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Poplar 1908

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

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Table: TABLE XVI. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OE POPLAR. Bow 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 XVI. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OE POPLAR. Bow 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.	1-5 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	23	9	2	7	41	13	18	16	10	12	15	8	12	10	6	8	169
All Causes	Uncertified	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
i. Common Infectious Diseases:-
Small-pox		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Chicken-pox		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Measles		..					i				••				1		1	3
Scarlet Fever			..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	1
Diphtheria: including Membranous Croup		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Whooping Cough		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	2	1	..	1	..	..	1	1	3	9
ii. Diarrhœal Diseases:-
Diarrhœa, all forms		..	..	..	..	..	2	7	1	6	2	3	1	3	3	1	1	30
Enteritis, Muco-enteritis and Gastro-enteritis		..	1	..	..	1	..	..	..	1	1	1	..	..	..	..	..	4
Gastritis, Gastrointestinal Catarrh		..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1
vi. Wasting Diseases: —
Premature Birth		12	1	..	..	13	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	13
Congenital Defects		3	3	..	2	8	..	1	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	10
Injury at Birth		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Want of Breast Milk, starvation		..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus.		2	3	1	3	9	2	4	9	1	1	2	..	2	..	..	1	31
iv. Tuberculous Diseases: —
Tuberculous Meningitis		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	3	..	1	..	4
Tuberculous Peritonitis: Tabes Mesenterica		..	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	3
Other Tuberculous Diseases		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	1
v. Other Causes: —
Erysipelas		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Syphilis		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1
Rickets		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..		..	..	1	1	..	2
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)		..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	2	..	..	..	..	1	4
Convulsions		2	..	..	1	3	..	..	..	..	..	2	..	..	..	..	1	6
Bronchitis		..	1	..	1	2	1	..	..	1	2	..	..	1	..	..	..	7
Laryngitis		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Pneumonia		..	..	..	..	..	2	..	..	..	..	..	5	3	1	1	..	20
Suffocation, overlying		..	..	..	..	..	4	..	2	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	7
Other causes		4	..	1	..	5	..	1	..	..	..	..	2		1	..	..	11
		23	9	2	7	41	13	18	16	10	12	15	8	12	10	6	8	169

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District (or Sub-Division) of Metropolitan Borough of Poplar.
Bow Sub-District:—
Population, estimated to middle of 1908 43,043.
Births in Legitimate 1,310 Deaths in the Legitimate infants 162
the year Illegitimate 22* year of Illegitimate infants 7
Deaths from all Causes at all ages 700
* See page 6.

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Table: TABLE XVI. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OE POPLAR. Bow 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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