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Poplar 1905

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

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TABLE XVI.METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR,Bow 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 Months5-6 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 CausesCertified35845521625121611128131169191
Uncertified..................................
Common Infectious Diseases.Small-pox..................................
Chicken-pox..................................
Measles....................1....4..16
Scarlet Fever..................................
Diphtheria: Croup........................1......1
Whooping Cough....1..11......22......118
Diarrhœal Diseases.Diarrhœa, all forms..............414463722235
Enteritis (not Tuberculous)..1....1..1..2............15
Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh................1..............1
Wasting DiseasesPremature Birth16..12195..1................25
Congenital Defects21....31..............1....5
Injury at Birth..................................
Want of Breast Milk..........1211..............5
Atrophy, Debility Marasmus11413191534211..1....37
Tuberculous Diseases.Tuberculous Meningitis..........................11..2
Tuberculous Peritonitis: Tabes Mesenterica1......1........1............2
Other Tuberculous Diseases..................................
Erysipelas......................1........1
Syphilis..................................
Rickets..........1............1......2
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)......................11......2
Convulsions2..2114............8
Bronchitis..........33..1..1..1......9
Laryngitis................................1
Pneumonia..........1511..12122420
Suffocation, overlaying2......2131..............7
Other causes121..4..1..12....1......9
35845521625121611128131169191

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