Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE V .
METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR.
Total Deaths {at all ages) in Public Institutions within the Borough.
(Residents and Non-Residents included.)
Causes of Death.
Sex.
Poplar Institution.
St. Andrew's
Hospital.
Bow Institution.
Bromley House
Institution.
Poplar Hospital.
Total deaths in
Public Institutions
within the Borough-
All causes
Certified
M
50
474
94
67
685
F
37
364
33
42
476
Uncertified
M
—
F
—
—
—
—
—
1. Enteric Fever
M
—
—
—
—
—
F
—
1
—
1
2. Small-pox
M
F
—
—
3. Measles
M
7
—
—
7
F
8
—
—
8
4. Scailet Fever
M
—
—
—
—
F
—
—
—
—
—
5. Whooping Cough
M
—
10
—
—
10
F
—
7
—
—
7
6. Diphtheria
M
—
—
—
—
F
1
1
7. Influenza
M
6
—
1
CLOSED.
—
7
F
2
4
2
1
9
8. Encephalitis Lethargica
M
—
1
—
2
3
F
—
3
—
—
3
9. Meningococcal Meningitis
M
F
1
1
10. Tuberculosis of respiratory
system
M
—
54
4
58
F
—
28
1
1
30
11. Other Tuberculous
Diseases
M
1
7
—
2
10
F
1
—
—
2
3
12. Cancer, malignant disease
M
2
59
4
7
72
F
1
40
3
2
46
13. Rheumatic Fever
M
2
—
1
3
F
1
—
—
1
14. Diabetes
M
—
7
—
7
F
]
2
1
4
15. Cerebral hemorrhage, etc.
M
2
12
3
2
19
F
2
14
2
18
16. Heart Disease
M
10
42
44
3
99
F
8
32
13
2
55