London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

View report page

Poplar 1907

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

This page requires JavaScript

TABLE XIV. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Poplar Sub-District. 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 CausesCertified451495731719211116811101387214
Uncertified..................................
i. Common Infectious Diseases :—
Small-pox..................................
Chicken-pox..................................
Measles........................1....34
Scarlet Fever..............................11
Diphtheria : including Membranous Croup....................1....21..4
Whooping Cough..........1....1211..11..8
ii. Diarrlœal Diseases :—
Diarrhœa, all forms..........124..2222......15
Enteritis, Muco-enteritis and Gastro-enteritis......11..213..1..1....9
Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh..1....1............1........2
iii. Wasting Diseases :— Premature Birth2035..2821..................31
Congenital Defects122..115..1..1..............17
Injury at Birth1..1..21....................3
Want of Breast Milk, starvation..1....1......................1
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus..831..124542.2..111....32
iv. Tuberculous Diseases :—
Tuberculous Meningitis..............2..1........216
Tuberculous Peritonitis: Tabes
Mesenterica............1....1....1......3
Other Tuberculous Diseases ............................1113
v. Other Causes :—
Erysipelas..1....1..1..................2
Syphilis........11....1..............3
Rickets..............1..1...1..1....4
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)....1..1......1......21....5
Convulsions8......32121..1111....13
Bronchitis..2....23..32..11..22..16
Laryngitis..................................
Pneumonia............23..2....121112
Suffocation, overlying..........22.1..1111......9
Other causes11125..111111........11
45149573171921-1116811101387214

District of Poplar : Poplar Sub-District:—
Population, estimated to middle of 1907 60,221.
Births in ) Legitimate .. 1,802 Deaths in the Legitimate infants 210
the year Illegitimate 35* year of Illegitimate infants 4
Deaths from all causes at all ages 1,026
* See page 5.