Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Bromley, South District comprising the parishes of All Saints Poplar and Bromley Saint Leonard]
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TABLE VIII.
POPLAR.
Estimated Population | 57,508 | |||
Deaths from all causes | 1424 | |||
Division I. (Adults.) | Total Deaths. | Deaths per 1000 of population. | Proportion of deaths to 1000 deaths. | |
1. | Seven principal Zymotic Diseases | 252 | 4.38 | 176.9 |
2. | Respiratory (other than Phthisis) | 302 | 5.25 | 212.0 |
3. | Tubercular Diseases | 178 | 3.09 | 125.0 |
Division II. (Infants under one year.) | Total Deaths. | Deaths per 1000 of Births. (Births 1998) | Deaths per 1000 of total deaths under one year. (380) | |
4. | Wasting Diseases of Infants | 118 | 59.05 | 310.5 |
5. | Convulsive Diseases of Infants | 38 | 19.01 | 100.0 |
NOTE.
1. Includes Small Pox, Measles, Scarlet Fever, Whooping Cough, Fever
Diphtheria, and Diarrhoea.
3. Includes Phthisis, 114; Scrofula and Tuberculosis, 34; Rickets, 9; and
Tabes, 21.
4. Includes Marasmus, Atrophy and Debility, 82; Want of Breast Milk, 0; and
Premature Birth, 36.
5. Includes Hydrocephalus, 0; Infantile, 10, and Tubercular Meningitis, 2;
Convulsions, 22; and Teething, 4.