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Poplar 1906

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

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Table: TABLE XIII. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Whole Borough. Infantile Mortality during the Year 1906. Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.

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TABLE XIII. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Whole Borough. Infantile Mortality during the Year 1906. Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.

Causes of Death, (see page 35.)		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	98	33	31	26	188	87	79	63	50	70	36	5C	52	53	41	45	822
All Causes	Uncertified.	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
i. Common Infectious Diseases :—
Small-pox		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Chicken-pox		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Measles		..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	2	1	5	4	2	2	9	26
Scarlet Fever		..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1
Diphtheria: Croup		..	..	..	..	..	1	..	1	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	3
Whooping Cough		..	..	1	..	1	..	..	2	2	3	7	3	2	..	3	..	25
ii. Diarrhceal Diseases :—
Diarrhoea, all forms		..	..	..	2	2	11	23	26	16	27	10	22	15	20	9	18	199
Enteritis*		..	..	..	..	..	4	3	3	6	2		2	3	1	1	1	26
Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh		..	1	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	2
Hi. Wasting Diseases :—
Premature Birth		57	9	12	3	81	7	1	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	90
Congenital Defects		9	3		3	15	5	2	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	1	..	24
Injury at Birth		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Want of Breast-milk, starvation		..	1		..	1	3	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	5
Atrophy, Debility Marasmus.		13	4	9	5	31	18	16	10	8	8	2	5	5	1	3	2	109
iv. Tuberculous Diseases : -
Tuberculous Meningitis		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	1		2	..	2	1		7
Tuberculous Peritonitis: Tabes Mesenterica		..	..	..	..	..	1	1	1	..	..		1	1	1	1	..	7
Other Tuberculous Diseases		..	..	..	..	..	1	..	1	..	1	..	2	2	..	3	..	9
v. Other Causes :—
Erysipelas		..	..	1	1	2	..	1	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	4
Syphilis		..	1	1	1	3	2	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	6
Rickets		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	1		1	1	8	1	..	1	9
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)..		..	..	..	..	..	1	2	1	3	1	3	1	..	3	4		19
Convulsions		6	6	3	2	17	4	9	3	5	i	3	..	3	5	3	2	55
Bronchitis		1	2	1	1	5	11	5	3	5	9	3	4	8	3	1	5	62
Laryngitis		1	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1
Pneumonia		..	1	1	..	2	6	7	4	1	5	4	4	6	9	4	3	55
Suffocation, overlying		6	1		2	9	4	5	3	1	2	2	..	..	..	..	..	26
Other Causes		5	4	2	6	17	8	1	2	1	6	2	1	..	5	4	2	52
		98	33	31	26	188	87	79	63	50	70	38	56	52	53	41	45	822

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*Including Muco-enteritis and Gastro-enteritis.
District of Poplar: Whole Borough: —
Population, estimated to middle of 1906 169,975.
Births in
the year
Legitimate 5,266
Illegitimate 97
Deaths in the
year of
Legitimate infants 789
Illegitimate infants 33
Deaths from all causes at all ages 2,991

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Table: TABLE XIII. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Whole Borough. Infantile Mortality during the Year 1906. Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.

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