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Poplar 1900

[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: TABLE XIII.POPLAR.Showing Mortality from certain groups of Diseases and Proportions to 1000 of Population, and to 1000 Deaths, during the year /poo (52 weeks) ended 29th. December, 1900, excluding non-Parishioners and including deaths in outlying Institutions. Also the number of Deaths of Infants under one year of age from other groups of Diseases and proportions to 1000 Births, and to 1000 Deaths from all causes under one year.

TABLE XIII.

POPLAR.

Showing Mortality from certain groups of Diseases and Proportions to 1000 of Population, and to 1000 Deaths, during the year /poo (52 weeks) ended 29th. December, 1900, excluding non-Parishioners and including deaths in outlying Institutions. Also the number of Deaths of Infants under one year of age from other groups of Diseases and proportions to 1000 Births, and to 1000 Deaths from all causes under one year.

Estimated Population59,001
Deaths from all causes1,399
Division I. (Adults.)Total Deaths.Deaths per 1000 of population.Proportion of deaths to 1000 deaths.
1. Seven principal Zymotic Diseases1752.94125.0
2. Respiratory (other than Phthisis)2754.66196.5
3. Tubercular Diseases1482.50105.7
Division II. (Infants under one year.)Total Deaths.Deaths per 1000 of Births. (Births 1994)Deaths per 1000 of total deaths under one year (Deaths under one year 364).
4. Wasting Diseases of Infants12763.69348.9
5. Convulsive Diseases of Infants4623.06126.3

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NOTE.
1. Includes Small Pox 0, Chicken Pox 0, Measles 25, German Measles 1,
Scarlet Fever 3, Whooping Cough 34, Fever 14, Diphtheria (including Membranous
Croup) 50, Diarrhoea 48, and Simple Cholera 0.
3. Includes Phthisis 115, Scrofula and Tuberculosis 4, Tubercular Meningitis
(all ages) 16, Rickets 3, and Tabes Mesenterica 10.
4. Includes Marasmus, Atrophy and Debility 74; Want of Breast Milk 0 ; and
Premature Birth 53.
5. Includes Hydrocephalus 4, Infantile 2 and Tubercular Meningitis 3,
Convulsions 31, and Teething, 6.