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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TABLE XIV. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Poplar Parish.
| Causes of Death, (see page 35.) | Under 1 weok. | 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 | 39 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 76 | 29 | 29 | 18 | 12 | 26 | ii | 23 | 21 | 17 | 17 | 14 | 293 |
| Uncertified | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Chicken-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Measles | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | ||
| Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Diphtheria: Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
| Whooping Cough | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | 15 | |
| .. | .. | .. | ||||||||||||||||
| Diarrhoea, all forms | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | U | 5 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 64 | |
| Enteritis* | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 9 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | |
| Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
| Premature Birth | 23 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 35 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 39 | |
| Congenital Defects | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 12 | ||
| Injury at Birth | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Want of Breast Milk, starvation | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |
| Atrophy, Debility Marasmus | 6 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .. | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 40 | |
| Tuberculous Meningitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 4 | |
| Tuberculous Peritonitis: Tabes Mesenterica | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | |
| Other Tuberculous Diseases .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | 4 | |
| .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||
| Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
| Syphilis | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
| Rickets | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | |
| Meningitis (not Tuberculous).. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | 8 | |
| Convulsions | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 19 | |
| Bronchitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 22 | |
| Laryngitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Pneumonia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | .. | 14 | |
| Suffocation, overlying | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | |
| Other causes | .. | 1 | 4 | 7 | 3 | J | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 21 | |||
| 39 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 76 | 29 | 29 | IS | 12 | 26 | 11 | 23 | 21 | 17 | 17 | 14 | 293 | ||
*Including Muco-enteritis and Gastro-enteritis.
District of Poplar : Poplar Parish:—
PoDulation. estimated to middle of 1906 59.935.
Births in
the year
Legitimate 1,820
Illegitimate 40
Deaths in the
year of
Legitimate infants 282
Illegitimate infants 11
Deaths from all causes at all ages 1,068