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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 1929
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE VI.
(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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Certified | 225 | 823 | 178 | 3 | 108 | 1337 | |
| All causes | |||||||
| Uncertified | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 1. Enteric Fever | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 2. Smallpox | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 3. Measles | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 4. Scarlet Fever | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 5. Whooping Cough | — | 3 | – | – | – | 3 | |
| 6. Diphtheria | — | 3 | — | – | 1 | 4 | |
| 7. Influenza | 5 | 7 | _ | – | 1 | 13 | |
| 8. Encephalitis Lethargica | 1 | 2 | 1 | – | — | 4 | |
| 9. Meningococcal Meningitis | — | 1 | – | – | 1 | 2 | |
| 10. Tuberculosis of respiratory system | 12 | 50 | 2 | 1 | _ | 65 | |
| 11. Other Tuberoulous Diseases | – | 14 | 1 | – | 2 | 17 | |
| 12. Cancer, malignant disease | 12 | 85 | 5 | – | 5 | 107 | |
| 13. Rheumatic Fever | — | 14 | 1 | – | 1 | 16 | |
| 14. Diabetes | 1 | 9 | 3 | – | – | 13 | |
| 15. Cerebral hæmorrhage, etc. | 3 | 14 | — | – | — | 17 | |
| 16. Heart Disease | 61 | 152 | 70 | 1 | 7 | 291 | |
| 17. Arterio-sclerosig | 64 | 29 | 32 | 1 | 3 | 129 | |
| 18. Bronchitis | 26 | 48 | — | – | — | 74 | |
| 19. Pneumonia (all forms) | 4 | 129 | 7 | – | 10 | 150 | |
| 20. Other Respiratory Diseases | 2 | 6 | 1 | – | 1 | 10 | |
| 21. Ulcer of Stomach or Duodenum | 15 | 2 | 17 | ||||
| 22. Diarrhœa, etc. | — | 29 | _ | – | 5 | 34 | |
| 23. Appendicitis and Typhlitis | – | 10 | – | – | 3 | 13 | |
| 24. Cirrhosis of Liver | – | 8 | _ | – | — | 8 | |
| 25. Acute and Chronic Nephritis | 4 | 24 | 36 | – | 1 | 05 | |
| 26. Puerperal Sepsis | — | 3 | — | – | — | 3 | |
| 27. Other accidents and diseases of pregnancy and parturition | – | 4 | – | – | – | 4 | |
| 28. Congenital Debility and malformation, premature birth | 5 | 24 | – | – | 1 | 30 | |
| 29. Suicide | _ | 1 | – | – | 3 | 4 | |
| 30. Other Deaths from Violence | 5 | 38 | 2 | – | 38 | 83 | |
| 31. Other Defined Diseases | 20 | 101 | 16 | – | 23 | 160 | |
| 32. Causes ill-defined or unknown | _ | _ | 1 | – | – | 1 | |
| All Causes | Males | 132 | 446 | 128 | 2 | 78 | 786 |
| Females | 93 | 377 | 50 | 1 | 30 | 551 | |
| Totals | 225 | 823 | 178 | 3 | 108 | 1337 | |