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Poplar 1908

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

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

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TABLE XV. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Bromley Sub-District. Infantile Mortality during the Year 1908. Deaths from slated 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. 1	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 Caases	Certified	55	14	11	11	91	26	14	19	18	18	22	17	18	19	9	12	283
All Caases	Uncertified	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
i. Common Infectious Diseases:—
Small-pox		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Chicken-pox		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	2	..	..	..	..	2
Measles		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	1	1	1	..	..	4
Scarlet Fever		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	1	2
Diphtheria : including Membranous Croup		..	• •	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	1
Whooping Cough		..	..	..	..	..	1	1	1	..	..	..	1	..	4	1		10
ii. Diarrhœal Diseases:—
Diarrhœa, all forms		..	..	..	1	1	4	2	2	5	1	8	4	4	2	2	2	37
Enteritis, Muco-enteritis and Gastro-enteritis		..	..	..	1	1	1	1	2	..	1	1	1	..	..	..	1	9
Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh		..	1	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	2
iii. Wasting Diseases: —
Premature Birth		30	3	3	3	39	4	1	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	45
Congenital Defects		8	2	1	..	11	2	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	..	..	15
Injury at Birth		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Want of Breast Milk, starvation		..	l	..	..	1	..	..	..	1	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	3
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus		5	3	1	2	11	7	1	4	4	2	2	2	..	1	..	1	35
iv Tuberculous Diseases: —
Tuberculous Meningitis		..	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	1	2	1	..	2	2	..	1	11
Tuberculous Peritonitis: Tabes Mesenterica		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Other Tuberculous Diseases		..	1	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1
v. Other Causes:—
Erysipelas		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Syphilis		..	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	4
Rickets		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	2	2	..	..	..	1	..	5
Convulsions		3	..	1	1	5	..	3	1	1	.3	1	1	2	..	..	1	18
Bronchitis		..	2	1	..	3	2	1	2	2	3	2	1	3	1	3	..	23
Laryngitis		..	..	..	..	..	..	••	..	..	1	..	1	1	..	..	..	3
Pneumonia		..	1		1	2	1	2	1	2	1	3	..	3	4	2	1	22
Suffocation, overlying		..	..	1	..	1	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	5
Other causes		9	..	3	2	14	..	..	2	1	• •	1	..	1	..	..	2	25
		55	14	11	11	91	26	14	19	18	18	22	17	18	19	9	12	283

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District (or Sub-Division) of Metropolitan Borough of Poplar.
Bromley Sub-District:—
Population, estimated to middle of 1908 66,892.
Births in Legitimate 2,188 Deaths in the Legitimate infants 270
he year Illegitimate 49* year of Illegitimate infants 13
Deaths from all causes at all ages 1,078
* See pages 5 and 6.

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

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