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Poplar 1927

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

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TABLE II. The Borough. Causes of. and Ages at, Death during the Year 1927.

Causes of Death.Total Deaths.Sex.Nett Deaths at Subjoined Ages.Nett Deaths in Sub-Districts.Nett Deaths in Public Institutions and certain localities within and outside Borough (at all ages) belonging thereto.Nett Deaths in Public Institutions, etc.
All Ages.Under 1 year.1 to 2 years.2 to 3 years.3 to 4 years.4 to 5 years.Total under 5 years.5 to 10 years.10 to 15 years.15 to 20 years.20 to 35 years.35 to 45 years.45 to 65 years.65 years and over.Poplar.Bow and Bromley.
Poplar Institution.St. Andrew's Hospital.Bow Institution.Bromley House Institution.Poplar Hospital.See Footnotes.Outlying Institutions.
123456789101112131415
All causesCertified197719772186533182335725223816313353570410529251307025..32243181211
Uncertified11........................11..............11
1 Enteric Fever..M................................................
F............................
2 Smallpox..M................................................
F............................
3 Measles8M6..4..116..............71..1........56
F211......2..............
4 Scarlet Fever3M2............1....1......12............33
F1....1....1..............
5 Whooping Cough34M16..52..1142............1717..4........1721
F18..95....171............
9 Diphtheria17M12..4..12732..........125..2........1416
F5....1..121......11..
7 Influenza36M16......1..21....43242016..7........412
F20..21....3....1....511
8 Encephalitis lethargica4M2................11......22............33
F2................11......
9 Meningococcal Meningitis3M2....l....2..............21............22
F1..1......1..............
10 Tuberculosis of respiratory system162M94..1......1..1531212968577..70........2999
F68................83612102
11 Other Tuberculous Diseases28M194212413..3..2....11513..8........1725
F913..2..61....1....1
12 Cancer, Malignant disease240M120..................23615412911111104........23138
F120................12115353
13 Rheumatic Fever10M6................21..2137..5..........5
F4..................2..11
14 Diabetes14M6......................3386..6........17
F8......................71
15 Cerebral haemorrhage, etc.74M31..................1111183341230........234
F43....................11923
16 Heart Disease350M163............2111185090175175421302..21 (a)26203
F187............14571046114
17 Arterio-sclerosis99M53....................1844683128281......966
F46......................937
18 Bronchitis144M821 13....115......14224080641053....1..569
F6262l..110........11536
19 Pneumonia (all forms)188M10337865359....245231010880472....81 (b)19104
F85121095298112651814
20 Other Respiratory Diseases9m7................12..317225..........7
F2........................2
21 Ulcer of Stomach or Duodenum17M12....................4538927....1..616
F5....................131
22 Diarrhœa, etc.39M16151......16..............1920..24....2..733
F23192......21......11....
23 Appendicitis and Typhlitis15M9....1....111..1..5..87..5....2..815
F6..................3....3
24 Cirrhosis of Liver14M8..................115168..4........48
F6....................132
25 Acute and Chronic Nephritis65M36............112313133332..291....1 (e)839
F29................23l1211
26 Puerperal Sepsis2M..............................2..1........12
F2..................2......
27 Other accidents and diseases of7M............................4312..........8
F7..................34....
28 Congenital Debility and mal formation, premature birth78M4848........48..............3444813........1637
F3030........30..............
29 Suicide13M9....................25285..1....21 (d)15
F4..................211..
30 Other Deaths from Violence87M6112211743212111484938..27....916 (e)2577
F26211..151......1109
31 Other Defined Diseases216M116122....1141421110343911210418641..53 (f)64155
F100721..41431..52745
32 Causes ill-defined or unknown2m11........1................21........1 (g)..2
F1........................1
Deaths from All CausesM1056137321311142071616188977295338
F0228133207915096207456240367
Totals1978..19782186533182335725223816313353570510530251307025..32243191212

(a) Highway, 1.
(b) East India Docks, 1.
(c) Highway, 1.
(d) Limehouse Cut, 1.
(e) Highways, 3; River Thames, 6; Millwall Docks, 2: South-West India Docks, 2: River Lee, 2: and Limehouse Cut, 1.
(f) Highways, 2: River Thames, 1.
(g) In railway carriage, L.M.S. Rly., 1.