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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 1919

Annual report for the year 1919 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 XIII.METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR.Whole Borough.Infantile Mortality during the Year 1919.Nett Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.

TABLE XIII.METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR.Whole Borough.Infantile Mortality during the Year 1919.Nett Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.

Causes of Death (see page 28).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.
AU causesCertified8917171413767484036328
Uncertified..............................
Small Pox..............................
Chicken Pox..............................
Measles........................11
Scarlet Fever..............................
Whooping Cough.....................1...1
Diphtheria and Croup.....................224
Erysipelas...............21......3
Tuberculous Meningitis........................11
Abdominal Tuberculosis..............................
Other Tuberculous Diseases..............................
Meningitis (not Tuberculous).....................123
Convulsions11114221...9
Laryngitis.....................1...1
Bronchitis1...2...3741419
Pneumonia (all forms)...1113539828
Diarrhœa...............754319
Enteritis.........1110109939
Gastritis.........l1221...6
Syphilis...............1.........1
Rickets..................1......1
Suffocation, overlying...............2l......3
Injury at birth1......l2............2
Atelectasis62......8............8
Congenital Malformations11...2215532...25
Premature birth52892711111...84
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus9525211195147
Other Causes8.........8262523
Total Deaths8917171413767484036328

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Nett Births
in the year
Legitimate 3,840*
Illegitimate 109*
Nett Deaths
in the year of
Legitimate infants 312
Illegitimate infants 16
* Registrar-General.