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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Poplar 1927

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

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Table: TABLE VI. Total Deaths (at all ages) in Public Institutions within the Borough. (Residents and Non-Residents included.)

TABLE VI. Total Deaths (at all ages) in Public Institutions within the Borough. (Residents and Non-Residents included.)

Causes of Death.Poplar Institution.St. Andrew's Hospital.Bow Institution.Bromley House Institution.Poplar Hospital.Total deaths in Public Institutions within the Borough.
All causesCertified13770415311021097
Uncertified——————
1. Enteric Fever——————
2. Smallpox——————
3. Measles—1———1
4. Scarlet Fever—_—————
6. Whooping Cough—4———4
6. Diphtheria—2———2
7. Influenza18——110
8. Encephalitis Lethargica——1——1
9. Meningococcal Meningitis——————
10. Tuberculosis of respiratory system—70———70
11. Other Tuberculous Diseases—81——9
12. Cancer, malignant disease111037—4125
13. Rheumatic Fever15———6
14. Diabetes—6———6
15. Cerebral hemorrhage, etc.3302—136
16. Heart Disease4413388—4269
17. Arterio-sclerosis2929161378
18. Bronchitis1053——164
19. Pneumonia (all forms)4723—1089
20. Other Respiratory Diseases241—7
21. Ulcer of Stomach or Duodenum28——. 414
22. Diarrhœa, etc._—24——731
23. Appendicitis and Typhlitis—5——611
24. Cirrhosis of Liver—42—17
25. Acute and Chronic Nephritis12816348
26, Puerperal Sepsis—1———1
27. Other accidents and diseases of pregnancy and parturition12———3
28. Congenital Debility and malformation, premature birth813———21
29. Suicide—1——34
30. Other Deaths from Violence—294—3972
31. Other Defined Diseases196112—15107
32. Causes ill-defined or unknown1————1
All CausesMales81396121168667
Females5630832—34430
totals13770415311021097