Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the sanitary condition of the parishes of Poplar and Bromley within the Poplar District with vital statistics
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TABLE VII.
POPLAR.
Division I. (Adults.) | Total Deaths. | Deaths per 1000 of population. | Proportion of deaths to iooo deaths. |
1. Seven principal Zymotic Diseases | 141 | 2.28 | 126.4 |
2. Respiratory (other than Phthisis) | 194 | 3.39 | 173.9 |
3. Tubercular Diseases | 146 | 2.55 | 130.9 |
Division II. (Infants under one year.) | Total Deaths. | Deaths per 1000 of Births. (Births 1907) | Deaths per 1000 of total deaths under one year. (290) |
4. Wasting Diseases of Infants | 105 | 55.06 | 362.0 |
5. Convulsive Diseases of Infants | 30 | 15.73 | 103.4 |
NOTE.
1. Includes Small Pox, Measles, Scarlet Fever, Whooping Cough, Fever
Diphtheria, and Diarrhoea.
3. Includes Phthisis, 96; Scrofula and Tuberculosis, 29; Rickets, 2; Tabes, 19.
4. Includes Marasmus, Atrophy and Debility, 62; Want of Breast Milk, 2; and
Premature Birth, 41.
5. Includes Hydrocephalus, 1; Infantile, 5; and Tubercular Meningitis, 5;
Convulsions, 15; and Teething, 4.