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 IX.
BROMLEY.
Estimated Population | 72,658 | |||
Deaths from all causes | 1,588 | |||
Division I. (Adults.) | Total Deaths. | Deaths per 1000 of population. | Proportion of deaths to 1000 deaths. | |
1. | Seven principal Zymotic Diseases | 286 | 3.93 | 180.0 |
2. | Respiratory (other than Phthisis) | 423 | 5.82 | 266.3 |
3. | Tubercular Diseases | 155 | 2.13 | 97.6 |
Division II. (Infants under one year.) | Total Deaths. | Deaths per 1000 of Births. (Births 2649) | Deaths per 1000 of total deaths under one year. (489) | |
4. | Wasting Diseases of Infants | 159 | 60.00 | 325.1 |
5. | Convulsive Diseases of Infants | 51 | 19.24 | 104.3 |
NOTE.
1. Includes Small Pox, Measles, Scarlet Fever, Whooping Cough, Fever,
Diphtheria, and Diarrhoea.
3. Includes Phthisis, 100; Scrofula and Tuberculosis, 19; Rickets, 5; and
Tabes, 31.
4. Includes Marasmus, Atrophy and Debility, 109; Want of Breast Milk, 6; and
Premature Birth, 44.
5. Includes Hydrocephalus, 1; Infantile, 8, and Tubercular Meningitis, 1;
Convulsions, 34 ; and Teething, 7.