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Poplar 1905

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

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TABLE XV.METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR.Bromley Parish.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 Months.3-4 Months.4-5 Months.5-6 Months.6-7 Months7-8 Months.8-9 Months.9-10 Months.10-11 Months.11-12 Months.Total Deaths under 1 Year.
All CausesCertified57171112973943302923202517161612367
Uncertified..................................
Common Infectious DiseasesSmall-pox..................................
Chicken-pox..................................
Measles................1..1....2217
Scarlet Fever............................1..1
Diphtheria: Croup......................1........1
Whooping Cough............31..213....2113
Diarrhœa1 DiseasesDiarrhœa, all forms......33710964910855177
Enteritis (not Tuberculous)....112..2111....1..1..9
Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh..1....1....1................2
Wasting DiseasesPremature Birth3521341221................46
Congenital Defects22..153121..............12
Injury at Birth1......1......................1
Want of Breast Milk....• •..11..................2
Atrophy, Debility Marasmus123..116138513..111..150
Tuberculous DiseasesTuberculous Meningitis......................1........1
Tuberculous Peritonitis: Tabes Mesenterica................1..............1
Other Tuberculous Diseases....1..11..1311..1....211
Erysipelas..................................
Syphilis..........1..2....1..........4
Rickets..1....1..1..................2
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)............11..23..21..10
Convulsions131..51211..1..1......12
Bronchitis2..2152527413222136
Laryngitis..................................
Pneumonia..........1112422142121
Suffocation, overlaying122..543221....1......18
Other Causes33321134..23111....430
57171112973943302923202517161612367

District of Poplar : Bromley Parish :—
Births in Legitimate 2,244 Deaths from all Causes at all ages 1,222
the year Lilegitimate 24 Population, estimated to middle of 1905 67,499