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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TABLE XIV. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Poplar Parish.
| Cause of Death. | Under 1 week. | 1-2 Weeks. | 2-3 Weeks. | 3-4 Weeks. | Total under 1 month. | 1-2 Months | 2-3 Month-. | 3-4 Months. | 4-5 Months. | 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 | 47 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 85 | 25 | 22 | 20 | 11 | 24 | 20 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 274 |
| Uncertified | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Common Infectious Diseases. | Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Chicken-pox.. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Measles | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 4 | .. | 6 | |
| Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Diphtheria: Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | |
| Whooping Cough | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .. | 4 | 14 | |
| Diarrhœal Diseases | Diarrhœa, all forms | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | .. | 36 |
| Enteritis (not Tuberculous) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 6 | |
| Wasting Diseases. | Premature Birth | 27 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 36 | 6 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 45 |
| Congenital Defects | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 15 | |
| Injury at Birth | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
| Want of Breast Milk | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | • • | |
| Atrophy, Debility Marasmus | 11 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 44 | |
| Tuberculous Diseases. | Tuberculous Meningitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 |
| Tuberculous Peritonitis: Tabes Metenterica | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 7 | |
| Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
| Syphilis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
| Rockets | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
| Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | 6 | |
| Convulsions | 2 | 2 | 1 | .. | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 18 | |
| Bronchitis | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | 21 | |
| Laryngitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Pneumonia | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | .. | 20 | |
| Suffocation, overlaying | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 9 | |
| Other Causes | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 4 | 15 | |
| 47 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 85 | 25 | 22 | 20 | 11 | 24 | 20 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 274 | ||
District of Poplar. Poplar Parish:—
Births in
the year
Legitimate 1,773
Illegitimate 72
Deaths from all Causes at all ages 1,077
Population, estimated to middle of 1905 59,654