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Poplar 1907

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

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TABLE XVI. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Bow 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 CausesCertified28466442091671127781246152
Uncertified..................................
i. Common Infectious Diseases :—
Small-pox..................................
Chicken-pox..................................
Measles..........................1....1
Scarlet Fever..................................
Diphtheria: including Membranous Croup..................................
Whooping Cough..........2......1..1..1117
ii. Diarrhœal Diseases :—
Diarrhœa, all forms..........1..1211i32....12
Enteritis, Muco-enteritis and Gastro-enteritis............1......31..2....7
Gastritis, Gaitro-intestinal Catarrh..................................
iii. Wasting Diseases :— Premature Birth1722..21....1................22
Congenital Defects3....142..........1........7
Injury at Birth................................• •
Want of Breast Milk, starvation..................................
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus.31116757121..........29
iv. Tuberculous Diseases :—
Tuberculous Meningitis................................3
Tuberculous Peritonitis: Tabes Mesenterica..................1..........12
Other Tuberculous Diseases..............11..........13
v. Other Causes:-
Erysipelas..........................1....1
Syphilis..................................
Rickets..................................
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)............1....1............2
Convulsions2..1..3........1..1........5
Bronchitis......11........1....112..6
Laryngitis......11......................1
Pneumonia......112..21....13....319
Suffocation, overlying1....125131..1..........13
Other causes212..51..11....111..112
'2846644209167127781246152

District of Poplar : Bow Sub-District:—
Population, estimated to middle of 1907 42,890.
Births in Legitimate 1,251 Deaths in the Legitimate infants 144
the year Illegitimate 21* year of Illegitimate infants 8
Deaths from all Causes at all ages 678
* See page 6.