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Poplar 1928
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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DEATHS OF PERSONS OF UNKNOWN ADDRESSES, ETC.,
INCLUDED IN THE MORTALITY STATISTICS.
The following deaths have been included in the Mortality Statistics of the Borough, in accordance with the Registrar-General's rules relating to "'Transferable Deaths.''
| 1928. Jan. 30. | 50a, St. Leonards St., of no fixed abode. | Male, 75. | Haemorrhage from aneurysm in right lung. Chronic tuberculosis of lungs. P.M. Inquest. |
| Feb. 22. | Foreshore of River Thames. | Male, 7 days (unknown) . | Asphyxia from drowning. P.M. Open verdict. Inquest. |
| Feb. 28. | River Thames, entrance of South-West India Dock. | Male, newly-born (unknown). | Haemorrhage from umbilical cord. Lack of attention at birth, but nothing known as to other circumstances. P.M. Open verdict. Inquest. |
| Mar. 22. | In ambulance, High St., Poplar. Ship's Donkeyman of Sweden | Male, 68. | Rupture of aortic aneurysm. P.M. Inquest. |
| Feb. 14. | Poplar Hospital. Seaman of Scotland. | Male, 36. | Fracture of skull. Fell down hold of ship in dock. P.M. Inquest. |
| Aug. 22. | River Thames, off Trinity Wharf. | Male, 50 (unknown) . | Found drowned. P.M. Inquest. |
| Aug. 11. | West India Docks. Seaman of unknown address. | Male, 25. | Asphyxia due to drowning. P.M. Open verdict. Inquest. |
| Nov. 6. | 2a, Bow Road. | Female, 60 (unknown) . | Lobar pneumonia. Exposure and self-neglect. P.M. |
| Nov. 11. | St. Andrew's Hospital. Labourer, of unknown address. | Male, 28. | Bronchiectasis. Pulmonary abscess. Pneumothorax . |
INQUESTS AND DEATHS FROM VIOLENCE.
The number of inquests registered was 280. From this total must
be deducted 76 of non-residents, and 29 added of residents who died
outside the Borough, the nett total being 233.
Analysis of the 95 deaths classified to Suicide and other deaths
from Violence (International Short List Headings Nos. 29 and 30):—