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Poplar 1908

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

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Table: TABLE XIV. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Poplar Sub-District. Infantile Mortality during the Year 1908. Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.

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TABLE XIV. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Poplar Sub-District. Infantile Mortality during the Year 1908. Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.

Causes of Death. (see page 43.)		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	32	7	10	8	57	30	27	13	13	11	17	10	10	12	15	8	223
All Causes	Uncertified	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
i. Common Infectious Diseases:—
Small-pox		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Chicken-pox		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Measles		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	2	1	..	4
Scarlet Fever		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Diphtheria : including Membranous Croup		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	1
Whooping Cough		..	..	..	..	..	1	5	1	1	1	3	..	1	1	7	1	22
ii. Diarrhœal Diseases:—
Diarrhœa, all forms		..	..	..	..	..	4	2	5	3	3	7	3	2	1	3	4	37
Enteritis, Muco-enteritis and Gastro-enteritis		..	..	1	..	1	1	1	..	..	..	..	1	1	2	..	..	7
Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh		..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	2
iii. Wasting Diseases
Premature Birth		18	..	1	1	20	7	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	28
Congenital Defects		1	1		1	3	2	1	..	..	2	..	..	..	..	..	..	8
Injury at Birth		..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1
Want of Breast Milk, starvation		..	..	1	..	1	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	2
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus		8	6	2	2	18	3	5	2	2	3	2	3	1	..	1	1	41
iv. Tuberculous Diseases:—
Tuberculous Meningitis		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	1	3
Tuberculous Peritonitis: Tabes Mesenterica		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Other Tuberculous Diseases		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	1	1	..	..	3
v. Other Causes:—
Erysipelas		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1
Syphilis		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1
Rickets		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	2	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	3
Convulsions		1	..	1	1	3	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	5
Bronchitis		..	..	2	..	2	5	3	..	..	1	..	2	1	..	..	..	14
Laryngitis		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Pneumonia		..	..	1	1	2	1	2	2	1	..	2	..	2	3	2	..	17
Suffocation, overlying		..	..	1	..	1	3	4	1	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	10
Other causes		4	..	..	2	6	1	2	..	1	1	2	..	..	..	..	..	13
		32	7	10	8	57	30	27	13	13	11	17	10	10	12	15	8	223

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District (or Sub-division) of Metropolitan Borough of Poplar.
Poplar Sub-District:—
Population, estimated to middle of 1908 60,510.
Births inLegitimate 1,828 Deaths in the Legitimate infants 209
the year Illegitimate 54* year of Illegitimate infants 14
Deaths from all causes at all ages 1,003
* See page 5.

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Table: TABLE XIV. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Poplar Sub-District. Infantile Mortality during the Year 1908. Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.

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