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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| 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 | 25 | 35 | 203 | 74 | 53 | 55 | 35 | 35 | 29 | 35 | 37 | 38 | 38 | 38 | 670 | ||
| Uncertified | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Chicken-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
| Measles | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 8 | 31 | |||||
| Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | ||||
| Diphtheria: including Membranous Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
| Whooping Cough | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 2 | 3 | .. | 3 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 32 | |||
| .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Diarrhœa. all forms | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 61 | ||||||
| Enteritis: Muco-enteritis and Gastro-enteritis. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 2 | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | |||||
| Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | ||||||||
| Premature Birth | 67 | 5 | 86 | 7 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 95 | ||||
| Congenital Defects | 6 | 3 | 31 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 39 | ||||||
| Injury at Birth | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Want of Breast-milk | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .... | .. | .. | |||||||
| Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus | 14 | 6 | 7 | 38 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | |||||||
| Tuberculous Meningitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | ||||
| Tuberculous Peritonitis: Tabes Mesenterica | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | ||||
| Erysipelas | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | |
| Syphilis | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Rickets | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 3 | |
| Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 7 | ||
| Convulsions | 5 | 3 | 2 | .. | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 31 | ||
| Bronchitis | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | .. | 4 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | .. | 51 | |||
| Laryngitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | |
| Pneumonia | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 58 | ||
| Suffocation, overlying | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 32 | |||
| Other Causes | 1 | 6 | 1 | 9 | .. | 1 | 1 | 5 | .. | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 48 | ||||
| 25 | 35 | 203 | 74 | 53 | 55 | 35 | 35 | 29 | 35 | 37 | 38 | 38 | 38 | 670 | ||||
District (or Sub-division) of Metropolitan Borough of Poplar. Whole Borough : —
| Population, estimated to middle of 1909 | 170,688. | |||
| Births in Legitimate | 5,031 | Deaths in the Legitimate infants | 623 | |
| the year Illegitimate | 107* | year of Illegitimate infants | 47 | |
| Deaths from all causes at all ages | 2,802 | |||
* See pages 5 and 6.