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

TABLE XVI.

METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR.

Bromley 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 pages 41).Under 1 week.1-2 weeks.2—3 weeks.3-4 weeks.Total under 1 month1-3 months.3-6 months.6-9 months.9-12 months.Nett total Deaths under 1 year.
All causesCertified
Uncertified
Small Pox..............................
Chicken Pox..............................
Measles.....................134
Scarlet Fever..............................
Whooping Cough...............322411
Diphtheria and Croup..................1.........
Erysipelas..................2......1
Tuberculous Meningitis...............2.........4
Abdominal Tuberculosis..................31......
Other Tuberculous Diseases..................1314
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)..................1225
Convulsions...1......1............6
Laryngitis......1......14221
Bronchitis............1445613
Pneumonia (all forms)...............5115120
Diarrhoea...............144118
Enteritis............121......12
Gastritis..................2.........3
Syphilis1.........111......2
Rickets...............12......2
Suffocation, overlying1.........11.........4
Injury at birth1.........1............1
Atelectasis71......8............8
Congenital Malformations411171.........8
Premature birth202122521......28
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus52131110118444
Other Causes...1113223111
Total Deaths398676038513625210

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Nett Births Legitimate 1,873* Nett Deaths Legitimate infants 201
in the year Illegitimate 17* in the year of Illegitimate infants 9
* See pages 4-6.
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