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 II.—CAUSES OF, AND AGES AT DEATH DURING 1933.
Causes of Death.
(Manual of the International List of
Causes Death, 1931.)
Total
Deaths.
Sex.
Ages at Death—in Years.
Number of Deaths of Residents of Wards.
Nett Deaths in Public Institutions (at all ages)
Nett
Total
Deaths
in
Public
Institutions,
etc.
Causes of Death.
Total
All
Ages
Under 5 years.
5-
10-
15-
20-
25-
35-
45-
55-
65-
75
and
over
Bow.
BROMLEY.
Poplar.
Poplar
Institution.
St. Andrew's
Hospital.
Bow
Institution.
Bromley
House
Poplar
Hospital.
See
Footnotes.
Outlying
Institutions
0-
1-
2-
Total
under
5years
North.
West.
Central.
South.
Northwest.
NorthEast.
Southwest.
SouthEast.
Central.
Northwest.
West.
East.
Millwall.
Cubitt
Town.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
_
All Causes
Certified
1856
M
1032
76
17
24
117
20
17
18
13
52
54
135
181
239
186 \
106
138
119
96
124
119
161
144
178
202
124
132
94
119
154
752
8
..
40
24
281
1259
All Causes
Certified
F
824
47
20
20
87
12
11
19
24
40
60
73
122
175
201
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Uncertified
Uncertified
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1
1 Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers
1 Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers
1
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2 Measles
2 Measles
2
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4
4
3 Scarlet Fever
3 Scarlet Fever
4
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7
9
4 Whooping Cough
4 Whooping Cough
14
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4
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13
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1
2
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18
19
5 Diphtheria
5 Diphtheria
19
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11
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6
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3
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2
4
1
10
8
6
9
10
9
3
8
2
4
1
13
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3
17
6 Influenza
6 Influenza
76
M
40
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3
1
4
12
8
7
5
F
36
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1
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2
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1
1
2
3
5
2
7
13
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1
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1
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2
7 Encephalitis lethargica
7 Encephalitis lethargica
9 ,, V»„.
2
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1
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1
4
8 Cerebro-spinal Fever
8 Cerebro-spinal Fever
la SSi
4
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14
8
6
6
6
14
8
14
14
12
8
7
11
5
46
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25
76
9 Tuberculosis of Respiratory
system
9 Tuberculosis of Respiratory
system
133
M
82
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2
5
20
14
21
14
6
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F
51
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1
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1
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1
8
13
14
9
3
2
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1
1
2
1
1
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
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6
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2
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6
14
10 Other Tuberculous Diseases
10 Other Tuberculous Diseases
17
M
11
1
2
1
4
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2
2
1
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1
1
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F
6
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1
1
3
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1
1
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1
2
11 Syphilis
11 Syphilis
3
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2
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1
2
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1
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3
4
12 General Paralysis of the Insane,
tabes dorsalis
12 General Paralysis of the Insane,
tabes dorsalis
4
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2
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16
8
19
13
16
10
18
17
17
14
12
12
14
15
6
82
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3
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34
124
13 Cancer, malignant disease
13 Cancer, malignant disease
201
M
113
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3
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3
2
17
27
39
22
F
88
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1
1
12
17
17
28
12
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2
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1
1
4
4
1
3
1
1
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2
1
1
9
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3
13
14 Diabetes
14 Diabetes
21
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1
1
1
3
1
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F
13
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1
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7
3
2
2
5
3
2
3
6
4
4
6
1
4
1
4
1
27
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3
31
15 Cerebral haemorrhage, etc.
15 Cerebral haemorrhage, etc.
45
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23
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1
6
11
5
F
22
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1
6
8
7
29
43
40
19
36
42
37
50
61
64
37
48
19
27
119
212
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3
4
(a)
40
384
16 Heart Disease
16 Heart Disease
512
M
269
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1
1
5
1
3
4
13
48
91
102
F
273
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2
3
2
4
10
13
20
34
74
111
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1
1
1
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1
(b)
2
3
17 Aneurysm
17 Aneurysm
5
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1
2
7
3
4
7
3
10
4
7
6
6
12
6
10
1
31
1
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2
1
(c)
7
43
18 Other circulatory diseases
18 Other circulatory diseases
87
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7
14
22
11
F
32
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12
14
7
9
7
3
4
8
10
6
8
21
13
10
8
6
6
67
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2
76
19 Bronchitis
19 Bronchitis
120
M
70
4
2
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6
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2
2
14
12
18
16
F
50
5
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5
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1
2
3
11
l6
12
4
11
9
8
10
8
13
8
12
10
9
5
8
5
2
50
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5
3
(d)
26
86
20 Pneumonia (all forms)
20 Pneumonia (all forms)
120
M
78
12
8
4
24
2
1
2
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5
8
13
8
10
5
F
42
3
7
3
13
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1
4
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5
6
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2
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4
3
1
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2
2
1
6
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8
10
21 Other Respiratory Diseases
21 Other Respiratory Diseases
16
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7
14
22 Peptic Ulcer
22 Peptic Ulcer
16
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15
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4
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3
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10
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1
13
23 Diarrhoea, etc
23 Diarrhoea, etc
13
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2
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4
8
24 Appendicitis
24 Appendicitis
8
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2
5
25 Cirrhosis of Liver
25 Cirrhosis of Liver
6
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2
2
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2
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2
4
26 Other diseases of liver, etc.
26 Other diseases of liver, etc.
6
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1
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3
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2
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3
6
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2
2
2
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1
2
1
12
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1
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6
20
27 Other Digestive diseases
27 Other Digestive diseases
23
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3
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3
1
1
2
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11
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1
1
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3
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5
5
2
2
2
4
6
7
5
2
2
2
4
2
29
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3
35
28 Acute and Chronic Nephritis
28 Acute and Chronic Nephritis
49
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3
6
4
5
2
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25
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4
29 Puerperal Sepsis
29 Puerperal Sepsis
4
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30 Other Puerperal causes
30 Other Puerperal causes
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7
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6
5
9
4
2
2
3
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30
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1
(e)
16
47
31 Congenital Debility, Premature
Birth, Malformations, etc.
31 Congenital Debility, Premature
Birth, Malformations, etc.
67
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46
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21
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4
32 Senility
32 Senility
11
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(f)
3
8
33 Suicide
33 Suicide
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3
5
2
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6
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4
7
4
3
5
5
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13
(g)
8
55
34 Other violence
34 Other violence
58
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40
2
2
1
5
5
3
1
1
2
4
6
4
5
5
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1
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5
1
5
12
12
7
11
9
6
10
14
16
13
6
12
6
9
6
74
4
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34
118
35 Other defined causes
35 Other defined causes
142
M
81
4
1
4
9
5
7
1
1
11
4
6
18
13
5
F
61
5
2
1
8
5
3
4
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36 Causes ill-defined, or unknown
36 Causes ill-defined, or unknown
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All Causes
1857
M
1032
76
17
24
117
20
17
18
13
52
54
135
181
239
186
106
138
119
96
124
119
161
144
178
202
124
132
95
119
164
752
8
..
40
24
282
1260
All Causes
F
825
47
20
20
87
12
11
19
24
40
60
73
122
176
201
Total
1857
123
37
44
201
32
28
37
37
92
114
208
303
415
387
Special causes, included in No. 35
above:p smallpox
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Smallpox
Footnotes:-(a) Highways, 3; Electricity Works, 1. (b) Highway, 1. (c) Highway, 1. (d) West India Docks, 1; Highway 1; Royal Coll. of St. Katharine, 1. (e) River Lee, 1. (/) River Lee, 1. (g) River Lee, 1; River Thames 2; Highways, 9: L.M.8.Rly., 1.