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Poplar 1896

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar]

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Table: table of deaths during the year 1896, in the BOW Division, Poplar Sanitary District, classified according to Diseases, Ages, and Localities,mortality from all causes, at subjoined ages.

table of deaths during the year 1896, in the BOW Division, Poplar Sanitary District, classified according to Diseases, Ages, and Localities,

mortality from all causes, at subjoined ages.

Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics; public institutions being shown as separate localities.At all ages.Under 1 year.1 and under 5.5 and under 1515 and under 2525 and under 6565 and upwards
Parish of Bow669231151412415567
Grove Hall Lunatic Asylum37.........12412
totals706231151412517979
Deaths occurring outside the District among persons belonging thereto186192011157744
Deaths occurring within the District among persons not belonging thereto37.........12412
mortality from subjoined causes, distinguishing deaths of children under five years of age.
diseases.Parish of Bow.Grove Hall Lunatic AsylumTotals.Deaths occurring outside the district among persons belonging thereto.Deaths occurring within the district among persons not belonging thereto.
un. 5ov. 5un. 5ov. sun. 5ov. 5un. 5ov. 5.un. 5.ov. 5.
Smallpox..............................
Scarlatina21......2131......
Diphtheria126......12612......
Membranous Croup2.........2...............
fevers.Typhus..............................
Enteric or Typhoid11......11...2......
Continued..............................
Relapsing..............................
Puerperal...2.........2...1......
*Cholera51......51............
Erysipelas...2.........2............
Measles534......5345.........
Whooping Cough811......3111.........
Diarrhœa and Dysentery213...22151......2
Rheumatic Fever...3.........3............
Phthisis1448...61454325...6
Bronchitis, Pneumonia & Pleurisy84484845210224
Heart Disease132...6138...22...6
Influenza...4.........4............
Injuries916...2918316...2
All other Diseases147115...171471321256...17
Totals382287...373823243947...37

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*English Cholera.—Under 5, 2; over 5, 1.