Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE XV. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Bromley Sub-District.
Causes of Death (see page 26). | 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. | |
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All causes | Certified | 27 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 50 | 18 | 22 | 18 | 23 | 131 |
Uncertified | |||||||||||
Small Pox | |||||||||||
Chicken Pox | |||||||||||
Measles | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
Scarlet Fever | |||||||||||
Whooping Cough | 2 | ||||||||||
Diphtheria and Croup | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
Erysipelas | |||||||||||
Tuberculous Meningitis | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||
Abdominal Tuberculosis | |||||||||||
Other Tuberculous Diseases | 1 | 3 | |||||||||
Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | |||||||||||
Convulsions | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
Laryngitis | |||||||||||
Bronchitis | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | ||||
Pneumonia (all forms) | 4 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 14 | ||||||
Diarrhoea | 7 | 2 | 3 | 12 | |||||||
Enteritis | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 17 | ||||
Gastritis | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
Syphilis | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
Rickets | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
Suffocation, overlying | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
Injury at birth | |||||||||||
Atelectasis | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | |||||||
Congenital Malformations | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 11 | ||||
Premature birth | 16 | 5 | 3 | 27 | 4 | 31 | |||||
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 13 | |||
Other Causes | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | |||||
Total Deaths | 27 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 50 | 18 | 22 | 18 | 23 | 131 |
Nett Births Legitimate 1,831 Nett Deaths Legitimate infants 124
in the year Illegitimate 30 in the year of Illegitimate infants 7