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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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Table: Total Deaths of Inhabitants of BOW, occurring both within and without the District, during the year1896.

Total Deaths of Inhabitants of BOW, occurring both within and without the District, during the year1896.

Mortality from the following Diseases.Under 1 year.1 year, and under 5.5 years, and under 1515 years, and under 2525 years, and under 6565 years and upwards.At all Ages.
1st Quar.2nd Quar.| 3rd Quar.4th Quar.Total.1st Quar.2nd Quar.3rd Quar.4th Quar.Total.1st Quar.2nd Quar.3rd Quar.4th Quar.Total.1st Quar,2nd Quar.3rd Quar.4th Quar.Total.1st Quar.2nd Quar.3rd Quar.4th Quar.Total.1st Quar.2nd Quar.3rd Quar.4th Quar.Total.1st Quar.2nd Quar.3rd Quar.4th Quar.Total.
Small Pox.........................................................................................................
Scarlatina11......23.........32.........2............2..............................61......7
Diphtheria...1......142331222318.............................................656421
Membranous Croup..................1...12...............................................................1...12
Typhus Fever.........................................................................................................
Enteric or Typhoid Fever.....................1...1........................11...1......1.........11...1124
Continued Fever.........................................................................................................
Relapsing Fever.........................................................................................................
Puerperal Fever......................................................11......112.....................123
CholeraEnglish11I11Ja3
Infantile......2...2......1...1..................................................................3...3
Erysipelas.......................................11...............1.........1...............1......12
Measles481...131530......45...3......3.............................................19411...61
Whooping Cough6411121361...20...1......1.............................................19112133
Diarrhoea, and Dysentery......15...15......7...7.................................11...21.........11123...25
Rheumatic Fever....................................1...1..................1...12..................1113
Ague.........................................................................................................
Phthisis1...449...53...8...11...23...4920815141451..................25262790
Bronchitis, Pneumonia and Pleurisy19129165617831038221161......3410461232117192860332051164
Heart Disease........................114...1i6......145156142642651723891555
Injuries4...2...622116...334101......128...35161...3...4165121144
All other Diseases2916583013331085263341111312729222819981211201760776511974335
Total644293512505764292117113161495267621407150555623229203032111240198227190855