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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 1916

Annual report for the year 1916 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 Whole Borough. Infantile Mortality during the Year 1916. Nett Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.

TABLE XIV METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR Whole Borough. Infantile Mortality during the Year 1916. Nett Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.

Causes of Death (see page 41).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 causesCertified
Uncertified...........................
Small Pox..............................
Chicken Pox..............................
Measles.....................4610
Scarlet Fever..............................
Whooping Cough...............545620
Diphtheria and Croup..............................
Erysipelas..................1......1
Tuberculous Meningitis...............251513
Abdominal Tuberculosis..............................
Other Tuberculous Diseases...............134210
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)...............12429
Convulsions...12...3333416
Laryngitis...............1.........1
Bronchitis......2138114632
Pneumonia (all forms)...............910131648
Diarrhœa......1...181512440
Enteritis1...2...46118433
Gastritis...............21......3
Syphilis1.........12.........3
Rickets...............11...13
Suffocation, overlying2.........215......8
Injury at birth1.........1............1
Atelectasis111......12............12
Congenital Malformations10311154.........19
Premature birth387345241......57
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus1564530222013697
Other Causes641516457436
Total Deaths85231616140841047866472

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Nett Births Legitimate 4,491* Nett Deaths Legitimate infants 455
in the year Illegitimate 52* in the year of Illegitimate infants 17
* See pages 4-6