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Poplar 1921
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE XI. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Sub-District of Bow.
| Causes of Death (see page 26). | 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. | 05 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 | 491 | 92 | 19 | 14 | 23 | 20 | 53 | 124 | 146 | 4 | 147 | 2 | 100 | 253 | |||
| Uncertified | ||||||||||||||||||
| J Enteric Fever | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 2 Small Pox | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3 Measles | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| 4 Scarlet Fever | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||
| 5 Whooping Cough | 11 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||
| 6 Diphtheria and Croup | 14 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 14 | |||||||||
| 7 Influenza | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 8 Erysipelas | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 9 Phthisis (Pulmonary Tuberculosis) | 44 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 21 | |||||||||
| 10 Tuberculous Meningitis | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| 11 Other Tubercuolous Diseases | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| 12 Cancer, malignant disease | 43 | 19 | 24 | 16 | 9 | 25 | ||||||||||||
| 13 Rheumatic Fever | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| 14 Meaningitis | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| 15 Organic Heart Disease | 47 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 19 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 18 | ||||||||
| 16 Bronchitis | 48 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 25 | 17 | 11 | ||||||||||
| 17 Pneumonia (all forms) | 48 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 9 | 17 | 6 | 23 | ||||||
| 18 Other diseases of respiratory organs | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 19 Diarrhoea and Enteritis | 28 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 14 | ||||||||
| 20 Appendicitis and Typhlitis | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||
| 21 Cirrhosis of Liver | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 21a Alcoholism | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 22 Nephritis and Bright's Disease | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 23 Puerperal Fever | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| 24 Other accidents and diseases of Pregnancy & Parturition | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 25 Congenital Debility and Malformation, including Premature Birth | 43 | 43 | 9 | 6 | 15 | |||||||||||||
| 26 Violent Deaths, excluding Suicide | 15 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 12 | |||||||||
| 27 Suicide | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| 28 Other Defined Diseases | 101 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 23 | 55 | 2 | 30 | 20 | 58 | |||||
| 29 Diseases ill-defined or unknown | ||||||||||||||||||
| Total Deaths | 491 | 92 | 19 | 14 | 23 | 20 | 53 | 124 | 146 | 4 | 147 | 2 | 100 | 253 | ||||
| Sub-Entries (included in above figures). | ||||||||||||||||||
| 14 Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 17 Pneumonia | 32 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 14 | 3 | 17 | |||||||
| 28a Poliomyelitis | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||||
¶ Highway, Bow, 2.