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 XVI. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Bow Sub-District.
| 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 | 28 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 44 | 20 | 9 | 16 | 71 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 152 |
| Uncertified | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Chicken-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Measles | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | |
| Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Diphtheria: including Membranous Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Whooping Cough | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |
| Diarrhœa, all forms | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | i | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | 12 | |
| Enteritis, Muco-enteritis and Gastro-enteritis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 7 | |
| Gastritis, Gaitro-intestinal Catarrh | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| 17 | 2 | 2 | .. | 21 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 22 | ||
| Congenital Defects | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 | |
| Injury at Birth | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | • • | |
| Want of Breast Milk, starvation | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus. | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 29 | |
| Tuberculous Meningitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | |
| Tuberculous Peritonitis: Tabes Mesenterica | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | |
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | ||
| Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | |
| Syphilis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Rickets | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |
| Convulsions | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | |
| Bronchitis | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | 6 | |
| Laryngitis | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
| Pneumonia | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | 3 | 19 | |
| Suffocation, overlying | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 13 | |
| Other causes | 2 | 1 | 2 | .. | 5 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 12 | |
| '28 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 44 | 20 | 9 | 16 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 152 | ||
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.