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Poplar 1896

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar]

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Table: T otal D eaths of Inhabitants of BOW, occurring within the District, during the year1896.

T otal D eaths of Inhabitants of BOW, occurring within 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.
1 st Quar.2nd Quar.3rd Quar.4th Quar.Total.1st Quar.2nd Quar.^rd 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 Quar4th Quar.Total.1st Quar.2nd Quar.3rd Quar.4th Quar.Total.
Smallpox.........................................................................................................
Scarlatina...............2.........21.........1.............................................3.........3
Diphtheria...1......132331112216.............................................454418
Membranous Croup..................112...............................................................1...12
Typhus Fever.........................................................................................................
Enteric or Typhoid Fever.....................1...1......................................................11......112
Continued Fever.........................................................................................................
Relapsing Fever.........................................................................................................
Puerperal Fever..................................................................112.....................112
Cholera,English......1...1......1...1....................................1...1.....................3...3
Infantile......2...2......1...1..................................................................3...3
Erysipelas.......................................11...............1.........1...............1......12
Measles281...111329......42...4......4.............................................15411...57
Whooping Cough6411121261...19...1......1.............................................18112132
Diarrhoea and Dysentery......14...14......7...7.................................11...21.........11122...24
Rheumatic Fever....................................1...1..................1...12..................1113
Ague.........................................................................................................
Phthisis1...348...33...6...11...22446166116730...............919171762
Bronchitis, Pneumo nia and Pleurisy161291552128393292,116.........229368267411446292037132
Heart Disease........................112...114.........221131318211815431133
Injuries4...2...6111...3...2327...............3......361...2...3938525
All other Diseases29145427124387523214181111418181714679712124062499560266
Total5839874723146582819151813137413551124483733371552012161967183164182140669