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 | 35 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 52 | 16 | 25 | 12 | 16 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 191 |
| Uncertified | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Common Infectious Diseases. | Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Chicken-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Measles | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 4 | .. | 1 | 6 | |
| Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Diphtheria: Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
| Whooping Cough | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 8 | |
| Diarrhœal Diseases. | Diarrhœa, all forms.. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 35 |
| Enteritis (not Tuberculous) | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 5 | |
| Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
| Wasting Diseases | Premature Birth | 16 | .. | 1 | 2 | 19 | 5 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 25 |
| Congenital Defects | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 5 | |
| Injury at Birth | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Want of Breast Milk | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | |
| Atrophy, Debility Marasmus | 11 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 37 | |
| Tuberculous Diseases. | Tuberculous Meningitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 |
| Tuberculous Peritonitis: Tabes Mesenterica | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
| Syphilis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Rickets | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |
| Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |
| Convulsions | 2 | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 | |||||
| Bronchitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 9 | |
| Laryngitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
| Pneumonia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 20 | |
| Suffocation, overlaying | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 | ||
| Other causes | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | 4 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 9 | |
| 35 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 52 | 16 | 25 | 12 | 16 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 191 | ||
District of Poplar: Bow Parish :—
Births in Legitimate1,318 Deaths from all Causes at all ages 694
the Year Illegitimate 10 Population (estimated to middle of 1905) 42,591