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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 1896
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar]
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The usual annual letter was received from the Medical Officer of
the London County Council, stating that he was authorised to send
to Dr. Klein material from any case of suspected Asiatic cholera to
be examined bacteriologically.
INQUESTS AND DEATHS FROM VIOLENCE.
| Number of Inquests held in the parishes. | Deduct Inquests held on non-parishioners. | Add Inquests held on parishioners from outlying districts. | Total Inquests belonging to each parish. | Verdict from Violence. | Verdict from Natural Causes. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
For annual rates of deaths from violence per 1000 persons living, and the percentages of inquest cases to total deaths, see tables, page 14.
| Violent deaths which actually occurred in Poplar and Bromley, not deducting non>residents, were as follow. | Deaths occurring entirely outside Poplar and Bromley belonging thereto. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poplar. | Bromley. | Poplar. | Bromley. | |
| By Railway ... | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| By Vehicles and Horses | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Ships, Boats and Docks (exclusive of drowning) | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| Building Operations .. | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Conflagrations | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Burns, Scalds and Explosions | 1 | 19 | 4 | 2 |
| Drowning (accidental not suicidal) | 29 | 11 | 0 | 1 |
| Suffocation in Bed ... | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| Poisons or Poisonous Vapours | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| Other and not stated Causes | 13 | 29 | 3 | 8 |
| Homicide | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Suicide ... ...... | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Execution | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 72 | 98 | 10 | 13 |