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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 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE III.
| Causes Of Death | 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. | No. of Deaths in each Quarter. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poplar. - | Bow and Bromley | Whole Borough] | ||||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Measles | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Whooping Cough | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Influenza | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | |
| Tuberculosis of Intes- tines and Peritoneum | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Other Tuberculosis | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - |
| Diseases | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Syphilis | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | I | - |
| Meningitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bronchitis | 1 | - | 1 | - | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | - | 5 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Pneumonia | - | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 8 | - | 4 | 3 |
| Other Respiratory Diseases | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Inflammation of the stomach | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Diarrhœa and Enteritis | - | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Hernia, Intestinal Ob- struction | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | 2 |
| Congenital malformations. | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 4 | 5 | 2 | - | 1 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Congenital Debility and Selerema | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - |
| Icterus | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - |
| Premature at Birth | 32 | - | 1 | 1 | 34 | 4 | - | - | - | 16 | 22 | 38 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 5 |
| Injury at Birth | 5 | - | - | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Diseases of Umbilicus | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Atelectasis | 7 | - | - | - | 7 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 3 | 7 | — | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| suffocation- in bed or not stated how | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Other causes | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| All causes | 54 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 67 | 22 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 57 | 66 | 123 | 44 | 21 | 30 | 28 |
Live Birth Legitimate 2,236* Nett Deaths Legitimate 118*
in the year Illegitimate 59* in the year lllegitimate 7*
*Registrar-General's figures.
Neo-Natal Death Rate.
| 1928. | 1929. | 1930. | 1931. | 1932. | Average 1928-1932. | 1933. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nett Birth (Registerar-General) Deaths under 1 month | 3,228 | 3,064 | 3,056 | 2,739 | 2,616 | 2,941 | 2,295 |
| 76 | 92 | 71 | 74 | 65 | 76 | 67 | |
| Neo-Natal death rate per 1,000 nett Births | 23.5 | 30.0 | 23.2 | 27.0 | 24.8 | 25.7 | 29.2 |