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Poplar 1947
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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CAUSES OF DEATH AT ALL AGES. The 994 deaths at all ages were classified by the Registrar-General as follows:-
| Age groups: | Totals: | 1946. Totals. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0- | 1- | 5- | 15- | 45- | 65 & over | M. | F. | P. | |||
| Typhoid & paratyphoid fevers | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | |
| Cerebrospinal fever | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | |
| Scarlet fever | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | |
| Whooping cough | 4 | 2 | . | . | . | . | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | |
| Diphtheria | . | . | 2 | . | . | . | 2 | . | 2 | 1 | |
| Tuberculosis of respiratory system | . | . | . | 32 | 24 | 8 | 42 | 22 | 64 | 61 | |
| Other forms of tuberculosis | . | 3 | . | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
| Syphilitic disease | . | . | . | . | 5 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | |
| Influenza | . | . | 1 | . | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 13 | |
| Measles | . | 2 | . | . | . | . | 2 | . | 2 | . | |
| Acute poliomyelitis and polioencephalitis | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | |
| Acute infective encephalitis | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | |
| Cancer of: | |||||||||||
| (a) buccal cavity and oesophagus (M) | . | . | . | 2 | 6 | 8 | . | 8 | 9 | ||
| (b) uterus (F) | . | . | . | 1 | 3 | 3 | . | 7 | 7 | 5 | |
| Cancer of stomach and duodenum | . | . | . | 9 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 24 | ||
| Cancer of breast | . | . | . | 7 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 20 | 21 | 8 | |
| Cancer of all other sites | . | . | 1 | 12 | 27 | 55 | 55 | 40 | 95 | 87 | |
| Diabetes | . | . | . | . | . | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | |
| Intracranial vascular lesions | . | . | 1 | 8 | 58 | 39 | 28 | 67 | 78 | ||
| Heart disease | . | . | 1 | 11 | 35 | 173 | 119 | 106 | 225 | 261 | |
| Other diseases of the circulatory system | . | . | . | . | 12 | 49 | 43 | 18 | 61 | 38 | |
| Bronchitis | . | . | . | 4 | 38 | 95 | 99 | 44 | 143 | 98 | |
| Pneumonia | 17 | . | . | 3 | 9 | 21 | 35 | 18 | 53 | 38 | |
| Other respiratory diseases | . | . | . | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 | |
| Ulcer of stomach or duodenum | . | . | . | . | 6 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 10 | |
| Diarrhoea (under 2 years) | 4 | . | . | . | . | * | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| Appendicitis | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | 2 | . | 2 | 3 | |
| Other digestive diseases | 1 | . | 4 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 16 | 12 | ||
| Nephritis | 1 | . | . | 3 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 10 | |
| Puerperal and post-abortive sepsis | . | . | . | . | . | t | . | . | . | . | |
| Other maternal causes | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | |
| Premature birth | 21 | . | . | . | . | . | 9 | 12 | 21 | 9 | |
| Congenital malformations, birth injury, etc. | 16 | . | . | 3 | 2 | . | 13 | 8 | 21 | 18 | |
| Suicide | . | . | . | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| Road traffic accidents | . | . | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 9 | |
| Other violent causes | 6 | . | 4 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 15 | 36 | 16 | |
| All other causes | 1 | . | 1 | 10 | 13 | 17 | 27 | 15 | 42 | 54 | |
| ALL CAUSES | Males | 41 | 5 | 9 | 64 | 146 | 317 | 582 | 553 | ||
| Females | 37 | 7 | 4 | 39 | 76 | 249 | 412 | 353 | |||
| Persons | 78 | 12 | 13 | 103 | 222 | 566 | 994 | 906 | |||
INFANTILE DEATHS.
It will be seen from the above table that there were
78 deaths of children under one year of age, and it
should be noted that of the 78 no fewer than 37 were
due to premature birth, congenital malformations and
birth injury, etc. while a further S3 were due to
respiratory diseases.