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Poplar 1905

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]

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TABLE XIII.METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Whole Borough. Infantile Mortality during the Year 1905. Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.

Causes of Death.Under 1 Week.1-2 Weeks.2-3 Weeks.3-4 Weeks.Total under 1 Month.1-2 Months.2-3 Months3-4 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 CausesCertified1393628312348090625658524945413431832
Uncertified..................................
Common Infectious DiseasesSmall-pox..................................
Chicken-pox..................................
Measles................1..21..76..19
Scarlet Fever............................1..1
Diphtheria : Croup......................111....3
Whooping Cough....1..12411454223635
Diarrhœal DiseasesDiarrhœa, all forms......33720141215231617993148
Enteritis (not Tuberculous)..1113..3131....1..1114
Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh..1..121..11..1....3....9
Wasting DiseasesPremature Birth78558961342..1............116
Congenital Defects9523196221..1..........32
Injury at Birth2......2......................2
Want of Breast Milk..........2311..............7
Atrophy, Debility Marasmus3410485617181187252311131
Tuberculous DiseasesTuberculous Meningitis..................1..5....1..8
Tuberculous Peritonitis : Tabes Mesenterica1......1......211..........5
Other Tuberculous Diseases....1..11..143211....318
Erysipelas..........l..........1........2
Syphilis..........1..3....1..........5
Ricketts..1....121..........1......5
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)..............111343..2..18
Convulsions552..12648131..11..138
Bronchitis2..32761179646424166
Laryngitis................1..............1
Pneumonia..1124373364..8..6561
Suffocation, overlaying323..868632....1......34
Other Causes55531866..47213....854
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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.