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Poplar 1925
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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INQUESTS AND DEATHS FROM VIOLENCE.
The number of inquests held in the Borough was 280. From this total must be deducted 95 non-residents, and 31 added of residents who died outside the Borough, the nett total being 216.
| Verdict of Violence :— | |
|---|---|
| Railways | 2 |
| Vehicles and horses | 25 |
| Ships, boats and docks | 0 |
| Building operations | 2 |
| Conflagrations | 0 |
| Burns, scalds and explosions | 5 |
| Drowning (excluding suicides) | 9 |
| Suffocations in bed | 1 |
| Poisons and poisonous vapours | 2 |
| Other causes | 29 |
| Suicides | 10 |
| Murder | 4 |
| Manslaughter | 1 |
| Total | 90 |
| Verdict of Natural Causes (including deaths from disease accelerated by accident, etc) | 126 |
| Total | 216 |
For death rates from violence, and the percentage of inquest cases to total
deaths, see Table V.
MORTUARY.
The number of bodies deposited in the Mortuary, Cottage Street, Poplar, during the year was 281. All were inquest cases.
| Residents. | Non-Residents.* | |
|---|---|---|
| No age stated | 0 | 0 |
| Stillborn | 1 | 0 |
| Under 1 year | 22 | 1 |
| 1 to 5 years | 20 | 0 |
| 5 to 15 years | 22 | 1 |
| 15 to 25 years | 18 | 0 |
| 25 to 65 years | 124 | 2 |
| 65 years and upwards | 65 | 5 |
| Totals | 272 | 9 |
*Brought from outside the Borough for the convenience of the Coroner.