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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 XV. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Poplar Sub-District Infantile Mortality during the Year 1916. Nett Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.

TABLE XV. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Poplar Sub-District 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.....................325
Scarlet Fever..............................
Whooping Cough...............21......3
Diphtheria and Croup..............................
Erysipelas..............................
Tuberculous Meningitis..................2158
Abdominal Tuberculosis..............................
Other Tuberculous Diseases.....................224
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)...............11114
Convulsions............13l117
Laryngitis..............................
Bronchitis...............361111
Pneumonia (all forms)...............344617
Diarrhœa...............424313
Enteritis............1252313
Gastritis..............................
Syphilis...............1.........1
Rickets........................11
Suffocation, overlying..................3......3
Injury at birth..............................
Atelectasis3.........3............3
Congenital Malformations2.........22.........4
Premature birth9421162.........18
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus1042l17493134
Other Causes32...38112315
Total Deaths2810554828352429164

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Nett Births Legitimate 1,552* Nett Deaths Legitimate infants 159
in the year Illegitimate 23* in the year of Illegitimate infants 5
* See pages 4-6.