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.
(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 | 72 | 390 | 131 | 81 | 674 | |
F | 38 | 342 | 27 | 29 | 436 | |||
Uncertified | M | - | _ | - | - | - | ||
F | - | - | - | - | - | |||
1. Enteric Fever | M | _ | _ | - | -- | - | ||
F | _ | - | - | - | - | |||
2. Small-pox | M | _ | _ | - | - | - | ||
F | - | _ | _ | - | - | |||
3. Measles | M | - | 9 | _ | - | 9 | ||
F | _ | 7 | _ | - | 7 | |||
4. Scarlet Fever | M | _ | _ | - | - | - | ||
F | - | - | -_ | - | - | |||
5. Whooping Cough | M | - | 11 | _ | - | 11 | ||
F | - | 18 | _ | - | 18 | |||
6. Diphtheria | M | - | 1 | _ | - | 1 | ||
F | _ | - | - | - | - | |||
7. Influenza | M | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | 4 | ||
F | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 3 | |||
8. Encephalitis Lethargica | M | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | ||
F | _ | 1 | - | - | 1 | |||
9. Meningococcal Meningitis | M | - | 1 | _ | - | 1 | ||
F | - | 1 | _ | - | 1 | |||
10. Tuberculosis of respiratory system | M | 2 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 29 | ||
F | - | 26 | - | - | 26 | |||
11. Other Tuberculous Diseases | M | _ | 9 | - | - | 9 | ||
F | _ | 6 | - | 4 | 10 | |||
12. Cancer, malignant disease | M | 2 | 49 | 6 | 7 | 64 | ||
F | 3 | 39 | 2 | 1 | 45 | |||
13. Rheumatic Fever | M | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | ||
F | - | 4 | _ | 1 | 5 | |||
14. Diabetes | M | _ | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | ||
F | _ | 4 | - | - | 4 | |||
15. Cerebral haemorrhage, etc. | M | 6 | 9 | - | 4 | 19 | ||
F | 2 | 10 | - | 1 | 13 | |||
16. Heart Disease | M | 20 | 16 | 60 | 1 | 97 | ||
F | 14 | 12 | 15 | 2 | 43 |