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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 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE I - continued DEATHS
| CAUSES OF DEATHS | SEX | ALL AGES | AGE GROUPS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0- | 1- | 5- | 15- | 25- | 45- | 65- | 75- | |||
| 27. Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhoea | M | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| F | — | 1 | — | _ | — | — | 2 | 1 | ||
| 28» Nephritis and nephrosis | M | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | |
| F | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | |
| 29. Hyperplasia of prostate | M | 11 | —- | - | - | - | - | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| 30. Pregnancy, childbirth, abortion | F | 1 | — | - | - | - | 1 | — | — | - |
| 31. Congenital malformations | M | 7 | 4 | —^ | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| F | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 32. Other defined and ill-defined diseases | M | 35 | 5 | 1 | — | 8 | 14 | 6 | ||
| F | 33 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 8 | ||
| 33. Motor -vehicle accidents | M | 4 | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | |
| F | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | |||
| 34. All other accidents | M | 14 | — | — | 3 | — | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| F | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 35. Suicide | M | 6 | — | — | * | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 |
| F | 2 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | |
| 36. Homicide and operations of war | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| F | — | — | — | — | — | — | —— | — | — | |