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Poplar 1922

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

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Table: TABLE XI. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Sub-District of Bow. Causes of, and Ages at, Death during the Year 1922.

TABLE XI. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Sub-District of Bow. Causes of, and Ages at, Death during the Year 1922.

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 2.12 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.
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All causesCertified57373353620196614418019158......23113295
Uncertified
1 Enteric Fever...................................................
2 Small Pox...................................................
3 Measles18468..................6............28
4 Scarlet Fever21...1..................1............12
5 Whooping Cough20776..................1............34
6 Diphtheria and Croup151...86..............................1515
7 Influenza19...2...1...56512............14
8 Erysipelas2...1...............1...1............12
9 Phthisis (Pulmonary Tuberculosis)43......21817141...16............824
10 Tuberculous Meningitis71212...1........................66
11 Other Tuberculous Diseases5......11...12......2............24
12 Cancer, malignant disease60...............33324426......1...839
13 Rheumatic Fever11.......................................11
14 Meningitis11.......................................11
15 Organic Heart Disease53............471626210............416
16 Bronchitis80522......62141825............235
17 Pneumonia (all forms)5111864...5116215............825
18 Other diseases of respiratory organs92............133..................11
19 Diarrhœa and Enteritis21............1........................11
20 Appendicitis and Typhlitis1...............1.........1...............1
21 Cirrhosis of Liver2...............1.........2...............2
21a Alcoholism...................................................
22 Nephritis and Bright's Disease5.........11111...1............23
23 Puerperal Fever...................................................
24 Other accidents and diseases of Pregnancy & Parturition4............13......11............13
25 Congenital Debility and Malformation, including Premature Birth30282.....................8............816
26 Violent Deaths, excluding Suicide931......1...31...2......1*137
27 Suicide2...............11..................†1...1
28 Other Defined Diseases13064144113070138.........‡13272
29 Diseases ill-defined or unknown21............1........................22
Total Deaths57373353620196614418019158......23113295
Sub-Entries (included in above figures). 14 Cerebro-spinal Meningitis...................................................
17 Pneumonia232123...582212..................
28(a) Poliomyelitis...................................................
28 (b) Dysentery1............1...........................11

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* Highway, Bow, 1.
† Ducketts Canal, Bow, 1.
‡ Highway, Bow, 1.