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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 1919

Annual report for the year 1919 on the sanitary condition and vital statistics of the Metropolitan Borough of Poplar, comprising the registration sub-districts of Poplar, Bromley and Bow

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Table: TABLE XIV.METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR.Poplar Sub-DistrictInfantile Mortality during the Year 1919.Nett Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under OneYear of Age.

TABLE XIV.METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR.Poplar Sub-DistrictInfantile Mortality during the Year 1919.Nett Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under OneYear of Age.

Causes of Death (see page 28).Under 1 week.1-2 weeks.2-3 weeks.3-4 weeks.Total under 1 month.1-3 months.3-6 months.6-9 months.9-12 months.Nett total Deaths under 1 year.
All causesCertified326634730181213120
Uncertified
Small Pox..............................
Chicken Pox..............................
Measles........................11
Scarlet Fever..............................
Whooping Cough..............................
Diphtheria and Croup........................11
Erysipelas...........................1
Tuberculous Meningitis........................11
Abdominal Tuberculosis..............................
Other Tuberculous Diseases..............................
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)........................11
Convulsions.....................1...2
Laryngitis..............................
Bronchitis...............21...25
Pneumonia (all forms)...11...2333213
Diarrhœa...............22228
Enteritis...............861217
Gastritis...............2...1...3
Syphilis..............................
Rickets..............................
Suffocation, overlying..................1......1
Injury at birth..............................
Atelectasis1.........1............1
Congenital Malformations2...2...43...2...10
Premature birth23421305.........35
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus41128411...14
Other Causes2.........2...2116
Total Deaths326634730181213120

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Nett Births
in the year
Nett Deaths
in the year of
(Legitimate infants 112
Illegitimate infants 8
Legitimate 1,393
Illegitimate 57