9 | |||||||||||||
| 26 Violent Deaths, excluding Suicide | 20 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 5 | ¶4 | 3 | 17 | |||||
| 27 Suicide | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | §2 | 2 | 5 | ||||||||||
| 28 Other Defined Diseases | 175 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 33 | 100 | 4 | 67 | 1 | 31 | 105 | |||||
| 29 Diseases ill-defined or unknown | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Total Deaths | 872 | 131 | 61 | 32 | 49 | 41 | 95 | 197 | 266 | 6 | 248 | 1 | 23 | 8 | 145 | 431 | ||
| Sub-Entries (included in above figures). | ||||||||||||||||||
| 14 Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| 17 Pneumonia | 32 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 12 | |||||
| 26 b) Ptomaine Poisoning | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 28(a) Dysentery | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| 28 b) Polioencephalitis | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
‡ Highway, Bromley, I; Bow Sub-District, 1. ¶ Highway, Bromley, 4. § River Lee, Bromley, 2.