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Poplar 1905

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

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

Cause of Death.Under 1 week.1-2 Weeks.2-3 Weeks.3-4 Weeks.Total under 1 month.1-2 Months2-3 Month-.3-4 Months.4-5 Months.5-6 Months6-7 Months.7-8 Months.8-9 Months.9-10 Months.10-11 Months..11-12 Months.Total Deaths under 1 Year.|
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Common Infectious Diseases.Small-pox..................................
Chicken-pox....................................
Measles......................1..14..6
Scarlet Fever..................................
Diphtheria: Croup..........................1....1
Whooping Cough..........11..1..2122..414
Diarrhœal DiseasesDiarrhœa, all forms............642783222..36
Enteritis (not Tuberculous)..................................
Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh......111........1....3....6
Wasting Diseases.Premature Birth273383662....1............45
Congenital Defects52221121......1..........15
Injury at Birth1......1......................1
Want of Breast Milk................................• •
Atrophy, Debility Marasmus11334213533213111..44
Tuberculous Diseases.Tuberculous Meningitis..................1..4........5
Tuberculous Peritonitis: Tabes Metenterica................1..1..........2
Other Tuberculous Diseases................1211..1..17
Erysipelas..........1....................1
Syphilis..............1................1
Rockets..........1....................1
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)..................11..211..6
Convulsions221..5413..3......1..118
Bronchitis....11213512221..2..21
Laryngitis..................................
Pneumonia..1124111..211612..20
Suffocation, overlaying....1..112311............9
Other Causes1..1133....121..1....415
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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