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Poplar 1922

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]

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Table: TABLE VIII METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. TheBorough. Causes of, and Ages at, Death during the Year 1922.

TABLE VIII METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. TheBorough. Causes of, and Ages at, Death during the Year 1922.

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.
All Ages.Under 1.1 and under 2.2 and under 5.5 and under 15.15 and under 25.25 and under 4545 and under 65.65 and upwards.Poplar Institution.St. Andrew's Hospital.Bow Institution.Bromley House Institution.Poplar Hospital.See Footnotes.Outlying Institutions.
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All causesCertified2372349192174919125653868180688...248164561190
Uncertified
1 Enteric Fever...................................................
2 Small-Pox16......2...1148..................1616
3 Measles62122525..................14............721
4 Scarlet Fever7115..................1............67
5 Whooping Cough882041261...............22............830
6 Diphtheria and Croup622122721...............9............5362
7 Influenza865663216262234............815
8 Erysipelas5...1............13...4............15
9 Phthisis (Pulmonary Tuberculosis)19532893874565252......3...47104
10 Tuberculous Meningitis122234...1........................88
11 Other Tuberculous Diseases17...1222532...7............815
12 Cancer, malignant disease190...1......1149183968......4...30111
A652913 Rheumatic Fever61.........1112..................22
14 Meningitis186127...2.........5......1...814
15 Organic Heart Disease197...1...792165941337......1...1465
16 Bronchitis3242920143218971412894...11...8132
17 Pneumonia (all forms)26068583668202836563......91*22100
18 Other diseases of respiratory organs203...1...117711............46
19 Diarrhœa and Enteritis282132......11......3......2...1217
20 Appendicitis and Typhlitis16.........5443......6......2...715
21 Cirrhosis of Liver8.........1...223...3............14
21a Alcoholism...................................................
22 Nephritis and Bright's Disease49...1...2252019219......1...1032
23 Puerperal Fever3...............3.........2............13
24 Other accidents and diseases of Pregnancy & Parturition9............171...11............35
25 Congenital Debility and Malformation, including Premature Birth14013145...............422......3...2453
26 Violent Deaths excluding Suicide5552124101219116......67†1545
27 Suicide18...............6102............13‡610
28 Other Defined Diseases477389918154311023511134...1144§125289
29 Diseases ill-defined or unknown421.........1.........1.........**124
Total Deaths2372349192' 174919125653868180588...248164561190
Sub-entries (included in above figures). 14 Cerebro-spinal Meningitis53......2...............1............34
17 Pneumonia101391058162220544......51560
28(a) Polioencephalitis1......1.......................................
28(6) Dysentery2............1......1..................22

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* Bow Sub-District, 1,
† River Thames, Poplar,
3 , Millwall Dock. Poplar 1;
Canal Drv Dock Poplar, 1,
c 2
River Lee, Bow 1, Highway, Bow, 1. ‡ Canal Dry Dock, Poplar, 1; River Lee, Bromley, 1; Ducketts Canal, Bow, 1.
§ River Thames, Poplar, 1; Bow Cemetery, Bromley, 1; Past India Docks, Poplar, 1; Highway, Bow, 1.
** Highway, poplr, 1,