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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 1937
[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 | 935 | 75 | 13 | 9 | 18 | 35 | 45 | 40 | 112 | 189 | 206 | 193 |
| F | 793 | 54 | 8 | 13 | 17 | 24 | 34 | 31 | 68 | 112 | 188 | 244 | |
| 1 Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers | M | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | |
| 2 Measles | M | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F | 2 | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 3 Scarlet fever | M | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 4 Whooping cough | M | 3 | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F | 5 | 4 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 5 Diphtheria | M | 7 | 1 | – | 2 | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F | 8 | – | 1 | 5 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 6 Influenza | M | 21 | – | 1 | – | – | 2 | – | – | 5 | 7 | 2 | 4 |
| F | 15 | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | |
| 7 Encephalitis lethargica | M | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 8 Cerebro-spinal fever | M | 2 | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| f | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 9 Tuberculosis of respiratory system | M | 62 | – | – | – | – | 11 | 15 | 7 | 15 | 9 | 5 | – |
| F | 46 | – | – | 1 | – | 12 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | – | |
| 10 Other tuberculous diseases | M | 9 | – | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | – |
| F | 2 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | |
| 11 Syphilis | M | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 2 | – |
| F | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 12 General paralysis of the insane, tabes dorsalis | M | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | – |
| F | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 13 Cancer, malignant disease | M | 134 | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | 4 | 3 | 16 | 44 | 49 | 16 |
| F | 107 | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 25 | 32 | 24 | |
| 14 Diabetes | M | 5 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 2 | 1 |
| F | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | 3 | 1 | |
| 15 Cerebral haemorrhage, etc. | M | 26 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 9 |
| F | 34 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | 8 | 14 | 8 | |
| 16 Heart disease | M | 265 | – | – | – | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 40 | 88 | 112 |
| F | 302 | – | – | – | – | – | 7 | 7 | 12 | 37 | 96 | 143 | |
| 17 Aneurysm | M | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – |
| F | 3 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | |
| 18 Other circulatory diseases | M | 31 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 9 | 12 | 9 |
| F | 28 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 3 | 8 | 15 | |
| 19 Bronchitis | M | 61 | 17 | 2 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 8 | 17 | 9 | 7 |
| F | 31 | 4 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 4 | 12 | ||
| 20 Pneumonia (all forms) | M | 59 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 7 |
| F | 42 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | – | 3 | – | 4 | 7 | 7 | |
| 21 Other respiratory diseases | M | 12 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 4 | 4 | – | 2 |
| F | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 22 Peptic ulcer | M | 11 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | 5 | 4 | – | – |
| F | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | – | – | |
| 23 Diarrhoea, etc. | M | 16 | 14 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F | 16 | 12 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | |
| 24 Appendicitis | M | 4 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 2 | 1 | – | – |
| F | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | 1 | ||
| 25 Cirrhosis of liver | M | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 26 Other diseases of liver, etc. | M | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
| F | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | – | – | |
| 27 Other digestive diseases | M | 9 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| F | 6 | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | 1 | – | |
| 28 Acute and chronic nephritis | M | 23 | – | – | – | – | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 4 |
| F | 12 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 2 | – | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | |
| 29 Puerperal sepsis | F | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 30 Other puerperal causes | F | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 31 Congenital debility, premature birth, malformations, etc. | M | 25 | 24 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – |
| F | 19 | 17 | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 32 Senility | M | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 3 |
| F | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8 | |
| 33 Suicide | M | 12 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| F | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | – | |
| 34 Other violence | M | 54 | 1 | – | – | 6 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 6 |
| F | 17 | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | |
| 35 Other defined diseases | M | 64 | 3 | 2 | – | 1 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 9 |
| F | 55 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 3 | 9 | 3 | |
| 36 Causes ill-defined or unknown | M | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| F | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | |
| Legit. | lllegit. | ||||||||||||
| Deaths under 1 year | M | 73 | 2 | ||||||||||
| F. | 50 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 123 | 6 | |||||||||||