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Poplar 1921
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE XII. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR.
| Causes of Death (see page 26). | Poplar Institution. | St. Andrew's Hospital. | Bow Institution. | Bromley House Institution. | Poplar Hospital. | Total deaths in Public Institutions within the Borough. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All causes | Certified | 20 | 752 | 133 | 28 | 109 | 1042 |
| Uncertified | |||||||
| 1 Enteric Fever | 1 | 1 | |||||
| 2 Small Pox | |||||||
| 3 Measles | 12 | 12 | |||||
| 4 Scarlet Fever | |||||||
| 5 Whooping Cough | 10 | 10 | |||||
| 6 Diphtheria and Croup | 11 | 11 | |||||
| 7 Influenza | l | 1 | |||||
| 8 Erysipelas | 4 | 4 | |||||
| 9 Phthisis (Pulmonary Tuberculosis) | 74 | 1 | 83 | ||||
| 10 Tuberculous Meningitis | 4 | 4 | 8 | ||||
| 11 Other Tuberculous Diseases | 8 | 1 | 2 | 11 | |||
| 12 Cancer, malignant disease | 86 | 5 | 7 | 100 | |||
| 13 Rheumatic Fever | 1 | 1 | |||||
| 14 Meningitis | 3 | 3 | 6 | ||||
| 15 Organic Heart Disease | 5 | 54 | 46 | 1 | 5 | 111 | |
| 16 Bronchitis | 7 | 112 | 25 | 1 | 145 | ||
| 17 Pneumonia (all forms) | 67 | 10 | 11 | 88 | |||
| 18 Other diseases of respiratory organs | 9 | 1 | 10 | ||||
| 19 Diarrhoea and Enteritis | 36 | 4 | 41 | ||||
| 20 Appendicitis and Typhlitis | 5 | 8 | 13 | ||||
| 21 Cirrhosis of Liver | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||||
| 21a Alcoholism | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| 22 Nephritis and Bright's Disease | 13 | 6 | 2 | 21 | |||
| 23 Puerperal Fever | 4 | 4 | |||||
| 24 Other accidents and diseases of Pregnancy and Parturition | 3 | 3 | |||||
| 25 Congenital Debility and Malformation, including Premature Birth | 29 | 1 | 30 | ||||
| 26 Violent Deaths, excluding Suicide | 17 | 4 | 35 | 56 | |||
| 27 Suicide | 5 | 4 | 9 | ||||
| 28 Other Defined Diseases | 7 | 179 | 32 | 20 | 18 | 256 | |
| 29 Diseases ill-defined or unknown | |||||||
| Total Deaths | 20 | 752 | 133 | 28 | 109 | 1042 | |
| Sub-Entries (included in above figures). | |||||||
| 14 Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| 28a Poliomyelitis | |||||||
| 17 Pneumonia | 52 | 4 | 6 | 62 | |||