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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 XVI.METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Bow Sub-District.Infantile Mortality during the Year 1919.Nett Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.

TABLE XVI.METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Bow Sub-District.Infantile Mortality during the Year 1919.Nett Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year 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 causesCertified213523111159976
Uncertified
Small Fox..............................
Chicken Pox..............................
Measles..............................
Scarlet Fever..............................
Whooping Cough..............................
Diphtheria, and Croup...........................1
Erysipelas..............................
Tuberculous Meningiti..............................
Abdominal Tuberculosis..............................
Other Tuberculous Diseases..............................
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)........................11
Convulsions1...1...211......4
Laryngitis...........................
Bronchitis......2...2...1......3
Pneumonia (all forms)...............1...2...3
Diarrhcea...............33118
Enteritis............112419
Gastritis..................1......1
Syphilis...............1.........1
Rickets..............................
Suffocation, overlying...............1.........1
Injury at birth..............................
Atelectasis1.........1............1
Congenital Malformations7......1811......10
Premature birth81......11111...14
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus22......414l...11
Other Causes2.........211...48
Total Deaths213523111159976

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Nett Births
in the year
Legitimate 853
Illegitimate 12
Nett Deaths
in the year
Legitimate infants 75
Illegitimate infants 1