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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 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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| Causes of Death. | Sex. | All Ages | 0— | 1— | 2— | 5— | 15— | 25— | 35— | 45— | 55- | 65— | 75— |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Causes | M | 887 | 66 | 2 | 9 | 23 | 35 | 52 | 44 | 99 | 168 | 195 | 194 |
| F | 701 | 37 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 37 | 27 | 35 | 58 | 109 | 199 | 165 | |
| 1 Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| F | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | |
| 2 Measles | M | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 3 Scarlet fever | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 4 Whooping cough | M | 4 | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| F | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 5 Diphtheria | M | 7 | - | 1 | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| F | 4 | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 6 Influenza | M | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| F | 6 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 3 | - | |
| 7 Encephalitis lethargica | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 8 Cerebro-spinal fever | M | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| F | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 9 Tuberculosis of re spiratory system | M | 68 | - | - | - | - | 10 | 17 | 11 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 1 |
| F | 49 | - | - | - | 1 | 21 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | - | |
| 10 Other tuberculous diseases | M | 4 | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| F | 9 | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | -_ | - | - | - | |
| 11 Syphilis | M | 8 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | 1 |
| F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 12 General paralysis of the insane, tabes dorsalis | M | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - |
| F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 13 Cancer, malignant disease | M | 129 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 5 | 29 | 48 | 34 | 11 |
| F | 92 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 7 | 15 | 21 | 35 | 13 | |
| 14 Diabetes | M | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | - |
| F | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 5 | 4 | - | |
| 15 Cerebral haemorrhage, etc. | M | 27 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 13 | 8 |
| F | 24 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 7 | 11 | 4 | |
| 16 Heart disease | M | 283 | - | - | 1 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 13 | 38 | 88 | 124 |
| F | 275 | - | - | - | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 32 | 105 | 108 | |
| 17 Aneurysm | M | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 3 | - | - |
| F | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | |
| 18 Other circulatory diseases | M | 35 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 15 |
| F | 19 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 4 | 7 | 5 | |
| 19 Bronchitis | M | 46 | 3 | - | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 7 |
| F | 20 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | |
| 20 Pneumonia (all forms) | M | 44 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 1 |
| F | 25 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | |
| 21 Other respiratory diseases | M | 8 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 3 | 3 | 1 | - | - | |
| F | 6 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | |
| 22 Peptic ulcer | M | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | - |
| F | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | |
| 23 Diarrhoea, etc. | M | 9 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| F | 6 | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | |
| 24 Appendicitis | M | 7 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| F | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 25 Cirrhosis of liver | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| F | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
| 26 Other diseases of liver, etc. | M | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - |
| F | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | |
| 27 Other digestive diseases | M | 17 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 3 | 5 | - | 6 |
| F | 14 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | |
| 28 Acute and chronic nephritis | M | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 |
| F | 20 | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | |
| 29 Puerperal sepsis | F | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | - | - | - | - |
| 30 Other puerperal causes | F | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| 31 Congenital debility, premature birth, malformations, etc. | M | 37 | 37 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| F | 20 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 32 Senility | M | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 |
| F | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | |
| 33 Suicide | M | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| F | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | |
| 34 Other violence | M | 29 | 1 | - | 1 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| F | 17 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 4 | - | 3 | 7 | |
| 35 Other defined diseases | M | 61 | 1 | - | - | 6 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| F | 52 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 5 | 5 | |
| 36 Causes ill-defined or unknown | M | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Deaths under 1 year | Legit. | Illegit. | |||||||||||
| M | 61 | 5 | |||||||||||
| F. | 36 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 97 | 6 | |||||||||||