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Poplar 1907

[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 1907. 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 1907. 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	125	32	25	16	198	74	55	57	35	43	28	32	31	42	32	29	653
All Causes	Uncertified	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
i. Common Infectious Diseases :—
Small-pox		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Chicken-pox		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Measles		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	2	3	4	..	6	15
Scarlet Fever		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	2
Diphtheria: including Membranous Croup		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	2	1	..	4
Whooping Cough		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	4	1	5	1	6	5	4	33
ii. Diarrhœal Diseases Diarrhœa, all forms		..	..	..	..	..	4	4	7	4	6	5	3	9	4	3	1	50
Enteritis: Muco-enteritis and Gastro-enteritis.		..	..	..	1	1	2	8		1	4	7	2	3	3	..	..	27
Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh		..	1	..	1	2	..	..	..	1	1	..	1	..	..	..	..	5
iii. Wasting Diseases :— Premature Birth		66	9	10	..	85	8	1	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	95
Congenital Defects		24	3	1	3	31	2	1	..	1	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	37
Injury at Birth		2	..	1	..	3	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	4
Want of Breast-milk, starvation		..	1	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus		18	6	3	4	31	18	18	16	5	6	2	2	1	1	1	3	104
iv. Tuberculous Diseases : Tuberculous Meningitis		..	..	..	..	..	..	1	2	..	3	2	2	..	3	4	2	19
Tuberculous Peritonitis: Tabes Mesenterica		..	..	..	..	..	..	1	2	1	2	..	..	1	..	..	1	8
Other Tuberculous Diseases v. Other Causes :—		..	..	..	..	..	1	1	4	1	3	..	..	1	2	3	1	17
Erysipelas		..	1	1	..	9	..	1	1	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	5
Syphilis		..	..	..	1	1	1	1	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	4
Rickets		..	..	..	..	..	1	..	1	..	1	1	1	..	1	..	1	7
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)..		..	..	..	..	1	..	2	..	1	1	1	..	2	1	1	..	10
Convulsions		6	5	2	..	13	7	2	2	5	1	1	2	1	2	1	2	39
Bronchitis		..	3	..	1	4	9	4	5	2	2	1	2	2	5	6	1	43
Laryngitis		..	..	..	1	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1
Pneumonia		..	..	1	1	2	5	5	6	4	6		4	5	6	5	5	53
Suffocation, overlying		1	..	..	1	2	9	5	5	4	2	3	1	1	..	..	..	32
Other Causes		8	3	5	2	18	1	1	3	3	1	3	4	1	1	1	1	38
		125	32	25	16	198	74	52	57	35	43	28	32	31	42	32	29	653

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District of Poplar: Whole Borough: —
Population, estimated to middle of 1907 170,209.
Births in Legitimate 5,153 Deaths in the Legitimate infants 626
the year Illegitimate 96* year of Illegitimate infants 27
Deaths from all causes at all ages 2,879
* See pages 5 and 6.

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Table: TABLE XIII. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Whole Borough. Infantile Mortality during the Year 1907. Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.

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