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Poplar 1938

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]

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TABLE II.—CAUSES OF, AND AGES AT DEATH DURING 1938.

Causes of Death. (Manual of the International List of Causes of Death, 1931.)Total Deaths.Sex.Ages at Death—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
Poplar Institution.St. Andrew's Hospital.St. Clement's Hospital.Bromley House Institution.Poplar Hospital.See Footnotes.Outlying Institutions.
Total All AgesUnder 5 years.5-10-15-20-25-35-45-55-65-75 and overBow.BRomley
0-1-2-Total under 5yearsNorth.West.Central.South.Northwest.North-East.South- West.South-East.Central.Northwest.West.East.Mill-wall.Cubitt Town.
12345678910111213141516.
All CausesCertified1533M882731599710814193533921732151867670532..28172611119All CausesCertified
F65147465775108232956102161193..Uncertified
Uncertified—M............................................
F..............................................
1 Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers—M..............................................1 Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers
F................................12132 Measles
2 Measles14M73317......................
F74217....................113 Scarlet Fever
3 Scarlet Fever1M1....................1......
F..............................224 Whooping Cough
4 Whooping Cough3M211..2....................
F1......1....................8105 Diphtheria
5 Diphtheria10M61..232..................
F4....222..................246 Influenza
6 Influenza110M41....1..1..........11..
F6..........1........1121127 Encephalitis lethargica
7 Encephalitis lethargica2M2..............1......1....
F................................38 Cerebro-spinal Fever
8 Cerebro-spinal Fever3M1..................1..................
F21....1..............1....9689 Tuberculosis of Respiratory
0 Tuberculosis of Itespirator system98M53..1..1....558612115..1154387105513
F45....11116615473..1K51010 Other Tuberculous Diseases
10 Other Tuberculous Diseases11M7..112..i2..1..1......1...11..11..11
F4........l........111....1..211 Syphilis
11 Syphilis5M5....................311........1......1..2• •(a)
F.............................._1412 General Paralysis of the Insane, tabes dorsalis
12 General Paralysis of the Insane4M4..................21..1....................2
F1.............................._.4517213 Cancer, malignant disease
13 Cancer, malignant disease247M145..........2..1351345492713201818142118132721
F102................132230291721614 Diabetes
14 Diabetes22M4......................2..2....2233..51..32
F18....................2871/23415 Cerebral haemorrhage, etc.
16 Cerebral haemorrhage, etc.41M23....................37673323254123
h'18....................2376rr4633316 Heart Disease
16 Heart Disease483M256............2..351947968427382236423423404147433330
F227..........2....371022711121417 Aneurysm
17 Aneurysm7M4....................1111111..1..........
F3....................1..11i83818 Other circulatory diseases
18 Other circulatory diseases58M32....................1612133274622235
F26....................1988_„233719 Bronchitis
19 Bronchitis60M36101..11..........1141182521313887
F245....5............12610177620 Pneumonia (all forms)
20 Pneumonia (all forms)100M72175123l1....23101411582109848488
F287....7..........4148414.21 Other Respiratory Diseases
21 Other Respiratory Diseases6M4....11............12......11..2....11..
F21....1..................1121522 Peptic Ulcer
22 Peptic Ulcer18M16................1145321122..42....12
F2................1......1..141723 Diarrhoea, etc.
23 Diarrhoea, etc.17M99....9....................1..2..313......8
F87....7......1............12724 Appendicitis
24 Appendicitis7M51..12........1..1..1..........2........11
F2........1..............1......25 Cirrhosis of Liver
26 Cirrhosis of Liver1M1....................1..........1............
F..................................326 Other diseases of liver, etc.
26 Other diseases of liver, etc.3M..............................1..1............
F3......................11171527 Other Digestive diseases
27 Other Digestive diseases24M19....11........132246....23231..3224
F5..1..1............11..282528 Acute and Chronic Nephritis
28 Acute and Chronic Nephritis33M21..............1214316232..212..22
F12................1..2171..229 Puerperal Sepsis
3F3..................3......................1....1
30 Other2F2............1....1..........................1111230 Other Puerperal causes ..
31 Congenital Debility, Prematur Birth, Malformations, etc.49M30281..29................1..322..57754612(c)124031 Congenital Debility, Premature
F1919....19..................8..1032 Senility
32 Senility15M3....................1..1l12..........132
F12........................2104933 Suicide
33 Suicide16M12..............1212231223112......13(d)
F4..................111..19135334 Other violence
34 Other violence58M36........52155152..1143212122447(e)
F221....11......11..5310308735 Other defined causes
36 Other defined causes101M622216213363617412754635561911i11
F391124113114397 151136 Causes ill-defined, or unknown ..
36 Causes ill-defined, or unknown1M..............................................1..
F1........................1--------
All Causes1533M88273159971081419353392173215186All Causes
F6514746577510823295610216119392979495115115941021421471328895125767053228172611119
Totals15331201915154171324275862148275376379