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 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 | 57 | 17 | 11 | 12 | 97 | 39 | 43 | 30 | 29 | 23 | 20 | 25 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 12 | 367 |
| Uncertified | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Common Infectious Diseases | Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Chicken-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Measles | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | |
| Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | |
| Diphtheria: Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
| Whooping Cough | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | 2 | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 13 | |
| Diarrhœa1 Diseases | Diarrhœa, all forms | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 77 |
| Enteritis (not Tuberculous) | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 9 | |
| Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |
| Wasting Diseases | Premature Birth | 35 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 41 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 46 |
| Congenital Defects | 2 | 2 | .. | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 12 | |
| Injury at Birth | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
| Want of Breast Milk | .. | .. | • • | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | ||
| Atrophy, Debility Marasmus | 12 | 3 | .. | 1 | 16 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 3 | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 50 | |
| Tuberculous Diseases | Tuberculous Meningitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Tuberculous Peritonitis: Tabes Mesenterica | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 11 | |
| Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Syphilis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | |
| Rickets | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |
| Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | 3 | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 10 | ||
| Convulsions | 1 | 3 | 1 | .. | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 12 | |
| Bronchitis | 2 | .. | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 36 | |
| Laryngitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Pneumonia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 21 | |
| Suffocation, overlaying | 1 | 2 | 2 | .. | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 18 | |
| Other Causes | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 4 | .. | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 4 | 30 | |
| 57 | 17 | 11 | 12 | 97 | 39 | 43 | 30 | 29 | 23 | 20 | 25 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 12 | 367 | ||
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