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, Metropolitan Borough]
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| Causes of Death. | Under 1 Week. | 1-2 Weeks. | 2-3 Weeks. | 3-4 Weeks. | Total under 1 Month. | 1-2 Months. | 2-3 Months | 3-4 Months.| | 4-5 Mont hs. | 5-6 Months. | 6-7 Months. | 7-8 Months. | 8-9 Months. | 9-10 Months. | 10-11 Months. | 11-12 Months. | Total deaths under 1 Year. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Causes | Certified | 139 | 36 | 28 | 31 | 234 | 80 | 90 | 62 | 56 | 58 | 52 | 49 | 45 | 41 | 34 | 31 | 832 |
| Uncertified | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Common Infectious Diseases | Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Chicken-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Measles | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 7 | 6 | .. | 19 | |
| Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | |
| Diphtheria : Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | |
| Whooping Cough | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 35 | |
| Diarrhœal Diseases | Diarrhœa, all forms | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 14 | 12 | 15 | 23 | 16 | 17 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 148 |
| Enteritis (not Tuberculous) | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .. | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 14 | |
| Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 9 | |
| Wasting Diseases | Premature Birth | 78 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 96 | 13 | 4 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 116 |
| Congenital Defects | 9 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 32 | |
| Injury at Birth | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |
| Want of Breast Milk | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 | |
| Atrophy, Debility Marasmus | 34 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 56 | 17 | 18 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 131 | |
| Tuberculous Diseases | Tuberculous Meningitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 5 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 8 |
| Tuberculous Peritonitis : Tabes Mesenterica | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | |
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | 18 | |
| Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | l | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |
| Syphilis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | |
| Ricketts | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 5 | |
| Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | .. | 2 | .. | 18 | |
| Convulsions | 5 | 5 | 2 | .. | 12 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 38 | |
| Bronchitis | 2 | .. | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 66 | |
| Laryngitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
| Pneumonia | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | .. | 8 | .. | 6 | 5 | 61 | |
| Suffocation, overlaying | 3 | 2 | 3 | .. | 8 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 34 | |
| Other Causes | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 6 | 6 | .. | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | 8 | 54 | |
| 139 | 36 | 28 | 31 | 234 | 80 90 | 62 | 56 | 58 | 52 | 49 | 45 | 41 | 34 | 31 | 832 | |||
District of Poplar: Whole Borough—
Births in
the year
Legitimate 5,335.
Illegitimate 106.
Deaths from all causes at all ages' 2,993.
Population (Estimated to middle of 1905) 169,744.