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. 1 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Causes | Certified | |||||||||||||||||
| Uncertified | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Chicken-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
| Measles | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 11 | ||||
| Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
| Diphtheria: including Membranous Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Whooping Cough | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 16 | ||||||||
| Diarrhœa, all forms | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Enteritis, Muco-enteritis and Gastro-enteritis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |||
| Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||
| Premature Birth | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 38 | ||||||||
| Congenital Defects | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | ||||||
| Injury at Birth | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Want of Breast Milk, starvation | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
| Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | ||||||||||||||
| Tuberculous Meningitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | |
| Tuberculous Peritonitis: Tabes Mesenterica | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | ||||
| Erysipelas | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||
| Syphilis | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
| Rickets | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | |||
| Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | ||
| Convulsions | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 14 | |||||||
| Bronchitis | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | .. | |||||||||||||
| Laryngitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Pneumonia | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||
| Suffocation, overlying | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 12 | |||||
| Other causes | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 22 | |||||||||||
| 46 | 81 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 17 | 281 | ||||||||||||
District (or Sub-Division) of Metropolitan Borough of Poplar. Bromlev Sub-District
| Population, estimated to middle of 1909 | 66,685. | |||||
| Births in the year | Legitimate | 2,083 | Deaths in the year of | Legitimate infants | 262 | |
| Illegitimate | 32* | Illegitimate infants | 19 | |||
| Deaths from all causes at all ages | 1,120 | |||||
* See pages 5 and 6.